March 4, 2013
Thomas, 40, an unemployed carpenter who has been living in the woods near Reston Town Center since Christmas Eve, agreed to be interviewed by volunteers and homeless advocates during Registry Week. Wearing a dark blue hoodie for warmth, Thomas was one of the 462 chronically homeless individuals interviewed during Registry Week.
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Putting a Face on Homelessness
462 homeless interviewed during Registry Week, an intense effort to document Fairfax County’s chronic homeless.
"We have to step up to this question. … Are we going to walk away from this tonight and say, 'That's just the way people live?’ Well, it's not the way people should live." —Supervisor Cathy Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill)
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