AS WINTER MARKS the return of frigid temperatures and with COVID-19 cases on the rise, the challenges ahead for people experiencing homelessness are truly alarming. Overcrowded shelters and growing encampments […]
Joe Finn
Posted inOpinion
Progress on homelessness/COVID-19 is uneven
AT ONE OF HIS DAILY COVID-19 press briefings, Gov. Charlie Baker announced that the Newton Pavilion, formerly part of the Boston Medical Center campus, would serve as a health care […]
Posted inOpinion
Worcester pursues interesting COVID-19 homeless option
IN TIMES OF TRUE CRISIS, true leaders emerge. And at a moment when shelter providers across the Commonwealth are being asked to ignore the recommended protocols established to stop the […]
Posted inHealth Care, Opinion
Dealing with chronic homelessness
IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, the city of Boston put the finishing touches on a new shelter for 400 homeless individuals on South Hampton Street and announced a bold homelessness […]