I am mixed on this. First off, there is no excuse fo' us as a society to allow folks to be unhoused. That said, the hotel housing program as it exists leaves much to be desired. The lack of oversight has turned, at least some of them, into drug dens. I have lived near a hotel in Rutland for over ten years with no issue. In the past year I have had to pick up used syringes from my yard, my car has been broken into, a sweatshirt and knife related to a robbery stashed on my property...
I know that the program is helping a lot of cats down on their luck and just icing it is not the answer, but the way it is playin' out isn't it either. No matter what they do there should be something in place before they just toss the good with the bad back to the streets.
I hope this doesn't come off sounding too "not in my backyard". Fuck poverty.
mr_perry_walker t1_iyotc58 wrote
Reply to Advocates sound alarm over end of hotel housing program by DHallFan169
I am mixed on this. First off, there is no excuse fo' us as a society to allow folks to be unhoused. That said, the hotel housing program as it exists leaves much to be desired. The lack of oversight has turned, at least some of them, into drug dens. I have lived near a hotel in Rutland for over ten years with no issue. In the past year I have had to pick up used syringes from my yard, my car has been broken into, a sweatshirt and knife related to a robbery stashed on my property...
I know that the program is helping a lot of cats down on their luck and just icing it is not the answer, but the way it is playin' out isn't it either. No matter what they do there should be something in place before they just toss the good with the bad back to the streets.
I hope this doesn't come off sounding too "not in my backyard". Fuck poverty.