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One reason people oppose spending more money on homeless is how expensive it already is with poor results; mismanaged, it seems, by half grifters and half bleed
by coryrc 10y ago
One reason people oppose spending more money on homeless is how expensive it already is with poor results; mismanaged, it seems, by half grifters and half bleeding hearts, and no one with a head for effectiveness.
Here's one of Seattle's big problems: http://roominate.com/blog/2016/anatomy-of-a-swindle/ http://roominate.com/blog/2016/anatomy-of-a-swindle/
Here's another Seattle problem: the housing association has a ten year waitlist. The government wanted to change rents so people would be rotated through so more could be helped (since most homeless are just temporary) but the socialist council member got all the people getting a sweet deal together (unlike the others who have to work for a living) to protest and nothing got fixed: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/12/seattle-housing-authority-puts-rent-changes-on-hold/ http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/12/seattle-housing-...