And anyone who says they would be fine housing the homeless in their hood is a liar or has no experience with homeless people.
On my street is a halfway house for recently released prisoners
Next street over is a bunch of housing for formerly homeless
In a few years, my entire street will be demolished to build new mixed-use housing, including some units set aside for formerly homeless, veterans, and teachers (this was prominently noted on the rental lease agreement and we know it’s coming eventually).
I’m fine with it. It’s a peaceful street. There are kids and families and people walking their dogs and old men fishing at the ass-crack of dawn. The people who are allowed to live there are vetted and have case managers and are given job training and psychological and medical support. I’m sure it’s expensive as all fuck to the government/nonprofits involved to run it that way, and it only serves a relatively small number of people, but it works very well from everything I’ve seen.
None of those three bullet points address random homeless people. I’d be happy with those sorts of folks, they’ve shown they’re capable of living in society. Many homeless simply can’t deal.
I’ve known two guys to up and leave perfectly nice homes because the pressure was too much on their mind. Hell, they weren’t even employed, just couldn’t stand being around other humans. A home with others in it felt too confining one told me.
On my street is a halfway house for recently released prisoners
Next street over is a bunch of housing for formerly homeless
In a few years, my entire street will be demolished to build new mixed-use housing, including some units set aside for formerly homeless, veterans, and teachers (this was prominently noted on the rental lease agreement and we know it’s coming eventually).
I’m fine with it. It’s a peaceful street. There are kids and families and people walking their dogs and old men fishing at the ass-crack of dawn. The people who are allowed to live there are vetted and have case managers and are given job training and psychological and medical support. I’m sure it’s expensive as all fuck to the government/nonprofits involved to run it that way, and it only serves a relatively small number of people, but it works very well from everything I’ve seen.
None of those three bullet points address random homeless people. I’d be happy with those sorts of folks, they’ve shown they’re capable of living in society.
Many homeless simply can’t deal.
I’ve known two guys to up and leave perfectly nice homes because the pressure was too much on their mind. Hell, they weren’t even employed, just couldn’t stand being around other humans. A home with others in it felt too confining one told me.