"Sanctuary" Photojournalist Arleen Hodge shares from Sanctuary Village

I am torn as many of Rochester’s chronic homeless I call my friends. Many of the population we are talking about have issues of mental illness and addiction making it hard for stability. Permanent housing is not an option without proper treatment. I've seen the revolving door of the “housing first” model. My dear friend, a chronically homeless man of many years, John Klenotiz, was taken off the streets and placed in a “wet house” only to be found dead at the Elk’s Lodge within a year.

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