CurtCadet808 t1_j1dwjlt wrote on December 23, 2022 at 4:15 PM

Reply to comment by Echos_myron123 in New push aims to end homelessness in Newark, NJ within 3 years by madsheb

I agree with both of you, by why not do both at the same time? Can’t get your life on track if you can’t get your mind right first, but part of that journey to work on your mental and physical health is having a safe and clean place to live. On the other hand, like the top comment said, you can’t expect people who are unstable to be able to assimilate back into society smoothly without the proper mental health care.

Rainbowrobb t1_j1dyfte wrote on December 23, 2022 at 4:28 PM

Because private group homes are outrageously expensive and state group mental hospitals got carried away with the icepick lobotomies and shocking the shit out of patients, so there's some earned mistrust there.