First guests move from Austin homeless camps to former motel-turned-COVID-19 facility

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The building just off Interstate 35 in south Austin near Oltorf Street used to be a motel. Then, it became a place for high-risk people to stay during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it's a temporary home to help people experiencing homelessness find stability, and it welcomed its first guests under that mission this week.About 15 people who had lived at a camp near the Terrazas Branch Library on East Cesar Chavez Street have moved into the Southbridge facility since Tuesday, t