Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Marc Fisher on Housing First

An interesting look at the impact of the Housing First movement in DC from Marc Fisher in Thursday's Post.

However, it bears a startling resemblance to Malcolm Gladwell's article from The New Yorker two and a half years years ago, "Million-Dollar Murray."  Not just the topic, which is understandable (the news embraces trickle-down stories, albeit usually somewhat faster than two and a half years).  Rather, Fisher cut out Gladwell's Murray, and pasted in Darian and Catherine.  It doesn't make it a less compelling story; it just makes it seem like a rip-off.

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