Word: ymca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Foot said his group was forced to renovate its current facilities because it no longer complies with safety and sanitary codes. As a result, the YMCA may have to reduce the number of spaces in its lodging program from 138 to a token number...
...YMCA is currently the largest lodging house in the city. According to Foot, "the YMCA and YWCA combined comprise more than half the lodging house room in the city...
...stricter codes and improvements in the quality of living since the building was first constructed have reduced the viability of cheap housing in Cambridge, and the residence is "not up to the standards of the YMCA" anymore, said Foot. He said problems include the electric current, plumbing, lighting and fire doors...
After the renovation, the YMCA "will not manage the housing element in the package" because it is not equipped to deal with the special problems of the lodgers...
Lack of finances prevents the YMCA from providing counseling services for these individuals, but Foot said, "other agencies [such as the Cambridge and Somerville Cooperative Project] who are very well equipped have expressed interest" in taking over the housing program...