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Design Perspectives By Clair Enlow |
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September 28, 2011
Design Perspectives: A new approach to housing the homeless: Gossett Place
By CLAIR ENLOW
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Doors opened this month at Gossett Place in the University District. For the tenants, it was more than a moving day. Many were moving off the streets.
There's a couple who say they have been homeless for 18 years in the U-District, sleeping in doorways and sweeping restaurants for food. Now, with basic shelter covered, they can start thinking about a future beyond the next night. One 18-year-old tenant says he has been homeless since he was 14. He camped out at the door of Gossett Place the night before it opened, just to be sure.
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