SAN FRANCISCO - A new homeless shelter with a different approach is set to open in San Francisco in two weeks.

Steve Adami, the executive director of the Salvation Army's The Way Out homeless initiative, said it's the first of its kind, abstinence-based shelter in the city.

It's designed to be a safe space for people struggling with homelessness and addiction.

"This is the locker where people can store their belongings. There's a bed," Adami said as he gave a KTVU crew a tour of the new shelter on Tuesday.

The shelter's name is Hope House. It's located on 6th Street in the South of Market neighborhood.

No drug or alcohol use inside or outside the building.

"We're hyper-focused on the intersection of drug addiction and homelessness," said Adami. "It expands the city's response to t

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