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This seems like a terrible idea to me. It's not any kind of solution to homelessness and it's utterly ridiculous to force private buildings to have space for pe
by grawprog 7y ago
This seems like a terrible idea to me. It's not any kind of solution to homelessness and it's utterly ridiculous to force private buildings to have space for people to camp. The whole proposal is utterly stupid on so many levels. I'm not sure where to begin.
Sanitary issues come to mind first of all. Is building maintenance responsible for cleaning up after them. I've landscaped and done maintenance for apartment and commercial buildings and there's no way in hell I'd be going anywhere near to clean up after that. We wouldn't even touch people's dog shit, let alone the waste such a camp is likely to produce.
Then there's the people living in these spaces. They're still homeless, they're now spread throughout the city and this really changes nothing about their situation. Living in a tent outside a fancy highrise isn't much different than living in a tent in an alley somewhere. Their living conditions aren't going to change. This really does nothing to help them.
Honestly, I'm not even too sure what to say to this in a comment. I could probably rant about the stupidity of this for hours.