The transitional shelters are designed to be built into permanent homes in the future.

She explained that these transitional shelters had housed 8,500 people so far.

There were other reasons for the neighbors' change of heart about living with a transitional shelter for homeless families in their community.

Two days at a city office sleeping in a chair with a 3-year-old on her lap, several weeks in a transitional shelter.

The 363 families who are living in the hotels will be relocated to apartments or to transitional shelters.

Since then, it has moved 750 families into permanent housing or transitional shelters.

The city would spend $80 million more on permanent housing for those who emerge from the transitional shelters ready to function on their own.

Initially, the organization planned to create a transitional shelter.

The rabbi has a plan to set up a transitional shelter for Williamsburg's homeless.

The court will permit the process to begin at transitional shelters, where people are at least assured a roof over their heads.