Author: Jack Adams
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Evicted with Six Months to Live
On Thanksgiving Day weekend, Fanchon Fetters came home from the hospital, having been just diagnosed with breast cancer. She found a warning on her bed for missing a meeting with her case manager, Verna Johnson. On December 18, she received a notice of termination from the program that provided her with housing at Heading Home,…
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‘All I Do is Meditate:’ Surviving a Boston Winter on the Streets
BOSTON, Mass.—When the weather gets cold, most people simply stay inside with the heat turned up. But what about homeless people? Where do they go? Most homeless people go to shelters, such as the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter (HSHS), at the Lutheran church on Winthrop St in Harvard Square. The shelter stays open from 7…
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Annual Census Shows Rise in Boston’s Homeless Families
BOSTON, Mass—On December 16, 2013, the Emergency Shelter Commission, cooperate with 350 volunteers, conducted their 34th annual census of Boston’s homeless population. The census found that there are 7,255 homeless people in Boston, including men, women and children. This is a 3.8-percent increase from the 2012 census, during which 6,992 homeless people were recorded. The…