As winter breaks in the southern hemisphere, the need for SIBs to aid the homeless problem becomes more acute, as evidenced here in Boise, Idaho…
A Village For The Homeless In Boise? Eugene Did It
Jerry Brady – Idaho Statesman
As winter approaches, Boise’s homeless population is again huddling up in one place. Last year it was under The Connector at 16th Street. This year it’s at a nearby alley, Cooper Court. Homeless people crowd around the city’s largest-capacity overnight shelter, Interfaith Sanctuary. More tents pop up each week.
People ask, “What is the city doing about this?” In fact, a mayor’s task force is studying ways to provide “permanent supportive housing” for the chronically homeless—including privately funded “social impact bonds.”
But it’s not just “the city’s problem.” Governments will never close the enormous gap in affordable housing. An August study estimates 6,000 low-income people in Boise alone lack access to it. A whole lot of private, affordable housing – such as the new Trailwinds Apartments in Garden City and another proposed for Star – will need to be in the valley’s future.