How To Really Fix L.A.'s Skid Row

Joel John Roberts looks to Hong Kong for a solution to Los Angeles' homelessness problem.

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October 2, 2006, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Ours is likely the most densely populated area of homelessness in the United States, with 10,000 homeless people within 50 square blocks...Could skid row become our version of a lawless, homeless haven, a walled city within a metropolis?...With smart, sound solutions â€" such as providing L.A.'s squatters with a place to live â€" everything else falls into place."

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