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本帖最后由 花儿红 于 2013-7-8 20:19 编辑 * e5 x0 v! U* [. S- U
francais 发表于 2013-7-8 19:10 
0 ?7 K4 s2 J$ m0 f+ d. h9 S所以我觉得钱用在帮助他们提高劳动能力更值得，我从不反对政府有这样的资金去帮助他们，但是项目要有意义 ...
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T9 w2 s) Q% l+ U* ?政府就业支持就业培训的项目已有不少，但有些人因健康或各种不同的原因仍然长期或暂时有经济困难。: e1 U1 Y3 {5 J* o# z- M1 D( R
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关于是否廉租屋的问题我从Edmonton Journal上摘一小段：/ C. C! w1 |. ?* y' ^% ]$ I
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/n ... /8623508/story.html0 B+ ~# d8 _) z
( g* Y. |: v, L. r( l' _Murray Soroka, executive director of Jasper Place Health and Wellness, insists neighbourhood fears are exaggerated.* f0 o8 _$ R! t* a/ E
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The facility, he stresses, will not be a homeless shelter.
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?/ E9 c! [& r/ ETenants will be screened and selected for their suitability, and will pay rent for their apartments — about $720 a month for a one-bedroom unit, about 20 per cent below market rates.8 r( r2 b3 g/ R/ W
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While most of the units will be bachelors or one-bedrooms, Soroka says that he has listened to community concerns and that up to nine suites will now be two-bedroom units, suitable for families.
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& a! ~/ s( q- V8 v. M' Y0 _- g' tEach tenant will have a personal caseworker, funded by the Housing First anti-homelessness initiative. There will also be a social worker assigned to the building, and support staff on-site 24 hours a day. A shuttle will take residents to work, to shop, to medical appointments.' S2 L8 ^6 \8 l; r+ u! p
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“People have very stereotyped ideas about homelessness,” he says. “But we serve families, we serve women, children, people from all kinds of situations. The people who are going to live there want to be successful in their lives, just like everyone else.”" C' D* U" f8 F/ T* l0 ?8 S
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# _" A3 T6 X: p0 G另外，对于"homeless", 我的理解是如果没有这个项目，这些人将可能变成homeless. |
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