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Seasnek t1_ir0di5g wrote

Reply to comment by Allopathological in Homelessness in R.I. could reach an all-time high this winter, advocates say by rhodyjourno

Why do you think it guarantees that? When people have housing, their lives can stabilize. They can seek help and not need to turn to crime to survive. That is why Housing First is a model that works. Also caring about property values is how we got here in the first place, by caring about profit over people, then affordable housing has not been created built or rent control has not been passed.

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Allopathological t1_ir1n8ir wrote

Poverty is directly correlated with crime (understandably so, people will break the law to survive, this is why correcting for income level makes racial crime disparities disappear)

Homelessness is also directly correlated with drug use. Not saying they deserve to be homeless or anything, just that there is a known association between the two populations. (40-60% of the homeless struggle with alcohol or other drugs)

I’m just saying this is going to be a very hard sell. People hardly ever go out of their way to help each other even when there is no cost to them, never mind if you tell them that their neighborhood will literally become less safe but it’s for the greater good.

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