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San Francisco gets record-setting $100m donation to end homelessness

The Guardian: A private organization has pledged $100m to fight chronic homelessness in San Francisco, the largest donation of its kind to the city and possibly the biggest privately funded push to end homelessness anywhere.

Despite the efforts of the past five city mayors, homelessness in San Francisco has only appeared to get worse. At any given time, there are roughly 2,000 chronically homeless living on the streets of San Francisco. The “chronically homeless” population, to be addressed by the grant from the Tipping Point Community, is defined as those who have been on the streets for at least a year and who have a mental or physical disability.

“We’re drawing a line in the sand and saying enough is enough,” said Daniel Lurie, the founder of Tipping Point, a poverty-fighting non-profit organization. Chronic homelessness is a “massively complicated issue, but we’re committed to our community”.

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