Shelters for the Homeless: A Good Deed?

  Sunday, March 9th is National Good Deeds Day, and this got us thinking about a story we first ran a couple of years ago. A lot of nonprofits devote themselves to getting homeless people off the streets.  One group has a different goal: to provide better shelters for homeless people, right where they are. 

WABE’s Kate Sweeney went to a build by the Mad Housers. Here’s her story, followed by a conversation between Kate and host John Lemley, about the sticky question of good deeds when it comes to a complicated issue like homelessness.

Broadcast version of story that aired Friday March 7, 2014