Southampton Street Homeless House

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Boston to build new homeless shelter
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Posted: Dec 16, 2014 7:15 AM EST
Updated: Dec 16, 2014 7:15 AM EST

Photo by Matthew Woitunski
Photo by Matthew Woitunski
BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) The City will begin building a new homeless shelter in the next few weeks.

The announcement comes comes after the abrupt closing of the Long Island Shelter on Boston Harbor in October. The new facility will take over a soon-to-be renovated building on South Hampton Street and will host more than 450 people.

Mayor Marty Walsh says he expects about 100 homeless people to be able to move into the space mid-January.

The City is moving quickly to attain all necessary permits to get the place up-and-running.