See this sheaf of papers? This is eight months worth of one-night shelter placements to the Walles' -- a family to whom DHS won't provide long-term shelter because, DHS insists, they're "not really homeless." The Walles and their toddler have been refused a shelter placement by DHS since Feburary 2007. So they've been forced to go to the PATH family intake center every night to get an "overnight" -- a place to sleep just for the night. Every day the Walles' bring their belongings to PATH, wait outside the building in an interminable line, wait to get put on a bus and ship out to a different substandard shelter room. Still, the city insists they're not eligible for housing assistance because "they could probably find somewhere else to stay."

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