Tag: homeless
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The ‘poster child’ for homelessness in Miami-Dade County is an unsinkable Cuban widow called Mechy
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Mechy Paez Polo is content to live in a pleasant shelter for homeless seniors now that her true home, with her husband Orlando Polo, is gone. -
Miami-Dade’s choice: Spare 150 seniors homelessness or save taxpayers $14 million
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Up to 150 seniors who can’t afford to live in Miami-Dade County unaided are likely to soon benefit from a new state law that’s forcing local governments to segregate their homeless residents. -
Study shows more homeless deaths in Broward than Miami-Dade as rates spike in both counties
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Numbers show that homelessness, which shortens lives everywhere, is twice as lethal in Broward as in Miami-Dade. -
Fort Lauderdale, taxpayers about to learn cost of city’s unconstitutional folly shutting down public feedings
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Fort Lauderdale taxpayers face the prospect of having to foot the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees run up during the city’s unconstitutional efforts to shut down the practice of food sharing with the homeless in downtown Stranahan Park. -
Homeless in a time of COVID-19; what Broward may do to begin providing protection
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Stay home and put distance between yourself and other people. That’s the government’s advice to prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus. But what do you do when you don’t have a home? -
Broward’s new Community Court looks to keep non-violent offenders out of jail
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward is launching a new court to help keep non-violent lawbreakers out of jail. The “community court” is getting a jump-start with a $200,000 grant from the Center for Court Innovation, a nonprofit that supports outside-the-box solutions to problems within the justice system.
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