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There is no "but" here. Can you suggest a solution that hasn't been tried over and over again for the past 20 years (at least?) Your suggestions have resulted i
by lylejantzi3rd 3y ago
There is no "but" here. Can you suggest a solution that hasn't been tried over and over again for the past 20 years (at least?) Your suggestions have resulted in more homelessness and worse conditions for the homeless.
- diob 3y agoNot sure we can fix it here in the US. It's wild going to a place like Australia and seeing how differently the police and others treat homeless folks there, in short, with compassion. We're just obsessed with car culture, militarized police, and "individualism".
- PheonixPharts 3y agoSo can you be clear: you believe prison is a superior solution? Because that's the solution you are proposing. I just want you to say clearly that you believe homelessness is a crime and homeless populations should be housed in prisons. Btw this was also tried before in Industrial England, this is essentially what "debtors prisons" referenced in a Christmas Carol are.
- lylejantzi3rd 3y agoSo you can be clear: have any of your "superior" solutions made the problem better or worse?
- PheonixPharts 3y agoYes, per the case itself: cities are responsible for creating public spaces that where homelessness is allow. It can be shelters or spaces where tent cities are legally allowed. The case is not arguing that homeless people should be able to sleep anywhere, it's saying that if you don't provide a legal space for them to live, then you can't remove them from public spaces. Again if you don't believe homeless should have a place to exist, then you do believe they should be in prison? Can you just clarify this is what you mean.
- ceejayoz 3y agoYes, absolutely. Good approaches exist! https://www.npr.org/2015/12/10/459100751/utah-reduced-chronic-homelessness-by-91-percent-heres-how https://www.npr.org/2015/12/10/459100751/utah-reduced-chroni...
- klyrs 3y agoThe Harlem housing projects.