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[quote=Anonymous]They did knock down all those housing projects to build up the area around navy yard and ballpark so an increase in homelessness was predictable. A lot of homeless are disabled and can’t work. The federal SSI payment is $771/month. It’s hard to find even a studio apartment for less than that (saving some of it for food, toiletries, medicine and other expenses). Without low income housing to house the disabled, there’s not much option for them other than the streets. And I’m sure it’s hard to stay sober once you’re living that way—I would want to be unconscious most of the time too. And then there’s the seriously mentally ill, that really need intensive services that really no one is set up to offer them. It’s terribly sad that we expect our libraries to solve this problem. [/quote]
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