When Cities Buy the Homeless Out of Town

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 4, 2018

Alastair Gee, homelessness editor for The Guardian U.S., talks about the common practice of municipalities buying one-way bus or plane tickets out of town for their homeless residents and whether it helps end homelessness or just shifts it around the country.

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