The Director Andy Ferguson with Transform Yakima Together says the camp on East Nob Hill behind the U-Haul building is now housing people in large military style tents that will be heated this winter.
Director Andy Ferguson says now that they have funding the engineering work will begin. "So it's going to be a 2 or 3 month process before we get set up with utilities."
To allow the city to continue to call the camp temporary the city will require that the camp be vacated every five months so the city doesn't face liability if crime happens at the camp.
Andy Ferguson says they'll close the indoor facility on June 30 and re-open the Camp Hope on city property behind the former K-Mart property on East Nob Hill.
A letter sent to the city from Transform Yakima Together requests the city help in finding a permanent location for a homeless shelter East of the former Kmart on East Nob Hill separate from the property used for a homeless shelter at the wastewater treatment plant.