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It's reasonable for people have access to public services. If you turn every public service--sidewalks, parks, libraries, public transit--into something unusabl
by scarmig 3y ago
It's reasonable for people have access to public services. If you turn every public service--sidewalks, parks, libraries, public transit--into something unusable because it's really an ersatz homeless shelter, there's an entirely expected response: people cease to use those services, because they're not really public anymore. And then people either vote to cut funding for those services, or they defund with their feet.
Governments have functions and services beyond homeless services they are obligated to provide. Saying that no public services will be provided until homelessness is solved is not a sustainable approach.
- notaustinpowers 3y agoCall me a radical but I think human beings without homes are a higher priority than paying 10s or 100s of millions of dollars a year to build a new park or pave a road.
- scarmig 3y agoYou can certainly take that perspective. It's unclear, however, how you'll find the funds to turn a city into a giant homeless shelter when no one else wants to live there because you don't offer access to safe and clean parks, sidewalks, and roads.