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...East Berlin neighborhood of Mainzer Strasse still bears the scars of World War II, and for a few hours last week it seemed as if war had returned. Moving swiftly in the bleak dawn, a force of 3,000 police, using bulldozers and armored personnel carriers, smashed over trenches and through 6-ft. barricades to battle squatters ensconced in the derelict blocks. While bricks and fire bombs rained down from rooftops, the authorities flushed out hundreds of squatters with clubs and tear gas. At least 160 were injured, including 90 police, and Mayor Walter Momper's governing coalition of Greens...
...think [homelessness] is a critical issue in Massachusetts right now and one that deserves support," said Cathy Mainzer, executive director of the Coalition. "I think that housing and food are a right and need to be considered a right rather than a charity or a privilege," she said...
...Homelessness today is an economic problem," said Katherine M. Mainzer, executive director of the 1400-member Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless...
...Whether someone is crazy or sane, people used to be able to rent a room for $20 a week and can no longer do so," Mainzer said. "Not since the Great Depression have the homeless been so evident," she said...
...Mainzer said the government does not have a sufficient policy for helping the growing number of transients. "We continue to lurch from one crisis to the next," said Mainzer, calling for greater communication between shelters and the department of mental health...