Gifts at Changing The Present

What It Will Take to End Homelessness in D.C.

by paffairs@urban.org ( Martha R. Burt, Sam Hall ), Urban Institute: Housing on Jul 14, 2008

In this commentary for The Washington Post, researchers Martha Burt and Sam Hall recommend, among other things, that Washington, D.C., offer permanent supportive housing to those who have been homeless the longest or have the most severe forms of disability. Making major changes in its data system would help the city have real-time information regarding homeless people.


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