‘You want to put me back on the street?’: Advocates brace for deep cuts to ‘Housing First’ programs

‘You want to put me back on the street?’: Advocates brace for deep cuts to ‘Housing First’ programs

One resident of 5 Franklin Street, a boxy gray building with a flat top and a long wheelchair ramp, has lost his legs and his hands. Two were paralyzed in motor vehicle accidents. Several live with profound mental illness. All 14 residents of this home in Northampton have complex medical challenges, and all had been homeless for years, living in shelters or on the street, until they moved into Independent Housing Solutions, a program founded in …