Dingareth t1_jcp09fz wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:32 PM

Reply to comment by AtheismTooStronk in Elicker forcibly evicts and demolishes tent city by YankeeinNCandIhateit

Yes, it should not be allowed to just squat on public property. We should do what Salt Lake City did- do a thorough inventory of the homeless population (not just trying to count them one day a year) and use that info to build or convert dorm style housing with on premises social workers. Those that just need a stable environment for a bit to get back on their feet will transfer out, and those that aren't able to function in a modern society will get the help that they need.

We're the richest country in the world and the homeless population disproportionally uses emergency services because we refuse to take any preventative measures to keep people off the street. We can afford to give people a minimum floor to their lives, but you have activists that think shitting in public is a lifestyle choice and not a problem to be solved.

AtheismTooStronk t1_jcp0f4b wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:34 PM

Of course I would give them empty houses and apartments if I could, but nobody is doing that. So do you make it illegal to sleep outside in the meantime because life should be another way for them but isn’t?

And again, that program sounds great but it isn’t currently happening at this moment in Connecticut, but this is.

buried_lede t1_jcpawum wrote on March 18, 2023 at 2:53 PM

The activists are asking for the same thing you’re proposing so I don’t know why you have to set yourself up as an opponent

Old_Size9060 t1_jcpemm9 wrote on March 18, 2023 at 3:19 PM

Truly - it’s a bizarre way of sidestepping the actual problem of rapacious capitalism that benefits a tiny oligarchy.

Old_Size9060 t1_jcpejcd wrote on March 18, 2023 at 3:19 PM

If you want to lay this at the feet of “activists” - well, that’s where you lose the thread. Homelessness is not a problem because of activists who refuse to engage in reality lol