Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most cases they [homeless people] don't know what rights they have," McCambridge adds. "They think they have no rights...
Cambridge Police Commissioner Perry L. Anderson says that most of the city's complaints concerning the homeless are around business areas. But Anderson says those complaints usually result in no more than a warning for panhandlers...
...despite the advocacy groups' claims of police intolerance, Anderson maintains that the homeless are treated fairly. "There's a very liberal and accommodating attitude in Cambridge," adds Anderson "There's no hostile attitude by the citizenry or the police...very seldom do you hear of someone abusing homeless person, and we don't have a lot of homeless people in jail cells...
...although most businesses say they usually don't call the police or even ask people to leave unless they are disruptive to the clientele, they agree that homeless loitering definitely affects business...
John P. DiGiovanni, vice-president of Trinity Property Management which operates The Garage and the Atrium, agrees that there are pressures on business to move the homeless out of their vicinity...