But the new law imposed tough restrictions on shelters, and did so retroactively.

If more is spent on shelters, less must be spent on other forms of relief.

Poverty was rising, increasing reliance on homeless shelters, where the disease spread rapidly.

Kirk couldn't imagine a high school course on primitive shelters.

Given the severe low-income housing shortage, some advocates question the heavy spending on shelters.

There was also a rise in the number of families relying on shelters, approximately 29,000.

Later in the year, Baird stated that his department would spend $26 million on shelters and other funding for the homeless.

Loss of the hospitals could also create new demands on mental health programs and homeless shelters.

New city regulations place pressure on shelters to move clients into permanent housing as swiftly as possible.

The first phase of work on the historic station building and shelters was completed in September 1999.