Homeless to get private rooms in winter

[DrLeftover]

24 March

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge on Monday ordered the District of Columbia to provide homeless families private rooms when temperatures drop below freezing instead of housing them in public recreation centers.

The ruling by District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Robert Okun came in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of homeless people who said the housing offered by the United States capital placed their children in danger.

Washington's financial burden is outweighed by the "psychological harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, the children of the homeless" if they are denied safe housing, the judge said.

In some cases, the Washington families were put near recreation center basketball courts and separated from other homeless people and strangers by portable partitions.

Witnesses during the trial complained of bright lights, noise and odors from alcohol and marijuana smoke.

http://news.yahoo.com/washington-must-rooms-homeless-families-cold-judge-192046484.html;_ylt=AwrBEiHzhjBTHGQAB03QtDMD

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Only the best on my dime.

 

[Jazzy]

Bus them all to Detroit. There's plenty of empty homes there. Or, put them all in the White House. Plenty of rooms and the Obamas are never there. Last resort, move them all into Judge Okun's house!

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

A judge on Monday ordered the District of Columbia to provide homeless families private rooms when temperatures drop below freezing instead of housing them in public recreation centers.

Not to sound insensitive, but they weren't freezing to death in the recreation center, so why spend additional money to put them up in their own room? I supppose its a nice gesture though.

 

[Khalessi]

Well this is a much better effort than what we achieve over here.

During the upcoming G20 ..we will be housing our homeless in 5 star hotels, but as soon as all the delegates and visitors return home .. we'll just throw our homeless people back onto the streets.