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Weather Creates Homeless Shelter Overflows

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published December 27, 2012 at 12:44 PM EST

The fight over a proposed winter shelter for the homeless in Franklin Township is forcing other shelters to fill beyond capacity.Agencies providing shelter say they were stretched to their limit last night, with people sleeping in chairs and mats on the floors. Complaints about putting the proposed shelter next to a daycare center, as well as code problems, have hindered the opening of the Community Shelter Board's 190-bed overflow facility.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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