“Now we have to turn our attention to placing the men,” she said. “We don’t have it done yet so we need another temporary location for these men.”

Contracting with a company to put up a temporary structure next to Biddle House is “the leading idea,” Roth said.

He said the structure would have an aluminum frame, metal walls, a fabric roof, wooden floor decks, air conditioning and heating and would be used only as a dormitory for six months. The population gradually would be reduced, he said, as permanent housing is found for men staying there.

He said it would cost about $120,000 to erect, lease and furnish the facility, which would be taken down when no longer needed. Krewson asked the estimate board to authorize about half that amount should the rental structure emerge as her choice. The board is expected to meet again next week.

The city set up the two temporary shelters to absorb some of the population displaced by the forced closure of the privately run New Life Evangelistic Center shelter on April 2 for code violations.

Others are staying at the Biddle House permanent shelter.

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