[click picture]Careful. You'll fall in. The stuff is mesmerizing... in such a sad way. Sad for the homeless. Sad for the destruction, the entropy, the hypocrisy, the ineffectuality of politicians, the works....
You'll love this one. Buncha regular Einsteins on the case:
The findings support what many social workers have long suspected -- that there was a "big bang" homeless population explosion as federal housing programs were slashed and the closing of mental hospitals hit home in the mid-1980s and that this core group constitutes the bulk of the street population.
Local and national homelessness experts said the study confirms their long-held belief that the homeless population is aging at an alarming rate and that the national movement to create supportive housing is going in the right direction.
"We've known instinctively about this phenomenon, but now having this research to back up that instinct is great," said Philip Mangano, President Bush's national point man on homelessness. "This shows that supportive housing is perfectly matched as an antidote to the premature aging of this population."
"Instinct"... yeah, that's it. Anyway, there are some intense stories here, and some great photo galleries.
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