SAN FRANCISCO—The end of June saw a prevalence of articles on the homeless, including the June 28-29 feature in the San Francisco Chronicle, “Stories on Homelessness”; Blanca Torres' “If Seattle Can Build Enough, Why Can't We?” in the June 27 issue of the Business Times; and the June 29 New York Times editorial, “Let Them Eat Cash.” As a result of these articles, I have been queried by both colleagues and friends to offer my opinion as to whether the homeless problem can be solved, and if so, how? Ms. Real Estate does not have the hubris to believe she can suggest a permanent solution. However, below she prescribes five policy Do's and Don'ts that, if followed, would greatly reduce the homeless problem.
Ms. Real Estate
Five Do's and Five Don'ts to Reduce Homelessness in Your Community
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Nina J. Gruen
Nina J.Gruen has been the Principal Sociologist in charge of market research and analysis at Gruen Gruen + Associates (GG+A) since co-founding the firm in 1970. Ms. Gruen applies the analytical techniques of the social sciences to estimating the demand for real estate and to understanding the culture of the groups who determine the success of development, planning, and public policy decisions. She is a pioneer in synthesizing the results of behavioral research with quantitative time-series data to forecast market reactions. Market and community attitude evaluations and programming studies led by Nina Gruen have resulted in the development and redevelopment of many retail, office, industrial, visitor, and residential projects, varying in scale from a single building to large single- and mixed-use projects.
