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Homeless encampment grows on Apple property in Silicon Valley

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Re: Homeless encampment grows on Apple property in Silicon Valley

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Instead of stroking his ego by racing Branson to space, Bezos could personally buy each of these people a home in the Bay Area and wouldn't even notice a difference in his lifestyle. Tax the rich. Spend it on social programs.

That’s not why they are homeless.

You are answering a question that wasn't asked.

Did the poster make a causality statement?

Re: Homeless encampment grows on Apple property in Silicon Valley

#12
post #7

Instead of stroking his ego by racing Branson to space, Bezos could personally buy each of these people a home in the Bay Area and wouldn't even notice a difference in his lifestyle. Tax the rich. Spend it on social programs.

If you believe Bezos buying everyone a house is a solution to the homeless crisis you are so naive and ignorant of the situation that your views aren’t even worth a rebuttal. Do better.

Re: Homeless encampment grows on Apple property in Silicon Valley

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post #7

Instead of stroking his ego by racing Branson to space, Bezos could personally buy each of these people a home in the Bay Area and wouldn't even notice a difference in his lifestyle. Tax the rich. Spend it on social programs.

Who’s Bezos supposed to buy the homes from? It seems like there is already a higher than average number of people living per house here, so distribution of housing is not really the problem. The total number of homes is too low. It would help if Bezos could build a huge number of new housing units, but that’s illegal (which is the problem).

Re: Homeless encampment grows on Apple property in Silicon Valley

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s not why they are homeless.

You are answering a question that wasn't asked. Did the poster make a causality statement?

The implication was that if they just had a house their lives would turn around. This isn’t the case for a lot of people as it’s an addiction or mental illness problem.

Re: Homeless encampment grows on Apple property in Silicon Valley

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post #7

Instead of stroking his ego by racing Branson to space, Bezos could personally buy each of these people a home in the Bay Area and wouldn't even notice a difference in his lifestyle. Tax the rich. Spend it on social programs.

That’s not why they are homeless.

That's a broad brush. There are a great many reasons why people become homeless in this country.

I'm not endorsing the idea of bezos buying houses for them, mind you, but for a lot of homeless people in this country that would be a lifesaver.

Re: Homeless encampment grows on Apple property in Silicon Valley

#17
post #7

Instead of stroking his ego by racing Branson to space, Bezos could personally buy each of these people a home in the Bay Area and wouldn't even notice a difference in his lifestyle. Tax the rich. Spend it on social programs.

That’s not why they are homeless.

"A chronically homeless person costs the tax payer an average of $35,578 per year. Costs on average are reduced by 49.5% when they are placed in supportive housing. Supportive housing costs on average $12,800, making the net savings roughly $4,800 per year."

This has been known for a long time. It costs the public less to provide direct federal and state-financed housing for the homeless than to keep them on the streets. Finland and many other countries do this and they have the happiest people in the world. States like Utah have also implemented successful programs based on this model. The question isn't what do we do, it's why aren't we doing what we know works.

Re: Homeless encampment grows on Apple property in Silicon Valley

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A lot of South Bay residents are still unaware of how many homeless people are living here. If you want to see the real extent of the problem go for a bike ride along any of our creek trails. Some areas are packed full of tents and makeshift shelters.

If you're in a position to donate some money I know HomeFirst Services does good work.

https://www.homefirstscc.org/

Re: Homeless encampment grows on Apple property in Silicon Valley

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post #7

Instead of stroking his ego by racing Branson to space, Bezos could personally buy each of these people a home in the Bay Area and wouldn't even notice a difference in his lifestyle. Tax the rich. Spend it on social programs.

If you believe Bezos buying everyone a house is a solution to the homeless crisis you are so naive and ignorant of the situation that your views aren’t even worth a rebuttal. Do better.

It's like you didn't even read what I wrote.

Re: Homeless encampment grows on Apple property in Silicon Valley

#20
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s not why they are homeless.

That's a broad brush. There are a great many reasons why people become homeless in this country. I'm not endorsing the idea of bezos buying houses for them, mind you, but for a lot of homeless people in this country that would be a lifesaver.

Are there even enough vacant housing units in that area for all the homeless if you ignore the price?
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