BALTIMORE: Not-for-profits have created a major financial obstacle for homeless seniors finding accommodation despite it being a duty of care governance issue.
The study says forcing potential tenants to pay a month’s rent ‘up-front’ poses an insurmountable barrier for many homeless people in receipt of benefits or on low wages.
“This approach is increasingly commonplace and demonstrates a failure by some not-for-profits to properly consider the needs of vulnerable people,” said…