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Homelessness is mainly caused by the physical reality of there being too few homes for the number of people. The good way to change that is to add more housing
by BurningFrog 3y ago
Homelessness is mainly caused by the physical reality of there being too few homes for the number of people.
The good way to change that is to add more housing (let's ignore the option of removing people).
Giving homeless people money doesn't end the physical reality at all. It can make some homeless people able to afford housing, but an equal number of housed people will replace them as homeless.
- edub 3y agoI might be misunderstanding what you are saying, but if there are less than 600k homeless people in America and over 15 million vacant homes, it doesn't seem to be "caused by the physical reality of there being too few homes for the number of people".
- BurningFrog 3y agoThat 15m number may be true, but it doesn't mean what it seems. It's mostly homes that are between occupants. A tenant or owner moves out, and it takes a few weeks or months for someone new to move in. It's also homes in depopulated town where there are not enough jobs anymore. Neither is a practical source of housing for the homeless in SF.
- yterdy 3y ago>It's mostly homes that are between occupants. Citation strongly needed. >It's also homes in depopulated town where there are not enough jobs anymore. I'm not sure I need to explain what happens when people move to a depopulated area?