Place a homeless man called home

Andre K. Haney ran errands, washed cars and swept up leaves for the residents of a secluded block in the city's Harwood neighborhood. The residents - many of them elderly women who have lived in their homes for decades - gave him money and food, and brought him inside for holiday meals. At night, he slept on the porch of a vacant house. One morning last week, neighbors awoke to find that Haney was not perched on his usual spot on the porch. They later learned that the 47-year-old had died; the circumstances are unclear.

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