by Andrew Cuomo
Local housing coordinator Sarah Chen faces a crisis when the Defense Department announces the closure of Fort Bradley. Her city's Consolidated Plan sits incomplete on her desk as homeless numbers surge and federal deadlines loom. Chen must navigate bureaucratic maze work between the Continuum of Care system and military reuse regulations. She discovers that converting abandoned barracks into emergency shelters requires approval from three different agencies. Each department demands different paperwork while winter approaches and tent camps multiply under highway overpasses. Chen races against time to incorporate the base closure into Exhibit 6 of the housing plan. The story reveals how policy frameworks shape human lives when institutional needs collide with community survival.
Genres: fiction, american-fiction, contemporary, academic
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: bureaucracy, race-against-time
Setting: Fort Bradley
Paperback · Diane Pub Co