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QUESTION
Have any emergency shelters been closed due to real estate issues since the asylum seeker influx?
1:32:03
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The Department of Social Services has closed some emergency shelters due to real estate issues, but the overall footprint for asylum has not been reduced.
- Some shelters were closed as site owners withdrew or failed to meet obligations regarding quality or rates.
- These closures were primarily due to real estate issues.
- Despite the closures, the department maintains a steady state census for asylum seekers over the last two years.
- There has been no reduction in the overall footprint for asylum.
Diana I. Ayala
1:32:03
Okay.
1:32:05
Has DHS closed any emergency shelters since the influx began?
Molly Wasow Park
1:32:10
There are certain sites that we yes, we have closed be generally because of real estate issues, either the the site owner has pulled back or we have decided that for whatever reason, the site owner isn't meeting their obligations either for quality or rate So but we have, generally speaking, over the last 2 years, seen us growing to at best steady state census for asylum seekers, so we have not been reducing our overall footprint for asylum.
Gale A. Brewer
1:32:43
Okay.