WASHINGTON -- For roughly 20 years, Mark Thompson lived alone in the woods, drifting between Maryland and Washington, D.C. He scraped by through odd jobs painting or landscaping, and also stealing. He drank and did drugs, and cycled in and out of jail. "I hated the fact that I woke up every morning," he said.
How Giving Homes To The Homeless Reduces Homelessness
Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post: Politics
Sat, 03/28/2015 - 4:30am
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