OUR MOST-ASKED QUESTION: Why not build 'transitional' shelters just like everyone else does?

OUR 5 MOST COMMON ANSWERS:

1. Many homeless will not associate with programs which have failed them in the past.

2. Property costs are astronomical for the few parcels of real estate available in the Santa Monica area.

3. Any shelter planned today will be at least 3 to 5 years in approval and construction.

4. New 'transitional' shelters will typically be designed to house only 100 (or fewer) homeless each -- 5% of Santa Monica's 2000 homeless. It would take 20 such shelters to remove all of Santa Monica's homeless from the streets!

5. New programs have been announced by a coalition of government and social agencies, promising to "end homelessness in 10 years". Even if they were somehow able to succeed, who will shelter America's homeless during the nine year, 364-day wait?

 

OUR SECOND MOST-ASKED QUESTION: How can I help you shelter the homeless?

OUR ANSWER: Click Here to visit our "How YOU Can Help Us Shelter The Homeless" page.

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