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>>Call me a dreamer, but I believe in actually providing people the support they need to live >you don't seem to want to provide that help I'm not sure how yo

• _-david-_ 4y ago
  I was saying we don't disagree on the first paragraph you posted not the rest of the post.
  • cestith 4y ago
    The rest of the post was saying we should scale support to need rather than lumping all homeless people into incarceration or residential inpatient treatment. Not only is it more expensive to treat all of these people in the most expensive possible way, but it's also the biggest imposition on their freedom and independence. They don't all need some public official making all their decisions for them, and especially not armed guards and wardens. I also get the impression you're only talking about completely unsheltered people living on the streets. Homelessness is much bigger than that. There are people who are permanent couch surfers, others who move from one flop motel or boarding house to another as they get a little cash, and people who squat or live in illegal rentals. Lots of those people just need a hand up and would prefer not to get help if it means mandatory drug testing, forced relocation into a carceral living arrangement, losing children into foster care, and treatment they may not need. Needs are not one size fits all, so help cannot be or it ceases to be real help.