Library builds storage for homeless patrons

This item the State Journal-Register of Springfield shows how a library became proactive in treating homeless patrons as patrons.

It also indicates that there may be additional worries.
One patron points this out:

Norman Adkins, 57, who was homeless until five days ago, said the people who live outside the library look out for one another and watch over each other's possessions.

"We're going to worry every day that people are going through our personal belongings," Adkins said of the new shed. "Here, we always have somebody walking in and out. There, we're not going to be able to watch our stuff."

So it's not a perfect solution. Evidently the city council doesn't mind the number of homeless people who stay on the plaza near the library. When you link to the article and scroll down, you'll see lots of responses that indicate everything from moral outrage at providing things for the homeless to moral outrage that more isn't done!