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The city of South Bend is partnering with the Catholic charity Our Lady of the Road to build an intake center for the homeless. They want to reduce tent encampments like this one that formed in South Bend in 2020 on the city's near southeast side.

Trump homelessness order targets local housing-first approach

Jeff Parrott

New Day Intake Center organizers haven't sought federal money to build their new low-barrier facility and won't need it, but Trump's executive order ending support for their "housing first" approach could hurt the center's odds at winning federal money for operations once it opens.

Rendering of proposed New Day Intake Center.

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Don Wheeler

Don Wheeler says it's time to embrace low-barrier housing in St. Joseph County.

Director of Our Lady of the Road Margie Pfeil, center, discusses the city plans for a new low-barrier homeless intake center on Jan. 26, 2024 at Ignition Park.

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South Bend officials make pitch for low-barrier shelter amid familiar cries of opposition

Marek Mazurek

South Bend officials on Friday urged the public to support a low-barrier homeless center

The Motels4Now homeless intake center in a former Knights Inn on Lincolnway in South Bend. Opponents of the city's plans to build a new center two miles north on Bendix Drive fear it will generate the same problems for neighbors that have occurred around the former motel. But proponents say its an unfair comparison, as the new center would be designed for the purpose.

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City tables buying land for new homeless intake center under heavy opposition

Jeff Parrott

City meets opposition on proposed homeless intake center.