Neighborhood just not right for shelter

Homeless shelters are good for the community. They give down-and-out citizens the chance to get back on their feet and start again. Shelters shouldn't be constructed in slums; they should be placed in middle- to upper-class neighborhoods where the homeless have a chance to reintegrate themselves. But turning the Pi Kappa Alpha house into a homeless shelter will only present problems.\nThe house is located amongst a string of sorority houses, and while this would create a higher class living environment, non-college aged residents would be out of their element among the busy and sometimes loud greek community. The homeless need peace and quiet, not all-night social events and rowdy basketball crowds.\nIf the Bloomington community is serious about providing rooms for the homeless, why not construct them closer to sites where they can work. Placing it right by campus limits opportunities for those without ready transportation. It would take a serious financial commitment if IU were to promise to hire all the residents of the shelter.\nWhile we would all hope that the IU student community would be respectful of the residents of this proposed shelter, the shelter could carry an unwanted social stigma that would invite few to actually stay in the building.\n-- Jason Gaddis and Andrew LeMar