San Francisco's homeless community may be housed in churches, schools - Business Insider

San Francisco is one of many Bay Area cities that is now under a three-week "shelter in place" order to prevent human contact and stifle the spread of the coronavirus disease.

The city's estimated 8,000 homeless individuals are exempt from the order and are encouraged to seek shelter until officials can figure out how to house them. A few options may be to turn churches, state-owned properties, and closed school campuses in the city into temporary shelters.three-week "shelter in place" orderThe order directs the region's estimated 6.7 million residents to remain indoors as much as possible and to only venture outside for essential needs.

Hotels in the city are also being looked at as potential makeshift shelters. Trent Rhorer, head of the San Francisco Human Services Agency, told the Chronicle that he has secured 500 hotel rooms so far as a means to get people off the streets. Those who have tested positive for the virus and need to be quarantined would have first priority.

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Aren't they better off sleeping outside given the additional risk to be indoors in close quarters?

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