ORLANDO, Fla. – Monday, amid the COVID-19 crisis, Orlando City Commissioners approved $95,000 to expand shelter space for homeless residents at the Salvation Army.
City leaders said it's also a push to give them somewhere to go and to better promote social distancing throughout the city.
A tent has been set up outside the Salvation Army off of Colonial Drive to house an additional 50 homeless residents in need.
The approved funding is also being used to provide those in need with three meals per day, showers, security, monitoring, waste management, restrooms and more. "That relates to our most vulnerable citizens, and that is our homeless individuals.