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You're very incorrect. There are a huge number of people that are homeless that have full time jobs. There are a huge number of homeless people that don't use d
by craigmcnamara 5y ago
You're very incorrect. There are a huge number of people that are homeless that have full time jobs. There are a huge number of homeless people that don't use drugs. The problems they have are many and nuanced, trying to blame it on a single thing is a gross oversimplification of a complex problem. The solution to homelessness is housing first.
- liveoneggs 5y agopeople in tents?
- Flatcircle 5y agoFunny enough, your point of view has been the consensus over the last decade and has been used to formulate solutions and the problem’s only getting worse. So perhaps you might consider other points of view?
- craigmcnamara 5y agoConsensus is one thing, taking action on that consensus is another. We have failed to significantly increase the supply of housing so the cost of the existing housing has been on an unending march upwards. The solutions people are willing to implement are half measures and avoid the supply-demand causes of this problem.
- jerry1979 5y agoI came across research showing that the drug use people commonly find in homeless encampments leads to disaffiliation or the severing of social ties to people outside the encampment [0]. What do you think about the idea that addiction may not lead directly to homelessness, but rather that addictions prevent people from finding a place to live outside the encampments? [0] https://filtermag.org/drugs-homelessness/ https://filtermag.org/drugs-homelessness/