Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Using Closed Military Bases For The Homeless Is A Smart Idea



March Air Reserve Base near Riverside, California (an hour east of Los Angeles) is being used for homeless services.

Although a third of the 6,600 acres of the base is still used for the Air Force Reserves, they are opening up the property to help the homeless. Here is an article about this.

Lutheran Social Services operates their Amelia’s Light program, a transitional shelter for homeless woman and children that is located on the Reserve Base.

Other bases in California are also housing similar programs.

It just makes sense to use government property to site homeless services and housing. Especially since land is so expensive.

1 Comments:

Anonymous eric jacla@yahoo.com said...

i beleive that using military bases are a great idea , if one was using indian grants to open one up . my idea is to put the homeless back to work.

3:12 PM  

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