Gimme Shelter: Why is Homeless Policy So Disconnected from the Daily Struggle of People Trying to Find a Place to Stay?

November 13, 2013 – Segment 2

We examine the dichotomy between homeless policy and the actual struggle facing homeless persons on a daily basis. Our guests include:

Edward Ericson Jr., staff writer for the Baltimore City Paper, whose article “Gimme Shelter” is featured this week;
Adam Schneider, Director of Community Relations, Health Care for the Homeless, Inc.;
Kate Briddell, Director of the Homeless Services Program, Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Human Services;
and Adrienne Breidenstine, Director of The Journey Home, Baltimore’s Homeless Plan.

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Written by Marc Steiner

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