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> Seattle has abundant housing Seattle has five-year waiting lists[1] for low-income housing, and practically no housing options for someone who is actually br
by vkou 3y ago
> Seattle has abundant housing
Seattle has five-year waiting lists[1] for low-income housing, and practically no housing options for someone who is actually broke and homeless, even if they don't have an addiction.
It has some shelters, but shelters aren't housing. A shelter is a place you can (sometimes) sleep, it's not a place you can live in. And it doesn't have 9,000 empty shelter beds, to house all the street homeless, either.
You know where has abundant housing? NYC. A city with 10 times the population, but half the street homeless. Because the rest are housed. (A foreign concept to this city.)
[1] https://www.seattlehousing.org/housing/all/list https://www.seattlehousing.org/housing/all/list
- edgyquant 3y agoIt isn’t the public’s responsibility to house you. Shelters aren’t meant to be your house
- vkou 3y agoIt is in New York, and NYC doesn't look like shit thanks to it. But sure, I guess you like seeing thousands of street homeless all day, every day.[1] Because that's what you'd get, even if they were all sheltered (which Seattle won't do, either). P.S. It damn well is the public's responsibility when public policies create the housing crisis. [1] Which certainly put you in opposition to the expressed preferences of this entire city.