Motivations

A Better Site Through A Better Process

Advocating for the Chapel Hill Town Council to use a public process to find a better site for the men's shelter

History of Relocation

Call for Public Process

Shelter Guidelines

Fair Share for Everyone

A Look at Crime

Neighborhood Safety

White Flag Nights

Sex Offenders at Shelter

What Your Neighbors Say

Facilities that Matter

Others Profit when Shelter is Moved from Downtown

The Town of Chapel Hill

Wants its building back
Has about a $13M stake (land value plus subsidy) in the Lot 5 Redevelopment, whose higher floors will overlook the existing men's shelter
Has established a primary goal of "Champion Downtown"

UNC and its foundations own a significant portion of downtown real estate, such as the recent $46M purchase of Granville Square.

The men's shelter is two blocks from Granville Square
Even the Triangle Business Journal see's the link between Granville Square and the Homeless shelter: UNC buying Granville Towers, University Square for $46M
Cousins Properties, Granville Square's new developer outlines the significant market potential of this property: University Square lot, Granville Towers to be eventually torn down and redeveloped

Downtown Merchants and Chamber of Commerce Members want the shelter out of downtown and do not care where it goes as long as it is out of downtown.

Panhandling will continue downtown even if the shelter is moved from it's downtown location because that is where it is easiest to panhandle. Without the IFC presence that exists today, panhandling may even increase with a shelter move.
Many in IFC's Facebook group read as a who's who of downtown business owners and Chamber of Commerce members who want the shelter out of downtown.

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