Impact on the homeless since the Tennessee Shelter relocated

Since the shelter moved from Tennessee Street and relocated off West Pensacola Street, after being on Tennessee Street for years, some homeless individuals have turned bitter.

Saint Bernard, is one of the former residents of the Tennessee Street Shelter and said he's not going anywhere near Pensacola Street.

"I feel like their robbing Peter to pay Paul," Bernard said. He continued, "You took the same thing from Tennessee Street and took it over there, it's no progress; it's retrogress. You will never be able to be productive because you took the same shelter with the same people working there to Pensacola Street," he said.    

Bernard remains in Frenchtown with two other men who refuse to go to the new location. He continued to express his feelings toward the new Shelter and its location.

Bernard added, "That's just a new facility, if you're taking the same product from the old to the new, you are going to get the same results. They haven't done anything because they aren't dealing with nothing." Bernard and accompanied by two other homeless men, agreed. 

"Nobody is trying to do anything, they're milking the cow," Bernard said. "They allow anybody to come up in there that don't have anything. If they don't have any finances, or trying to go to school or the military, that's sinking the ship,” he said.  

Bernard shared that the people that are trying to do something are in the way. "They are sorry, I haven't seen any progress since the shelter moved," he said. 

 Michael Brown, friend of Bernard, was on crutches and crumbled at the thought of sharing his thoughts. Looking at the ground to gather his thoughts, “I have health problems and it’s harder for me to get the necessities for my health since the shelter has moved,” he said.

Although, the Shelter moved to the Kearney Center, the streets may be a lot safer because of more policing in the vicinity.

Another homeless man in Frenchtown known as Red, said he felt they moved the Shelter to control the pedophiles and child molesters in Tallahassee.

"All they did was take the pedophiles from the city and take them out there where they need to be," Red said. He continued, "That shelter is a concentration camp, looking similar to a jailhouse with sliding doors. It's micromanagement," he said.

The old Tennessee Street Shelter