The Austin City Council will consider purchasing the former Salvation Army Downtown Center at a Nov. 9 meeting to continue providing “critical” homeless services in the area, according to a memo.
The former shelter is located downtown at Red River St and will cost the city just over $15 million if it decides to acquire the space, per the memo.
In February, the Salvation Army announced it would close the shelter, saying it could “no longer continue to offer the level and quality of care…
