Austin City Council could extend contract for Marshalling Yard homeless shelter

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- At a downtown meeting for leaders of Vocal Texas -- a group of people with lived experience who tackle issues related to homelessness -- it's not hard to find folks familiar with the City of Austin's Marshalling Yard shelter. Many of the group's leaders have stayed there, all know people who have.
A warehouse, originally intended to support the city's convention center, is now used in-part to temporarily shelter some of the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness in our