AUSTIN, Texas - The Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center will not be moving to a new proposed center in South Austin, despite initially being told it would.

The community around the original site is reacting to the change in messaging from city leaders.

Homeless center controversy

The backstory:

Last month, Austin City Council member Ryan Alter told FOX 7 that Sunrise would be relocating to a new city-run center off I-35 and Oltorf. But earlier this week, Alter confirmed that the move isn’t happening, at least not yet.

"No, we're not purchasing this and saying that we are only doing this for Sunrise, and this is going to be just a specially carved out Sunrise operation. We are identifying the need for these navigation services, seeing what's happening at sunrise, given that they don't

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