A Rotorua shelter for the homeless which was shut down for health and safety reasons will be reopened - but at a different site.
Visions of a Helping Hand Charitable Trust has received the building consent needed to turn its current daytime drop-in centre, on Pukuatua St, into a night shelter.
The Rotorua Lakes Council has confirmed in a statement yesterday that consent for the Pukuatua St centre was granted yesterday and collected today.
The consent follows a statement from Visions of a Helping Hand last week which said the "Eruera St location was ruled out as a viable option for a night shelter some weeks ago because the work required to bring it up to scratch was too costly and would take too long to complete".
Final fire safety and structural reports for the Pukuatua St centre, along with a building consent application, were filed with the council on Friday.