MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The Minneapolis City Council has approved funding for three new shelters to help people facing homelessness, as the park board downsizes encampments at city parks.
An $8 million package will help fund three new shelters in Minneapolis: one to help the Native American population, a women's shelter in north Minneapolis, and "Exodus 2," a 167-unit housing development for medically-frail people in the Elliot Park neighborhood.
The shelters are all expected to be open by the fal