The downtown Franklin School homeless shelter must remain open until Mayor Adrian Fenty demonstrates that every man staying there has been placed in safe and humane housing, the D.C. Council decided Tuesday.
The historic Franklin School at 13th and K streets NW has served as a 300-bed emergency men’s shelter since 2002.
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