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You know how you fix homelessness. You build houses. You know why Houston Texas has done better than CA why nordic countries do better than the US. Housing fi

You know how you fix homelessness. You build houses. You know why Houston Texas has done better than CA why nordic countries do better than the US. Housing first. Because investments in homelessness that dont include homes are just perverse incentives to not fix the problem.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago
Texas overall generally does well on homelessness because being homeless in Texas sucks and Greyhound bus tickets really aren't that expensive. They even give release cons open bus tickets if they don't have anyone picking them up. It isn't weird to find out some guy who was caught sleeping in someone's basement in Seattle was just released from a Texas prison two weeks ago. If you want to solve your local homelessness problem, just make your city sucky to homeless in. Conversely, if you find yourself homeless, move to a city that is giving homes to homeless (housing first), and/or has the best social services. Without a residency system in place, any American can get social services in any city that is offering it, there is rarely any residency requirements (although there is something for HUD). For a city, if their homeless numbers go up, it can indicate that you are actually doing a good job, rather than a poor one. The only issue is that local resources being applied to a national problem without residency restrictions is not going to be sustainable for obvious reasons.
- zer00eyz 3y ago
  Houston spent years putting together a solid program that worked: https://www.governing.com/housing/how-houston-cut-its-homeless-population-by-nearly-two-thirds https://www.governing.com/housing/how-houston-cut-its-homele... or... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-houston-successfully-reduced-homelessness/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-houston-successfully-reduce... It's pretty much the same program that nordic countries have had for decades. And there aren't any bus tickets involved. > released from a Texas prison two weeks ago. Parole is common for more of them than not. Leaving the sate for Seattle would be a no no in may cases. You want to make this statement you have GOT to bring some receipts on it.
  - seanmcdirmid 3y ago
    See https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/faq/pd.html https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/faq/pd.html > Can inmates be supervised in other states? Yes. Texas has an agreement with other states, the District of Colombia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands to send and receive inmates for supervision. It is called the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Inmates approved to reside in other states must obey the rules of both Texas and the supervising state. And > What is “gate money”? Gate money is $50.00 and a bus ticket provided to the released inmate on parole or mandatory supervision by the Correctional Institutions Division to help with transportation to the community to which they are being paroled to. They will receive an additional $50.00 upon reporting to their parole office. End quote Also, if you don’t have an address to parole out to, you simply don’t get parole and you are relaxed at the end of your sentence. These days the prisons want to get rid of you as quickly as possible, though, so they’ll make it work even if the only choice is to head to LA, SF, Portland, or Seattle.
    - zer00eyz 3y ago
      >> Inmates approved >> Gate money is $50.00 and a bus ticket provided to the released inmate on parole or mandatory supervision You have some deep fundamental misunderstanding of what parole is, and how it works. Statistics FY 2021 Number of Texas parolees supervised out-of-state: 2,646 Number of Texas probationers supervised out-of-state: 6,511 Number of parolees from other states supervised in Texas: 2,055 Number of probationers from other states supervised in Texas: 4,140 Interstate Compact processed 9,028 requests to transfer from Texas to other states. Interstate Compact processed 9,917 requests for transfer from other states to Texas. Source: https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/divisions/pd/interstate_compact.html https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/divisions/pd/interstate_compact.h...
decide1000 3y ago
Europe here. In general our taxes are higher but the infrastructure for healthcare and social safety nets are much better compared to US. Many (not all) EU countries have more robust welfare systems. This includes healthcare, income support for those in need. Also accessible mental health and drug abuse treatment programs are common. Overall this prevents homelessness. If you are homeless there are several programs to get you back on track. This includes shelters, (temporary) housing, financial support, work, food, coaching, healthcare, priority for social housing. Families (with kids) are not common to be homeless. Often there are special programs to get them off the street asap. Still there are some differences between EU countries. In west Europe there are better systems in place.
constantcrying 3y ago
Homeless people aren't homeless because they can't afford housing. Germany will pay your rent, yet homeless people exist.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago

Texas overall generally does well on homelessness because being homeless in Texas sucks and Greyhound bus tickets really aren't that expensive. They even give release cons open bus tickets if they don't have anyone picking them up. It isn't weird to find out some guy who was caught sleeping in someone's basement in Seattle was just released from a Texas prison two weeks ago. If you want to solve your local homelessness problem, just make your city sucky to homeless in. Conversely, if you find yourself homeless, move to a city that is giving homes to homeless (housing first), and/or has the best social services. Without a residency system in place, any American can get social services in any city that is offering it, there is rarely any residency requirements (although there is something for HUD). For a city, if their homeless numbers go up, it can indicate that you are actually doing a good job, rather than a poor one. The only issue is that local resources being applied to a national problem without residency restrictions is not going to be sustainable for obvious reasons.

zer00eyz 3y ago
Houston spent years putting together a solid program that worked: https://www.governing.com/housing/how-houston-cut-its-homeless-population-by-nearly-two-thirds https://www.governing.com/housing/how-houston-cut-its-homele... or... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-houston-successfully-reduced-homelessness/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-houston-successfully-reduce... It's pretty much the same program that nordic countries have had for decades. And there aren't any bus tickets involved. > released from a Texas prison two weeks ago. Parole is common for more of them than not. Leaving the sate for Seattle would be a no no in may cases. You want to make this statement you have GOT to bring some receipts on it.
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  See https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/faq/pd.html https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/faq/pd.html > Can inmates be supervised in other states? Yes. Texas has an agreement with other states, the District of Colombia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands to send and receive inmates for supervision. It is called the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Inmates approved to reside in other states must obey the rules of both Texas and the supervising state. And > What is “gate money”? Gate money is $50.00 and a bus ticket provided to the released inmate on parole or mandatory supervision by the Correctional Institutions Division to help with transportation to the community to which they are being paroled to. They will receive an additional $50.00 upon reporting to their parole office. End quote Also, if you don’t have an address to parole out to, you simply don’t get parole and you are relaxed at the end of your sentence. These days the prisons want to get rid of you as quickly as possible, though, so they’ll make it work even if the only choice is to head to LA, SF, Portland, or Seattle.
  - zer00eyz 3y ago
    >> Inmates approved >> Gate money is $50.00 and a bus ticket provided to the released inmate on parole or mandatory supervision You have some deep fundamental misunderstanding of what parole is, and how it works. Statistics FY 2021 Number of Texas parolees supervised out-of-state: 2,646 Number of Texas probationers supervised out-of-state: 6,511 Number of parolees from other states supervised in Texas: 2,055 Number of probationers from other states supervised in Texas: 4,140 Interstate Compact processed 9,028 requests to transfer from Texas to other states. Interstate Compact processed 9,917 requests for transfer from other states to Texas. Source: https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/divisions/pd/interstate_compact.html https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/divisions/pd/interstate_compact.h...

decide1000 3y ago

Europe here. In general our taxes are higher but the infrastructure for healthcare and social safety nets are much better compared to US. Many (not all) EU countries have more robust welfare systems. This includes healthcare, income support for those in need. Also accessible mental health and drug abuse treatment programs are common. Overall this prevents homelessness. If you are homeless there are several programs to get you back on track. This includes shelters, (temporary) housing, financial support, work, food, coaching, healthcare, priority for social housing. Families (with kids) are not common to be homeless. Often there are special programs to get them off the street asap. Still there are some differences between EU countries. In west Europe there are better systems in place.

constantcrying 3y ago

Homeless people aren't homeless because they can't afford housing. Germany will pay your rent, yet homeless people exist.