Upscale coastal enclave beloved by Kennedys erupts after homeless shelter plan puts it steps from school

Cape Cod residents are speaking retired against plans to spot a stateless structure 150 yards from an simple school, with immoderate radical disquieted that those wrong would beryllium forced extracurricular each greeting astatine the nonstop aforesaid clip children are arriving.

During the May 6 Barnstable School Committee meeting, members voted to nonstop a missive voicing interest regarding a program to relocate the St. Joseph’s House stateless structure successful Hyannis, Massachusetts, to a caller spot that's a 5-minute locomotion from a adjacent simple school, according to the Cape Cod Times.

Among different issues, residents are acrophobic that the relocation program by Housing Assistance Corporation and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River would mean those who are stateless would beryllium pushed retired regular astatine 7 a.m., the aforesaid clip arsenic simple students are headed to school.

"The radical are forced retired daily, close astatine the nonstop clip schools are successful transit; businesses are operating. It’s not going to enactment immoderate amended present than it was there," Town Councilor Betty Ludtke said, according to Boston 25.

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St. Joseph's House connected Winter Street successful Hyannis. (Cape Cod Times-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn images)

Rick Brigham, who has worked astatine the St. Joseph’s House for 27 years, shares the aforesaid concerns regarding the shelter's proximity to an simple school.

"They’re retired connected the thoroughfare trying to survive," Brigham said. "It’s not lone problematic for the community, the concern owners, the residents, it’s problematic for the neighbors successful need."

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Rick Brigham, left, John and Stacey Kimball accidental the determination of St. Joseph's Home relocation to West Main Street would negatively interaction that area. (Merrily Cassidy/Cape Cod Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"The interaction is tremendous, but there’s a antithetic mode to bash this," Brigham added.

John Kimball, who owns Steve Sue’s Par-Tee Freeze connected Hyannis’ Main Street, besides shared his concerns astir the stateless structure opening crossed the thoroughfare from his business.

"My occupation is to marque radical happy, and we person the mini golf, and we person the crystal cream, what amended situation to marque radical blessed in?" Kimball said. "I interest astir not lone the business. I mean, that’s however it each started, but past you commencement getting into and knowing the program, and I commencement getting acrophobic for the area."

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Notably, Hyannis is wherever erstwhile President John F. Kennedy had a location and was dubbed the "Summer White House."

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Even though zoning laws don't let for the instauration of a stateless structure successful the country wherever plans are underway for construction, the groups down the effort obtained a gathering permit.

Ludtke said the groups were capable to enactment astir the zoning laws due to the fact that of a spiritual exemption.

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Hyannis is the largest of the 7 villages successful the municipality of Barnstable, Massachusetts, successful the United States. (DenisTangeyJr/Getty Images)

The Housing Assistance Corporation and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River, that are down the relocation effort, tried to code assemblage concerns successful a statement.

"We recognize the concerns of the community, but we person a well-designed information program successful spot that protects guests and the community. The existing structure is adjacent schools and autobus stops, and determination person been nary concerns implicit the galore years it has been successful operation," the groups said.

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Barnstable School Committee subordinate Mike Judge, who claims to beryllium "well-versed with stateless shelters," said he's disquieted astir the imaginable that much information volition person to beryllium hired.

"I tin spot a batch of immense fiscal problems with this," Judge said astatine the May 6 meeting.