article_snippet: At a different homeless family shelter, a puddle of urine soiled the floor of the only working elevator.
article_snippet: And at yet another, one stairway was so treacherously rusted that inspectors ordered guards to block access to one stairway until one stairway was repaired.
article_snippet: The homeless services agency said The homeless services agency had already axed some unacceptable apartments from a system in which the department is often paying well above neighborhood market rates for apartments, stepped up inspections and asked for money to hire 19 new inspection staffers, among other steps.
article_snippet: But even some better-equipped shelters had fire code violations and other problems, including the rusted-out stairwell, the report said.
article_snippet: The homeless services agency had known the stairway was deteriorating since 2012 and tried to get money to fix the stairway.
article_snippet: Ultimately, The city spent $637,000 for the guards who were ordered after the DOI inspection, plus over $750,000 to fix the stairs.
highlights_snippet: A puddle of urine soiled the floor of the only working elevator at a different shelter .
  