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When emergency aid cannot solve systemic problems

I run the emergency shelter program and we had a family stay for six months after the wildfire and when they finally left the father shook my hand and said we saved their lives but I know we just delayed their homelessness because there is nowhere affordable for them to go.

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You help people survive a crisis knowing there's nowhere for them to actually land.

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