At The Eye Of The Storm: Perception And Practice At Peachtree and Pine – Part 2
Shelter officials say the crime around the building is caused by those hanging outside and across the street.
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All you have to do is a quick online search and these titles come up
Man stabbed multiple times outside Peachtree-Pine shelter.
Community continues to be victimized by Peachtree-Pine criminals.
Taxi driver attacked by several men outside Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter.
It’s an unsafe place that harbors criminals and simply warehouses the homeless instead of offering resources.
Those are familiar and constant criticisms of the midtown homeless shelter and the criminal activity that takes place around it.
Metro Atlanta Task for the Homeless Executive Director Anita Beaty says it’s an external problem that’s caused by people hanging out around the shelter.
But the day A Closer Look visited the shelter, there was a problem.
It was downstairs in an area that used to be a garage. During our conversation, the police arrived.
There have been other issues related to the shelter.
Last year, the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness reported a tuberculosis outbreak among shelters in the Atlanta.
Peachtree Pine was one of them.
Beaty says the shelter took extreme precaution, and everyone possibly exposed was tested. The decades old dwelling appears structurally sound, but it needs work. Shelter repairs are made by volunteers.
Beaty says the shelter has an operating budget just over $500,000. Still, perception and problems go hand and hand for the Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter.
Azita Ebrahimi is the volunteer social media coordinator. She says the only way to separate negative perceptions from the actual problems is to come visit the shelter.
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