House Speaker Greg Hughes said that the downtown Road Home shelter, which houses up to 1,100 people nightly, will have a \"hard close date\" of June 30, 2019. <\/p>\n
Senate President Wayne Niederhauser and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox also spoke, reiterating that homelessness is a statewide problem. <\/p>\n
The news was met with elation by Chris Sveiven, who lives less than 100 feet from the proposed shelter on Simpson Avenue, and has vocally opposed the site. <\/p>\n
\"It was like taking the soul of our little neighborhood,\" he said of the proposed shelter. <\/p>\n
The city's resource center would have replaced Lit'l Scholars, a day care at 653 E. Simpson Ave, where Sveiven's 19-month-old son, Weston, is on the waiting list. The proximity to the preschool is part of why Sveiven picked and renovated his red-brick house in Sugar House. <\/p>\n
He banded with neighbors to protest the site and credits that for the change in heart in the Simpson property being pulled from the list. <\/p>\n
\"If we wouldn't have gone and made as much noise as we did, there's no way they would have shifted back to two sites,\" he said. \"To say I'm relieved is an understatement.\" <\/p>\n
The Tribune will update this story. <\/p>\n
Reporter Courtney Tanner contributed to this report. <\/p>\n
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