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In 1995, Wheaton residents discovered that two convicted sex offenders were living in their local shelters. Alarmed by what they saw as a growing problem, the city’s Task Force on Homelessness commissioned Dan A. Lewis (IPR-Education) to study the homeless issue and make recommendations. Lewis had conducted a similar analysis in Evanston a year earlier.

Lewis and co-investigator Bruce Nelson observed and interviewed 60 homeless and other local residents in 1997. They concluded that residents’ fears were not only greatly exaggerated, but that Wheaton’s homeless program could serve as a model for other suburbs.

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Originally posted by Dan the Man:
Recent article on the slaying in Homeless-a-plenty Madison, WI.

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Phalen Pierson, 48, said he spends six days a week lounging in the Capitol basement between shifts as a caterer. He said he could never relax the same way in his hometown of Cleveland.

"They'd call security on you," said Pierson, who has been homeless on and off for eight years. "In Madison, it's like 'here, here, here.' There's too many handouts. A lot of these guys sit on their butts all day and don't do nothing but drink."

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Originally posted by Clamato:
Fewer homeless issues in their CBD allow them to work on other avenues of revenue generation/collection.