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Aja ... so something like giving money to help to get out of homelessness, shouldn't work, not ? https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/poverty/520415-re

Aja ... so something like giving money to help to get out of homelessness, shouldn't work, not ? https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/poverty/520415-researchers-surprised-by-experiment-that-gave-homeless/ https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/poverty/520415-... > Researchers behind the bold new study that kicked off in 2018 gave a one-time lump sum of 7,500 Canadian dollars — about $5,700 — to 50 people who had recently become homeless, and allowed them to choose how to spend the money while following their lives over 12 to 18 months. > Researchers found that those who received the money on average were able to find stable housing faster, maintain financial security and stability, and increased their spending on food, clothing and rent. > The study also found the funds freed up space in shelters and saved the shelter system $8,100 per person over a year.

choko 4y ago
Recently homeless is very different from chronically homeless. Recently homeless likely means "fell on hard times" instead of mentally ill and addicted to various drugs.
- pseudalopex 4y ago
  Most homeless are recently homeless. And often homelessness creates or worsens mental health problems and addictions.
  - User23 4y ago
    Let me tell you about a little thing called the Pareto principle. 20% of the homeless cause 80% of the problems.
armitron 4y ago
Giving money to someone who is seriously mentally ill (e.g. suffers from near permanent psychosis) is a recipe for disaster. Same for someone who is a hardened drug addict. Money is not magic fairy dust that is going to solve these issues, even if a big chunk of polite society is deluded enough to think so. One only needs to look at SF, my home for many years before I took my kids and left in disgust, to see how bad the outcomes that this sort of thinking leads to can get.
hnuser847 4y ago
There’s a guy in my neighborhood who literally screams at the sky. You’re telling me we just have to give him five grand and he’ll be all better?
- pseudalopex 4y ago
  They're telling you the guy in your neighborhood isn't most homeless people.

choko 4y ago

Recently homeless is very different from chronically homeless. Recently homeless likely means "fell on hard times" instead of mentally ill and addicted to various drugs.

pseudalopex 4y ago
Most homeless are recently homeless. And often homelessness creates or worsens mental health problems and addictions.
- User23 4y ago
  Let me tell you about a little thing called the Pareto principle. 20% of the homeless cause 80% of the problems.

armitron 4y ago

Giving money to someone who is seriously mentally ill (e.g. suffers from near permanent psychosis) is a recipe for disaster. Same for someone who is a hardened drug addict. Money is not magic fairy dust that is going to solve these issues, even if a big chunk of polite society is deluded enough to think so. One only needs to look at SF, my home for many years before I took my kids and left in disgust, to see how bad the outcomes that this sort of thinking leads to can get.

hnuser847 4y ago

There’s a guy in my neighborhood who literally screams at the sky. You’re telling me we just have to give him five grand and he’ll be all better?

pseudalopex 4y ago
They're telling you the guy in your neighborhood isn't most homeless people.