With the City of Vernon enacting a bylaw limiting the amount of time people can camp in Polson Park, there has been a lot of concern among the city's homeless.

One of those concerns is what will they do with all their possessions. To help ease their concerns, the Upper Room Mission has built several storage lockers where people can store their possessions.

“People who are living outside can access these sheds during the day to store all of their belongings,” said Lisa Anderson, co-executive director of the URM.

“We're trying to alleviate some stress for some people.”

Anderson said there has been a lot of concern among the homeless community about how the bylaw will impact them.

Homeless are allowed to camp in area parks from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. City officials said the bylaw will be phased in and fines for violators will not be immediately issued.

“People's stress levels are high, cleaning out their belongings in the park and organizing their things, so this week has been a little bit challenging for everybody,” said Anderson, adding the sheds will be available during the URM's hours or operation.

The URM got the idea for the sheds from the Kelowna Gospel Mission. Originally, the idea was people could store their belongings if they had to go to an appointment or for other reasons, but with the new bylaw, the URM is making them available for day-long storage.