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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Show me a plan that gives us the best chance of addressing the roots of homelessness and provides services most efficiently, and you'll get my support.  Don't try to bully me with insults and accusations.[/quote]
You seem to have ignored my response to you that didn't include insults or accusations. But, as I said, the current plan is clearly aimed at families. That's even in the legislation. Given that the occupants of the new shelters will be resettled from DC General and single men are not placed in DC General, from where do you suspect single men would come? [/quote]
I did see your reasonable response, Jeff, and I appreciate it.  I started looking at the legislation, but did not reach a spot that made the occupancy clear.  Do you have a cite to specific language?  I'm happy to be convinced that the shelters will be only families and not individuals, but I've yet to see any proof, even though the question has been raised many times.

[quote=jsteele]If DC manages to solve its homeless family problem and these shelters find themselves with empty space, I could envision homeless single men being housed there. But, I don't think you need to hold your breath in expectation of the family homeless problem being solved. Moreover, you really can't expect homeless single men to remain on the street simply because you don't want them in your neighborhood.[/quote]
First, I sadly agree with you that this plan won't solve the homeless problem (and incidentally, I haven't seen anything specific in it that confronts the roots of homelessness, as it seems more of a Band-Aid approach, so I am quite certain DC's homeless population will continue to grow).  Second, I agree that if we reach a point where some of these shelters or other ones need to be designated for single me, we cannot simply refuse them shelter.  But surely you would agree the considerations are different if the shelter populations change, wouldn't you?  Can we agree that a location that might make sense for a family shelter might make lots less sense for a shelter of 50 single men?
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In the original legislation, which has been amended but I can't find the amended version, for each location it says something along the following:

"to house a facility for approximately 30 families experiencing homelessness".

The number of families is designated for each location.

http://lims.dccouncil.us/Download/35335/B21-0620-Introduction.pdf

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