(KUTV) First, it was September. Then, October.

Now, a third deadline has come and gone with still no word on the location of four new Salt Lake City homeless shelters.

This is a pattern that's persisted throughout this process.

“I can assure the public we have a definite sense of urgency,” said David Litvack, deputy chief of staff for Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski. “I get the public’s frustration.”

The first deadline to come up with specific sites . That was set by the Homeless Services Site Evaluation Commission earlier in the year. That didn't happen.

The next deadline . But after the number of sites suddenly rose from two to four, that was also missed.

The final deadline was with a promise that the city “will announce the sites to the public on November 21st.”

Again, that promise has gone unfulfilled.

Biskupski did not make herself available Monday to speak about this latest delay. 2News asked Litvack, her deputy chief of staff, if the city has let down its residents with three missed deadlines.

“Oh no, absolutely not,” Litvack responded, “because we're working hard and we want to make the right decision,”

Litvack noted all four shelter sites have been selected. He chalked up this latest delay to last-minute complications.

“I think we should all feel good about where we're at that we're at that point of really negotiating with property owners,” he said.

But Litvack won't reveal where the sites are -- and this time, there's no deadline for that.

“As soon as we can,” Litvack said when asked how soon the city would finally announce the four sites. “As soon as we can.”