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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, without blaming the homeless here, have you all considered that the reason for putting a shelter in Ward 3 is for basic fairness for people who live in other wards?

Go ahead and acknowledge all the terrible things you want about the homeless.

Then ask yourself:  if they are so bad, is it fair that they all go in one area of town - whether it is Ward 7, Ward 5, or Ward 3.

Of course not.   If you believe that a homeless shelter will cause problems - crime, drug dealers, school overcrowding, whatever the concern may be - then no  taxpaying, homeowning, citizens of the District - regardless of what ward they live in - should be forced to deal with 100% of the negative externalities.

There is no perfect solution here, but given the above, the most equitable solution is to spread out the homeless families in small shelters all over the city.

So reframe your thinking - putting a shelter in Ward 3 is not about what the homeless families want (or arguably about what they need), but it is about basic equity and about what taxpayers and homeowners all over the city want - to not have 100% of the burden of the homeless in their community.[/quote]

OK--so since it's a homeless shelter, not permanent apartments, why not put it in a place where it does not impact many permanent residents and have services on site and shuttles, or have it at [b]DC General which is a fairly good location,[/b] and for many years before it became a shelter was the ER/medical services of last recourse--so it is not a shocker to any neighbors.  I'm in agreement-- I don't think any of these 8 mini shelters make sense. It's just the ward 3 people who happen to be talking about it.[/quote]

Mayor Barr.y-Bowser doesn't think DC General is a good location because she wants to flip it to some developer cronies.  This is still the basic element of her plan, which originally favored her cronies with sweeheart lease deals for the new shelters as well,[/quote]

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