Lowell Housing Authority on front line of homeless, housing crisis

Lowell Housing Authority on front line of homeless, housing crisis

LOWELL — The Lowell Housing Authority is on the front line of the city’s homeless crisis. For more than a year, the agency has devoted staff, money and other resources to protect its residents and property at its South Common Village from the disorder crimes of vagrancy, trespassing and drug activity plaguing the Back Central neighborhood. Executive Director Tha Chhan said the nine-building complex that mostly serves the housing needs of elderly…