By unanimous vote, Tulsa County commissioners agreed to sell the vacant, former juvenile detention center building to the City of Tulsa for $500,000.

The City of Tulsa plans to open a 24/7 homeless shelter.

Its a deal that took months of negotiations.

More shelter space was a goal from the beginning for Mayor Monroe Nichols.

Back in March [2025], I issued an executive order that really outlined our priorities on the issue. One of those was to increase our shelter capacity, he told 2 News on Nov. 5.

The west Tulsa facility will be used for a low-barrier shelter, meaning there are minimal requirements to get to stay there.

Generally, sobriety or background checks are not required in these types of facilities. Specific rules for this one are unknown, or, possibly undecided.

Initially,

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