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  • A better model, a better result?

    Heather Knight

    June 29, 2016 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Many San Francisco shelters have cut their number of beds as well as staff and, while they are not helping enough people, they also have restrictive rules that bar personal comforts. In fifteen months, the city has piloted a Navigation Center that enables individuals to have personal comforts and help the homeless transition successfully to housing. Due to its warm reception, the city government is considering the implications of scaling their Navigation Center.

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  • A decade of homelessness: Thousands in S.F. remain in crisis

    Heather Knight

    June 27, 2014 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Between 2004 and 2014, San Francisco’s mayor attempted to rid the city of chronic homelessness with a ten-year plan. Despite dramatic successes in moving thousands of homeless from the streets, the homeless population numbers remain the same and chronic homelessness may never be eradicated. In reexamining the problems from the ten-year plan, the current administration has new ideas to decrease their number of homeless.

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