Homeless to City Council: Don’t reduce our funding
source: News-Record.com
GREENSBORO — As the city considers budget reductions for next year, a group of homeless people and advocates are asking that the budget not be balanced at the expense of services for the poor. About half a dozen people brought their pleas directly to the City Council on Tuesday night.
Homeless Concerned About Cuts March On City Hall
Source: www.wxii12.com
GREENSBORO — Several of Greensboro homeless residents are calling on the City Council to continuing funding agencies that provide assistance. Tuesday, April 21, 2009…
From News-Record.com, 04/20/2009:
image credit: Joseph Rodriguez, News & Record
No injuries were reported when a fire broke out in a trailer today.
The fire was reported about 12:20 p.m. Monday in an empty mobile home at 1727 W. Lee St., about a block east of the Greensboro Coliseum.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
NightWatch has visited that trailer many times over the past few years, and we’ve taken food, blankets and hygiene bags to the homeless people who’ve stayed there. As far as I know, there was no water/sewer or power, but it’s a decent-sized trailer, and a secure roof over your head for whoever was there at the time. The last time I went by there was last summer. I don’t know if anyone had been staying there recently, but with the big increase in homeless people on the street in the past year, I’d really be surprised if no one was sleeping there. And if someone was, they’ve lost their spot. And probably all their stuff, too.
» Previously: On 04/08/2009, there was another fire in a building where homeless people slept.
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