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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/homeless-shelter-plan-could-be-profitable-for-bowsers-backers/2016/03/16/cbab0e76-eadc-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_dchomeless-845pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

and in the article " broad range stems from the fact that the administration chose sites suited for families. He also said the buildings would be unique and require costly amenities such as durable surfaces, since families could be moving multiple times per year, and would include cafeterias and play spaces for children."

Cafeterias for what?  At that rent units should have kitchens.  WTF play space?  Suburban style yards?  Note units near woodley park metro are by a DC public school.  We saw one building where a whole side of it overlooked the playground.  Came with renovated kitchens , balconies, granite, breakfast bar in lobby, washer-dryers in units.  Less rent than Bowser.

A charitable organization-Anne Frank House-rents or owns units-http://www.theannefrankhouse.org/
It serves those with chronic mental illness but the model would work far better than Bowser's and many in DC general might be chronically homeless.

Stats on move-outs? Move-ins?[/quote]

Aren't there good reasons to have a communal dining area and cafeteria?  Each unit would need to have a kitchen and dining area, which adds to costruction costs.  Furnishing a kitchen is incredibly expensive and would have to be restocked each time a unit was turned over.  Kitchens present an increased risk of fire.  CFSA can do a better job in ensuring nutritional needs are being met and do it more economically than each family purchasing their own food.  A communal area helps families with children socialize so that they don't cocoon in their units and staff can better monitor whether nutritional needs are being met, evidence of substance abuse and neglect, etc. [/quote]

Where did you get the idea that each unit would include a well stocked kitchen? Source? Even if that were true, the cost is completely unjustified. Please think through what you seem to be suggesting. [/quote]

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