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I'm no expert at all on the subject, but my reading is that it's a system which can pretty easily be implemented poorly, and needs some considerable oversight f
by joenot443 3y ago
I'm no expert at all on the subject, but my reading is that it's a system which can pretty easily be implemented poorly, and needs some considerable oversight from the state to work correctly. If it were up to me, religion would have no place at all in the administration of homeless shelters, but this is a big country and different regions face different challenges.
I think the Boise example is probably a good case of generally well-meaning but ideologically driven folks using their city's homeless as a means to promote their views. I imagine if you surveyed most Americans, they'd agree that forcing someone to go to religious events in exchange for a bed is completely inhumane and idiotic.
- bb88 3y agoThere was a constant homeless encampment here in Boise under the I-184 overpass over 16th street a while back. The city of Boise (to their credit) let those people be there for maybe two years or so as they didn't really cause any issue. Then a murder happened there. And now it's a skate park. https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/homeless-camp-under-overpass-raises-safety-concerns/277-273515275 https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/homeless-camp-under-... The right answer is to house the homeless. The wrong answer is for Boise to be the homeless Mecca from Portland, Spokane, SF, and Seattle -- who seem to be actively working to get their homeless to move to other cities.
- reaperducer 3y agowho seem to be actively working to get their homeless to move to other cities. It's probably not "seem." A number of cities have been caught, sometimes repeatedly, buying one-way bus tickets to other cities for homeless people. It's immoral, but not illegal. When they get caught, there's a brouhaha in the local newspapers for a bit, and then everyone forgets and it starts up again.