Homeless housed.Homeless Housed: A $29 million expansion of the Section 8 rental-subsidy program will provide more than 2,000 homeless people with social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales and financial assistance to find permanent housing. About 51,000 families in the city receive the Section 8 subsidies. The program is designed to move homeless families from Skid Row skid row a run-down area frequented by alcoholics. [Am. Culture: Misc.] See : Alcoholism Skid Row district of down-and-outs and bums. [Am. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 1008] See : Failure downtown Downtown (called a "city centre" in British English) is a term used in North America when referring to a city's core, usually both in a geographical and commercial / community sense. and place them in apartments around the city. The recently launched Skid Row Families Demonstration Project, a county-city partnership, will participate in the program. |
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