The high cost of doing nothing about homelessness

Many of my articles are types of book reports or include my research, and this column on homelessness will be an example of this. I recently met Martha Are of the Homeless Services Network (HSN) of Central Florida to discuss ideas of how to open a shelter in the Apopka area with a large tranche of federal dollars the county received as mitigation dollars for recent hurricanes. I will share some statistics from her organization and an insightful review of an article entitled, “A Tale of Two Tent Cities; the Critical Role of Housing Engagement in Addressing Homeless Encampments,” published in the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy from Spring of 2023.

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