The homeless shelter at Bethany Lutheran Church (7400 Woodlawn Ave NE) may reopen soon.
The shelter closed on Monday, October 10, 2011 after more than a year at the Green Lake church.
Although there was some community resistance about the shelter preceding its opening, there has not been an organized public outcry since then. In January 2011, a resident of the shelter interrupted an attempted burglary at the church.
The Green Lake shelter is a part of Seattle Housing and Resource Effort (SHARE). SHARE closed all 15 of its neighborhood indoor shelters earlier this month due to insufficient funding.
According to KING 5, SHARE has received word that some new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding for SHARE will be officially approved tomorrow (Wednesday, October 19).
“Even then,” KING 5′s Jake Whittenberg reports, ”the money won’t actually get to SHARE for another three weeks, so SHARE is searching for more money until then.”
Update, Saturday October 22: All 15 SHARE shelters have reopened.
