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> what about all of the working poor who are doing the right thing, but still have to pay half of their income in rent? I thought that the claim was that every
by jonfw 7y ago
> what about all of the working poor who are doing the right thing, but still have to pay half of their income in rent?
I thought that the claim was that everybody got free housing to correct for perverse incentive structures. The SLC program required homelessness and disability- thus having a perverse incentive structure.
I can see now that I misread the context- specifically referring to ER abusers- which makes this a very good example.
- Gunax 7y agoI am the one who posted the comment you quoted. I'm not sure if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me. But I had heard of the Salt lake City program years ago, and expressed doubts about it online (unsurprisingly my opinions were not very popular). While I hope it works out, there are always externalities to doing the right thing (and housing homeless definitely is the right thing). Residents hate living in buildings with homeless neighbours. As sympathetic as we should be, once paying tenants start finding needles in bushes or drunkards stumbling around at night, they are not so enthused. There is a degree of hypocrisy in that the liberals who want to house-first are seldom the ones who want to house-next door. Second, municipalities that offer generous support for homeless may end up with a greater homeless population because of immigration. There isn't much of a solution for this so long as homelessness is tackled on a local basis.