the homeless colony on Claiborne

Apparently Mayor Nagin is going to try to do something about the homeless colony under the bridge on Claiborne Avenue.

Essentially, there is a road at ground level, and there's an elevated highway running over the top of it. The neutral ground in between the travel lanes is mostly used for parking, but there's one section that is home to an enormous homeless colony.

We drove by that spot nearly every day on our way to the Lower Ninth. It was emotional. There was a cold spell in January, I think, which caused a lot of problems.

I definitely think it's important to give these people a place to go, but we also need to address the underlying problem. The article said that many of the people have become homeless since the storm because rents have skyrocketed. There's a problem when people who could afford housing in the past can't anymore. This is when the government needs to step in. Simply putting them in a shelter isn't addressing the bigger issue.