Images by Brittany Grabowski
As the weather cools, it’s more important than ever to keep up on the plight of Boston’s homeless, many of whom relied on services provided at the Long Island Shelter, which has now been closed for more than a month due to bridge infrastructure issues. Though the city has made alternative resources available, many people who live inside the shelter system and those advocating for them are claiming current temporary solutions are inadequate. The Dig is listening, watching, waiting to see how a city so high on Olympic fumes cares for its most vulnerable citizens in the coming weeks. In the meantime, a lot of the faces and signs from yesterday’s rally—planned by the group Hand Delivered Hope—tell an important part of the story …
FURTHER READING: “I THINK WE DESERVE MORE THAN A WAREHOUSE BECAUSE WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS”
FURTHER READING: TWO LONG AND DARK NIGHTS ON LONG ISLAND WITH BOSTON’S HOMELESS
FURTHER READING: ONE WOMAN’S STORY ABOUT HOPE, HOUSING, AND HOMELESSNESS IN BOSTON
FURTHER READING: ADVOCATES EXPLAIN HOW SURVIVAL TACTICS BLOCK HOMELESS YOUTH FROM SERVICES
Dig Staff means this article was a collaborative effort. Teamwork, as we like to call it.