For decades, governments treated homelessness as an intractable problem, relying on a patchwork of shelters and services to look after people considered too troubled or too far gone to keep permanently off the streets. Now, following a national trend, Governor Deval Patrick is proposing a radical change in the way Massachusetts deals with the indigent - giving the homeless homes. Full Story »
Posted by Leo Romero
a good story about Boston changing its way of dealing with the homelessness population, highlighting savings and also possible difficulties. A normal news story, not a feature or a magazine-length article, so somewhat info limited, but overall pretty good.
Does at excellent job at presenting the challenges of moving the homeless into housing, but less so at highlighting the successes. One presumes there is ultimately a net positive gain from this kind of program. Are there different programs that have also shown success?
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