Thank you to Yvonne Abraham for recognizing the unnecessarily fragile condition of the family shelter system in Massachusetts. “A safety net that leaves them out” (Oct. 7) highlights one horrific example of the human cost of regulatory changes, newly enacted by the Patrick administration, that limit shelter access.
While the state’s effort to increase prevention services and affordable housing for homeless families is laudable, the Commonwealth still has a moral obligation to provide an adequate safety net.
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No one should have to live in the streets or their car...but years ago projects were built to help this situation and to live in Old Colony or Mary Hemmingway...near the beach & ball fields helped so many. What has happen to these and like projects (Bromley Heath) have been taken over by drug gangs & people that do not care or take care of it. I know years ago my mother lived in Old Colony and it was such a hell hole she moved out....because of the white trash living there. Control those that live there and make them a safe place for those in need of a safe & peaceful place to live. No one wants an affordable project near them unless the tenants take care of it and not a drug den you never see problems in the senior projects.