The Harvard Coop Hotel

It is no fun sleeping in the entrance of the Harvard Coop overnight but it does offer some shelter and safety in numbers. I am told there was a woman who slept there for 20 years 365 nights but has vanished and people fear she has died.

Last night I was chatting with another resident of the Coop hotel who is a Harvard grad but lost her job 2 years ago and lost her condo 2 months ago. She says she just can't tell her parents she has 'failed'. She told me that women's shelter beds are VERY scarce and in Cambridge there is a daily lottery for a woman's shelter in Somerville. If she loses she stays at the Coop Hotel.

It is frightening to see how many people are living on the streets of Cambridge.

This is just a nightmare and whatt is frustrating is actually having been told more than once just get drunk and you can get a bed at 240 Albany St.

The nightmare continues....