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> It's because the majority of homelessness is an issue of mental health. This isn't true or at least it doesn't start that way. What people don't understand i
by Entinel 4y ago
> It's because the majority of homelessness is an issue of mental health.
This isn't true or at least it doesn't start that way. What people don't understand is that there isn't a single homeless population. You have people who are temporarily homeless and people who are chronically homeless. The temporarily homeless are people who lost jobs, fell on hard times, etc etc. The simplest solution for them is yes to give them housing. The chronically homeless is where things get more complicated and those are the people who typically need mental health and abuse services. The simplest and most efficient thing we can do is help the temporarily homeless and prevent them from becoming chronically homeless.
- rolph 4y agoyes there are different castes of homeless, some do quite well, and are not problematic. others are of disorganized psyche, and cause much of thier own problems, resulting in no one wanting them around.
- vorpalhex 4y agoWe're pretty good at getting the temporarily homeless into housing. Obviously any improvements are good, but fundamentally the issue is with the chronically homeless who often have other factors going on.
- michaelt 4y ago> We're pretty good at getting the temporarily homeless into housing. I’ll take tautological statements for $200 please Alex
- vorpalhex 4y agoThis is the industry term for people between housing (they can't make rent, they got kicked out, etc). It differentiates from the chronically homeless who can not be rehoused simply by giving them a place to live.