http://kplu.org en http://kplu.org/post/seattle-housing-allows-drinking-helps-homeless-drink-less Most housing set up to help the homeless comes with a strict no-booze policy.<p>But a study on a controversial complex in Seattle that allows chronic alcoholics to keep drinking suggests the lenient approach can work too.<p>Homeless people with alcohol problems decreased their consumption over two years at the facility, called <a href="http://www.desc.org/1811.html">1811 Eastlake</a>. The average amount of alcohol consumed on a typical drinking day by the 95 study participants had decreased by about 25 percent at the end of the two-year study.<p><p>So what gives? Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:05:18 +0000 3870 at http://kplu.org Seattle housing that allows drinking helps homeless drink less