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IMHO, after talking to homeless people in SF for a decade, housing is just one step (3). They need a funnel system, step by step. Skipping steps just means crea
by ransom1538 4y ago
IMHO, after talking to homeless people in SF for a decade, housing is just one step (3). They need a funnel system, step by step. Skipping steps just means creating drug dens, which to me, is cruel. If someone blows it on a step, that is ok, you just start backup on the previous step.
0) Admit you need help.
1) Get into a shelter, which means, no drugs. Drug tests. Screens. No violence.
2) Get a job, which means salvation army or city projects.
3) Get a room in a halfway house, with private room.
4) Get keys to an apartment with ability to make rent and commute.
5) Rebuild support network. Re-connect with family, rebuild friendships. Get others on step 0)
- yucky 4y agoMost homeless can't get past step 1, and it's likely because nowhere in your list of steps do you address the main actual problem - mental illness. The article tries to claim mental illness by focusing on a tiny subset population in warm climate coastal cities, which ignores millions of homeless in Detroit, Chicago, NY, Baltimore, Philly etc etc Put simply, this blogger is incorrect.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agoWhy do 3/4 come after 2? That would seem to make 2 unnecessarily hard. Evidence: see https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/ https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/