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You have good intentions but need to learn more about how one finds themselves in chronic homelessness first. If you are expecting something in return, or hold
by hashkb 10y ago
You have good intentions but need to learn more about how one finds themselves in chronic homelessness first.
If you are expecting something in return, or holding over someone (who may be delusional) a condition for help, you will not end up helping the people you set out to.
- 19eightyfour 10y agoI think it's fair to expect something in return. As long as the terms are such that suit the people, they'll be part of it. These people survive on their wits and customs of the street. They're not as hopeless as perhaps is made out. My idea is to redirect their energy and resourcefulness towards something useful, and add some socialization and boundaries that help them interface more fruitfully with normal civilization. But importantly, as a first step, doing useful work in exchange for things they need.