TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The old Tucson Fire Station 8 sits empty on King Road. But the City of Tucson's Housing First program is set to transform the entire space into a Housing First facility for the Amphi area.
Brandi Champion, the director of the Housing First program, said it will have wraparound services with 100 beds.
"We’ll have a comprehensive place for people to find shelter and then eventually be housed," she said.
There will be about 30 microshelters in the backyard, which are spaces big enough for a bed and desk with heating and AC.
"You’re in here, for a little while you get established and settled and you would graduate into those before going into a housing opportunity,” she said.
She said they don't have exact dates for when it will be up and running.
"My hope is in the next year," she said.
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