The real problem, the general said, is the need to provide long-term housing for the residents while the city is rebuilt.
The building also maintained a working hotel with both short and long-term housing.
It provided long-term housing to more than 70 people, and its community kitchen served 500 lunches a day.
The apartments are converted into long-term affordable housing at the end of five years.
He also helped set up programs to help them find long-term housing, job placement, and education within Houston.
The additional county-owned sites would be considered for long-term housing under the judge's order.
He said the city also wanted no long-term housing placed on sites that already had public housing.
Merging supportive services with this new form of long-term housing may be the only way to reduce homelessness in the future.
The bill provides for long-term housing, which is crucial given that many of these children have been abandoned or driven from their homes.
The Horizon House program provides long-term housing and support to young homeless people.