In recession, shelters short on space, funding
James Scott came to New Haven four months ago on a Greyhound bus from Richmond, Va., looking for a new job and a new life. Now he sits on a bench on the New Haven Green, his arms folded inside his thin blue polo, shivering as the wind rustles the tree branches above him. Unlike most of the other homeless people on the Green, Scott has no duffle bag, backpack or coat. All he owns are the clothes on his back.
Scott drifts between the streets and homeless shelters, such as the Columbus House, whose emergency shelter provides beds and meals to more than 80 women and men each night. But...
