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Cambridge's homeless came in doors yesterday, not to find shelter, but to describe their lives to students gathered at St. Paul's Church...
According to Dannenberg, there are 6,000 homeless in the Boston area alone, and a great inadequacy of shelters. "Pine Street Inn, which is the largest shelter, only has 300 beds, and on the coldest day of the winter, Pine Street is carpeted with bodies," he added...
Currently, the sole shelter in Cambridge is located in the basement of the University Lutheran Church, near the Intramural Athletic Building...
Guernsey said the shelter, which he founded with the Phillips Brooks House, is an emergency overnight shelter run by students with 23-24 mattresses. The shelter is open every night during the winter, he added...
Approximately 30 percent of people seeking shelter are suffering from some form of mental retardation-from slight learning disabilities to severe emotional difficulties, according to Hines. This is partially a result of the deinstitutionalization that occurred during the 1960's, when many marginally mentally ill patients were released from mental institutions...