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I see where you're coming from, but if you go to the extreme and anyone could have a private room for $1 a month, would anyone be living on the streets?
by jrockway 4y ago
I see where you're coming from, but if you go to the extreme and anyone could have a private room for $1 a month, would anyone be living on the streets?
- jankyxenon 4y agoAbsolutely yes they would. I know someone in my extended family on the streets - his problem is addiction. Lot's of people are willing to offer a roof. I know that's anecdata - but you asked about the extreme case.
- jrockway 4y agoIs it because buildings refuse to house people with addiction problems, or that the extra $1/month is better used in their mind to get the next dose of the substance?
- jankyxenon 4y agoThe roof typically comes with the stipulation of no drugs (or even rehab). That’s untenable to the addict.
- fnimick 4y agoThe roof also comes with a loss of any sense of personal autonomy and the threat of violence from other people in the shelter. There's a reason people treat them as a last resort, and it's not drugs. It's that being in a shelter opens you up to abuse.
- mindover 4y agoUnlike the street?
- mindslight 4y agoThose conditions make the offering quite different from being able to rent your own room inexpensively. One of the facets of having your own place is that you can do whatever you want there, whether it be drugs or whatever. That might not be healthy, and it's quite understandable why family would put conditions on offering a free room, but people do value their autonomy.
- SoftTalker 4y agoYes. Some people just want zero responsibilities and living on the street gives them that. Living in housing always has conditions.
- Kaytaro 4y agoYes, that’s already the case in some parts of the country with vacant homeless shelters, except they’re not even $1.