"Baby Series 4"

Written By: Karina

Rating: PG

Spoilers: None

Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.

Pairing: Milliardo

Notes: Challenge 215. Baby Series 4 #101. Takes place a few hours following Refuge.

Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing this fic.

"Baby Series 4"

A Place to Call Home
 
“Its not just here. Homelessness is rife world wide in these tough economic times. In Sanc, through winter, to be homeless is to die. We have a series of shelters throughout the country, not merely within New Port City, but we need more. The upkeep of these existing shelters is not cheap and they run all year round. With so many people displaced during the wars who now seek a return to Sanc, the simple truth is that there is not enough housing to go around. Nor is there sufficient funding to improve on what there is.”
 
Milliardo nodded absently, eyes trained on the sheaf of papers resting in his long fingers. He was far from pleased with the information contained in the report. Sanc did not close her borders to those displaced during the war and sought to return. At first a dribble of individuals had come, but the tide had turned into something that was horribly close to a flood. But he would not close the borders. Sanc needed her people.
 
It would not be easy nor cheap, but they must make it possible to house the people who came. The existing shelters were full, boding ill for the next winter. As the weather warmed some would leave the shelters, returning for one or two meals a day, but the warmer weather would tempt the native Sancians out. It would relieve the load for a few months but they would need to do something before the weather turned cold once again.
 
It was the fundamental right of everyone to have a place to call home, but Sanc was struggling under the load. Why had so many people over the last year decided to return? He would have thought his presence on the throne would scare people off, making them wary of returning, but it seemed not to be the case. The numbers showed a clear increase of returnees over winter, and the latest immigration figures suggested there would be no easing of numbers in the short term.
 
He wanted to do more than build hostels for temporary housing. New Port City was growing, but the areas into which it could develop were limited and their resources were even more restricted. They would need to make the best use of available resources to provide permanent housing and allow people to make a home for themselves as quickly as possible.
 
There were an increasing number of requests from refugees for relocation to the country areas. Even requests for mountain locations as old families sought to return to their lands. It was his duty to manage the forests and ensure they were not stripped by a push for expansion, but wood was the most readily available resource for housing construction. Somehow he had to manage affairs to keep the dissatisfaction to a minimum. The weather was the greatest factor to the design of the Sancian home and wood best met that design, but stripping the slopes of trees was abject idiocy.

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Chapter 102

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