Fix for homeless housing running into delays, massive cost

Here is one of two articles on homelessness and potential short-term solutions:

……Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration once championed the “housing first” strategy of placing homeless families in permanent homes as fast as possible. Now it’s planning a $91 million expansion of the state’s shelter system of temporary housing.

Aaron Gornstein, the state official in charge of housing, said he still wants to meet the goal, first articulated two years ago, to move families out of hotels by the end of June. But now it seems the administration is sending something of a mixed message, as Patrick’s proposed budget allocates $12.3 million for the ongoing use of temporary lodging for the fiscal year that begins in July.

http://necir.org/2014/02/23/fix-for-homeless-housing-running-into-delays-massive-cost/