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Would $60,000 a Year House Every Homeless Person?
or: that time I cleared an entire room of government officials by suggesting “Just cut them a check for their own housing …”
You read a lot of material written by people on this service who haven’t done too much in the way of actual work in areas they write about. I won’t name their names: no need. Those names are front and center of our home pages just about every day. They are for certain on the front page of every newspaper, home page of every newsmagazine, and it should go without saying: creating the CNN, MSNBC, and other broadcasts you consume.
And how could I forget NPR! I heard that after recent staffing changes, they were covering the plans of the uber-rich for post-climate-change survival.
I spent almost 20 years of my working life working for nonprofit housing and economic development organizations. I have VP and C-level experience directing programs to build affordable housing, revitalize neighborhoods, and provide … well … attempt … to provide jobs and education to families and individuals who need them.
Some people have read my featured story about “Why Are There So Many Homeless People?”
