http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/nyregion/24homeless.htmlIf the measure passes, if the poor don't try hard enough, they -- and their children -- will be turned out onto the streets to find their own food, clothing, and shelter.
One question I have is, if the average annual cost to house a homeless family is $36,000, why not just pay the family's rent somewhere? Or move them into the zillion-some foreclosed, vacant homes that must be sitting around NYC?
Another question: if there are over 150 agencies that are contracted with by the city to not only provide housing to the homeless, but to help them learn life skills that will enable them to move out of the shelter, as well as act as liaisons with permanent housing for the homeless, why is it that the agencies aren't getting "de-contracted" if they show bad success rate? Read the article and let me know what you think about it.
No comments:
Post a Comment