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South End business owners expressed opposition to Boston's use of the building. They stated the site was too close to the original encampment to be effective at addressing the homelessness and addiction crises. [12] The Boston Police Department began patrolling near the building after it became temporary housing. [13] [14]
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Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, living in boarding houses with no security of tenure, [1] and people who leave their homes because of civil conflict and are refugees within their country.
In addition to the 30 temporary beds at the Boston Public Health Commission’s campus on Massachusetts Avenue, the city is also expanding low-threshold shelter space at its emergency shelters.
Barbara Duffield -- a policy director at the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth -- believes that the number of homeless college students has increased over the ...
Discrimination against homeless people is categorized as the act of treating people who lack housing in a prejudiced or negative manner because they are homeless. Other factors can compound discrimination against homeless people including discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sexuality, age, mental illness, and other considerations.
The index is also credited, erroneously perhaps, on reducing homelessness [16] where we see comments like "The launch of the 100,000 Homes Campaign by Common Ground has since given communities across the country innovative new methods and tools to house our homeless neighbors. One such tool is the Vulnerability Index."
Horizons for Homeless Children is funded by the federal and Massachusetts state government, [7] as well as private and corporate donors. [7] In the past, the organization has received funding from the federal government for emergency childcare support for families experiencing homelessness in Boston. [13] [14]