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Real Estate/Development

Mar. 18, 2003

Help Through Better Planning

BY JOEL JOHN ROBERTS Yes, as Mr. Hansson suggests, empty storefronts and buildings attract the homeless to downtown streets, just as to other abandoned and neglected areas. The answer is not to blame the homeless for trying to find shelter where none exists but for the real estate industry to marshal its considerable resources and insights to develop creative alternatives to the lack of appropriate housing for those in need.

        BY JOEL JOHN ROBERTS
        
        Yes, as Mr. Hansson suggests, empty storefronts and buildings attract the homeless to downtown streets, just as to other abandoned and neglected areas. The answer is not to blame the homeless for trying to find shelter where none exists but for the real estate industry to marshal its considerable resourc...

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