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manicmonkeys t1_izkjgp5 wrote

Reply to comment by smartest_kobold in Manchester conducts health, welfare check of downtown homeless camp by rabblebowser

And when it's quickly destroyed by the people living there?

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smartest_kobold t1_izkxgzh wrote

Why would you think people who have built their own encampment are going to tear down permanent housing?

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lendluke t1_izshwk9 wrote

Unfortunately I think you'd need to build any public housing for these people out of concrete without much finishes. The reason most of these people are homeless is drug addiction and/or mental illness, think about the type of person who can't get a better place to stay in NH winter. Just like Pruitt Igoe in St. Louis, the place would become a wreck very quickly without huge amounts of maintenance.

Homeless people are people, but I've gotten a bit tired of people in this subreddit acting like most of them are responsible adults when we live in a state with one of the biggest labor shortages. There are plenty of entry level jobs that pay enough to not be homeless in winter without even having to work crazy hours. I think there is much more justification for providing cheap housing for the elderly or disabled that are in their situation by more that is out of their control.

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smartest_kobold t1_izsodhx wrote

It would be considered inhumane to put zoo animals in the housing you suggest. I'd suggest sitting with that.

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lendluke t1_iztemnh wrote

There is limited resources voters are willing to allocate to housing for homeless (as seen by homeless on the streets in the winter). Given that fact, would you prefer we have a fortunate fraction live in nicer less robust free housing than having a larger fraction housed in more robust (albeit less pretty) housing? I'd suggest you sit with that.

I would take concrete floors and walls in a heartbeat if it meant I get my housing for free, and I'm not even homeless. For god's sake I'm not saying they be sprayed down by water jets for showers or be given slop from a trough, I'm saying free housing shouldn't have carpet and other permeable surfaces people can wreck.

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