''It's a catch-22,'' Grace Monteiro, with her son Keegan, said of housing regulations for the city's homeless. Monteiro, 28, has been in and out of shelters and apartments for several years.
(John Bohn/ Globe Staff)
Homeless families face strict new rules
Firm standards set for work, behavior; Some say many will be forced into streets
''It's a catch-22,'' Grace Monteiro, with her son Keegan, said of housing regulations for the city's homeless. Monteiro, 28, has been in and out of shelters and apartments for several years.
(John Bohn/ Globe Staff)
Less than two years after vowing to end homelessness in Massachusetts, the Patrick administration has proposed new regulations that it acknowledges could force hundreds of homeless families back on the street. (Full article: 1186 words)
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