HOUSTON—A homeless shelter in downtown Houston is fighting attempts to shut it down.
The Beacon, located on Prairie Street, is run by Christ Church Cathedral.
An attorney who works in a building across the street says all the homeless people are a nuisance and has filed a lawsuit to close The Beacon for good.
On Monday, shelter officials held a pep rally of sorts for the homeless, promising to do everything they can to keep The Beacon open.
"People of Christ Church Cathedral have been on this corner for 170 years – actually on this corner right across the street – trying to take care of the poor and the needy and the homeless. That’s the Christian admonition, that’s the mission of the cathedral and of The Beacon and we don’t intend to be shut down,” Andy Vickery, attorney for The Beacon, said.
In his lawsuit, attorney Harry C. Arthur, described the people who use the shelter as derelicts and said their presence has cost him business.
