The History of the Pine Street Inn
Every night in Boston, over 7,000 people are without adequate housing. Men, women, and children, in all seasons, are forced to live on the streets. Annually, the Pine Street Inn provides roughly 10,000 homeless people with services and tries to help them get back on their feet. The Inn opened in 1969 and since then has expanded exponentially.
What started as a place of refuge for roughly 200 men suffering from alcoholism is now a place that provides for almost 1,300 people a day, with 550 units of permanent housing and a wide range of programs and services, like housing, outreach, and shelter.
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Hey Brooke,
It's really cool that you have such an interest in homelessness and Pine Street. More people should do the kind of work that you do. I couldn't believe that there are 7,000 people every night without housing in Boston and that the Pine Street Inn works with 1,300 of them every day. There needs to be more people willing to help at places like Pine Street and ready to help stop homelessness entirely.
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