Locals Oppose Use of Laconia State School for Homeless
By Rick Green
The Laconia Daily Sun
LACONIA — The state is looking at using a vacant building at the Laconia State School property as quarantine housing for homeless people who have tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesman for the state Health and Human Services Department said Tuesday evening.
The Dube Building on the former Laconia State School property, circled in red on this map, is where the state may send homeless residents from around the state who test positive for COVID-19.
Jake Leon's statement addressed fears voiced by county officials that there did not seem to be adequate security provisions to prevent the homeless people from wandering from the Dube Building, where the housing would be established. Another fear was that they the homeless would end up staying in the Lakes Region.
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