Word: shelterer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shelter has been searching since November for a suitable building for a new operation for which it has obtained funding. The search has been fruitless thus far--made more difficult by Cambridge's zoning ordinance, which limits the number of community residences allowed in any one of the city's 10 neighborhoods...
...Shelter representatives told the Cambridge City Council last week that four of the neighborhoods have reached their shelter quota...
...nine city councillors promised their full support to Shelter's efforts, but it is unclear what that support will be. It is unlikely that the council would urge a zoning exemption for the project and allow a new community residence in a closed neighborhood because of the community backlash such a move might cause in an election year. But as one Shelter official said, the organization was happy to have "nine receptive ears [in the council] that can help...
...Another shelter project that has bumped into various city health and zoning laws is a temporary community residence founded by Stewart Guernsey, a first-year Divinity student, in the basement of the University Lutheran Church on Winthrop...
...examples of Shelter and Guernsey's temporary residence are indicative of the complicated response given by government to the problem of homelessness. Some money is available, but not enough to fund complete programs. Promises of assistance are made, but the results are less tangible. Often, existing regulations limit the way church and community groups can address the issue...