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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You realize that Bowser's main impetus to close DC General isn't to enhance services for homeless families?  (The mayor has yet to explain how DC will deliver services more capably and efficiently on a vasty decentralized basis when it was incapable of delivering them in one principal location.)  No, the main reason, dear readers, is that Bowser's developer cronies want to redevelop the DC General property for upscale housing and mixed-use.  [/quote]

And why is that necessarily a bad thing?   It is a big piece of under utilized property that hosted a poorly functioning shelter.  Fix the shelter and redevelop the property - seems like a win win to me?[/quote]

Win for the cronies and perhaps a win for the mayor whose nest they feather.  Perhaps not such a win-win for homeowners in McLean Gardens and Idaho Ave.  Whether it's a win for the homeless depends on how well DC scales poor services that it couldn't deliver in one location to eight separate locations.[/quote]

Cathedral commons did a very nice job of creating a small and likeable dining/shopping  district. The wide sidewalks and good upkeep and good restaurants attract many. I think their investment should be protected as well.  The residents of the shelter should have a work or study requirement. The children shod be in school. Is there a designated play and study area for them after? In that way they will be good neighbors. Functioning like other nearby families - in work or in school as most are. Where do they cook their evening meal? Is there a lounge or evening living space? The sidewalk of Cathedral Commons should not be expected to provide that.  [/quote]

You don't seem to know much about poverty, the population this shelter is intended for or the homeless in general and are mostly dropping ignorant right wing talking points.

Hopefully you are aware there are two types of homeless - long term and short term - and one of the smartest things a jurisdiction can do is keep the latter group from transitioning to the former?

Hopefully you are also aware that many people who are homeless are not mentally ill and in fact work full time?  And many homeless are not criminals or a threat to the community?

Rather than post fear based conservative generalizations on DCUM maybe you should spend some time reading about homelessness and its myriad costs?[/quote]

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