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[quote=Anonymous]George Bush brought us Housing First, a HUD funded program which does not allow any requirements or "barriers." So the people who refuse shelters due to rules and no drugs/booze are the ones being placed in large apt buildings in DC, up Connecticut Ave, up Wisconsin, Mass Ave NW, etc with no intervening step between Union Station or tent/sidewalk and next to people paying $2,700 for a 2 BR. The city will pay 180% of that for a voucher, so, almost $5k, guaranteed, you can see why landlords LOVE the program. Also gets rent control tenants to move, so, another win as then the price on that unit can be raised. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First The WP did a series of articles in 2019 about the serious problems that resulted at Sedgewick Gardens, in Cleveland Park. Since then the program has been expanded. [/quote]
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