Homeless Want To Be Homeless

27 November 2000 - 7:00am

Columnist Jill Stewart argues that the ugly secret about homelessness is that many homeless want to remain homeless.

"Another city hall leader who gets it, but can't say it publicly for fear of being attacked as a heartless bastard, says: 'I look at the homeless now, after all the years of efforts and all the programs that have come and gone, and I can almost see them laughing at the suits hurrying to their jobs. There is a defiance that is hard to understand, and maybe impossible to address. The bottom line is, many of them are choosing homelessness.'"

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Source: New Times-LA, November 24, 2000
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