As to what we do for the homeless, WaPo had a front page article today on the mismanagement of the DC Housing Authority.
The vacancy rate is exceedingly high in their managed units. No one has been added to the list since 2003. People refuse housing because it is substandard. Tenants are living in substandard housing - dealing with all kinds of issues - flooding in their buildings, no working AC or heat, lead paint - that one really got me.
Lead paint was banned in 1978. So the Housing Authority haven't addressed that issue in 44 years????? And knowing what it does to children, allowing children to live there? OMG
They bought a 4.5 million dollar computer system that they were never trained on and thus don't use. Etc. Etc.
The mayor disavows any responsibility. It's the board (the majority of which she appointed) and the Director's fault.
And of course, everyone claims they need more money.
Then Colbert King wrote an op ed about it and mentioned that they had contracted with a company to provide housing for LGBT folks. They just took the money and ran - no accountability there.