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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just that book "Not in my Neighborhood". Anyone else?[/quote]

[b]Why should shelters be in peoples neighborhoods if there is a perfectly good spot that could be remodeled [/b]and run efficiently, with buses to school and work. The goal is this living arrangement is temporary. When families are stabilized then they will have the means to choose a neighborhood, especially if the District focuses resources on low income and mixed income housing and not this nonsense. Have you seen their expose of how they are administering subsidized housing vouchers? Thats a good indicator of how they will contract out these neighborhood shelters. Expect these shiny new facilities to be in ruins in a few years.[/quote]

Are you somehow thinking that DC General is not in anyone's neighborhood? [/quote]

Curious... has there not been a large scale human services facility there for a long, long time? Is it a surprise to the neighbors? Is it an incredibly valuable property the city already owns? Could it be remodeled and run efficiently?
  Here is the oversight DC is providing to its subsidized section 8 voucher program. Title of current series in Post " [b]Tax dollars keep flowing to landlord DC is suing over housing conditions[/b]".  There is a FAR better chance that DC General could be remodeled and run properly than that 8 separate shelters that will be bursting at capactity will receive proper "contracted out" administration and oversight. You're dreaming.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/tax-dollars-keep-flowing-to-landlord-dc-is-suing-over-housing-conditions/2017/02/26/541bb0b2-b8af-11e6-959c-172c82123976_story.html?utm_term=.fa2cd02c7776[/quote]

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