The Nation - News from Aug. 20, 1985
A judge dismissed a lawsuit that would have forced the federal government to renovate a crumbling shelter for the homeless in Washington, D.C., but ordered federal officials to find new homes for the facility’s residents. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Richey said the government has pledged $2.7 million to find homes and health care for the shelter’s residents. Mitch Snyder, leader of the Community for Creative Nonviolence, brought the suit after the Administration said it would close the building rather than agree to Snyder’s demands for a new shelter.
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