Year after year, homeless shelters in Rochester face a dilemma. On many days, they see more people who need shelter than they can accommodate. That leaves them with two choices: turn the people away or methodically search for available beds in other shelters. Typically, they do the latter, and usually to little success. Normally, this […]
Dimitri House
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County, shelters struggle with Cuomo’s homeless order
The unusually mild winter has allowed Monroe County, meaning both the community and the government, to dodge a serious, ongoing problem regarding a hard-to-serve segment of the area’s homeless population. When the temperature drops below a certain point, homeless people need to get indoors to stay safe; the National Coalition for the Homeless says that […]
