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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if any of you supporting this live within a city block of one of the proposed shelters, in a strictly residential zoned neighborhood, having chosen the neighborhood as a safe alternative to raise young children. In one fell swoop, both the safety and value of our homes will decrease significantly. I would love to support a shelter in Ward 3 as well, and if it wasn't so close to my young family, I'd be criticizing all the NIMBYs trying to make it go away, too. But when it so significantly has a negative effect on my family's well-being, then it is a serious problem. The Wisconsin Avenue site is unacceptable.[/quote]

I live in Ward 1 within half a mile of 2 different family homeless shelters. You would not know them to be homeless shelters, as they are located in apartment buildings that look exactly like the other apartment buildings on the block. One is on Harvard and one is on Park Road. I have volunteered at both and occasionally have seen moms and their kids out shopping in Columbia Heights.

They look exactly like every other young woman pushing a stroller, PP. And the home values have been doing nothing but increasing in the area. Safety in Columbia Heights is obviously something that we discuss a lot, but the young women pushing strollers and their kids who go to school with my kid are not contributing to that issue, full stop.

Your fundamental assumption is that the location of a 40-unit family shelter in your neighborhood will have a negative effect on your family. It sounds like your objection stems from that concern, which has not been my experience at all. We have experienced plenty of negative effects from drunk white 25-year-olds and absolutely none from the 2 homeless shelters. I don't remember exactly how many families live in each shelter, but it's a similar number to the proposed WI Ave shelter.[/quote]

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