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Some of the homeless people don't want a home. They don't even want to be in the system, now become someone says that's anecdotal, I'm not saying ALL OF THEM, I
by giancarlostoro 3y ago
Some of the homeless people don't want a home. They don't even want to be in the system, now become someone says that's anecdotal, I'm not saying ALL OF THEM, I'm saying there's a minority of them, who are in fact fugitives, or maybe they just don't want to go back to their old lives due to some trauma or stress. Even so. My point being, you'll never 100% solve homelessness. Some are also dealing with serious mental issues.
I was part of a homeless non-profit for about a year so I got exposure to all sorts of different scenarios. We were able to get some off the street, some literally had relatives who would have given them a home, but they needed to sort through their personal issues first.
You can't fix everyone even with infinite resources unfortunately, I'm not saying that if you can help don't, I'm just saying, I feel like some people think they can end homelessness, we're too far from that.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago> Some of the homeless people don't want a home. To understand the problem we should first define what is 'a home' is and then we should ask homeless about what they do understand as 'a home'. People who never actually interacted with homeless in any [bigger than some spare change] capacity would never understand that. > They don't even want to be in the system And this one is even harder, because most of them has a deep aversion and/or distrust for 'the system', for whatever reason. > We were able to get some off the street Kudos to you and your fellows, but, as you probably know already, many, many who get off the street gets back, often in a quite short time. > part of a homeless non-profit for about a year If you don't mind and the reason for quitting was related to it - what was the reason? Idle curiosity from my part.