Homeless alone

Post by juped » Sun, May 08, 2016, 10:20 AM UTC

marincounty wrote: post #89

aeorgnoieang wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd start by legalizing every form of 'marginal' housing, e.g. boarding houses, micro-apartments. I have no idea where to start if one accepts the current political, legal, and cultural environment as-is. Assuming you did just accept the status quo as a given, I can better appreciate why the idea of 'just giving homeless people housing' is so enticing. [And there is evidence that it works well. I'm skeptical about th…

We need to offer free camping in federal, state, and county parks to citizens? We have a catastrophe that's just going to get worse. It is homelessness. We need to allow homeless to sleep in their vechicles, if said parking allows overnight parking. We need to build Kibbutz's. (Or just give them a field to pitch a tent? A outhouse? Anything? We need to stop making homelessness a crime. Every homeless person I know is…

Post by lasermike026 » Mon, May 09, 2016, 2:40 PM UTC

T2_t2 wrote: post #195

lasermike026 wrote: post #119

Enough already. This society can provide Walden (by Henry David Thoreau) sized accommodations for all that need it. There is no reason for anyone to be homeless. People need work and healthcare. These are rights not a privileges.

Except... some people choose to be homeless. There are two in this very thread (the first comment, and here: sandiegohomelesssurvivalguide.blogspot.com). It's unpleasant to say, but it's true. To achieve a goal of 100% home-d, we'd need some REALLY draconian measures, e.g. forcing people into homes they don't want and forcing people to take medication against their will. I, personally, am not for measures like that,…