Entries (RSS)A recent article in the New York Times brings to life the challenges faced by some people who try to leave homelessness. The article describes a man who lived for years beneath an abandoned train station in the Bronx. A nonprofit group that provides housing and services to mentally ill homeless people arranged for him to move into an apartment. One-third of his Supplemental Security Income check would go to pay rent and a Catholic nun who had looked after him, along with two case managers, would help him make the transition. But the man found the transition too difficult and he returned to his cave underground.  He recently signaled a willingness to try life in an apartment again.
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