Della wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 9:24 am
WellPreserved wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 10:41 pm
Slimshandy wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 10:15 pm
I mean… there’s two things going on here-
1) everyone wants everyone to be housed. No one wants homeless people, it would be much better if they could all be given houses…
2) in order to give everyone housing, you have to take from others. You have to be willing to take what someone else worked for, and give it to someone that didn’t work towards it. Which places our financial and anti-communist freedoms at a bit of a conundrum…
So we have to choose between the two.
Really it's up to individual municipalities as to how they allocate their funds. You are free to lodge a complaint if yours decides to use funds for building housing for the homeless.
There are also multiple non-profits that provide housing for homeless, particularly homeless vets. Surely taking donations is acceptable, isn't it?
In the state of Florida, under DeSantis, local municipalities are overruled by state law for some things.
Which really sucks if you live in Florida.
The homeless population can't be completely addressed at a federal level or even state level as each district has a different demographic of homeless which have different needs. For example, in my tri-county area, the majority of our homeless population are victims of domestic abuse. The next largest group are those who are homeless due to unaffordable rent and this includes disabled, vets, and elderly population.
You know, it just seems like a "duh" to me. Get homeless into safe housing which gives them a permanent address. Assist them to apply for benefits that they qualify for. Get them on Medicaid and address any physical or mental health conditions - get them healthy. Assist them with job training and job placement to enable those who can are able to be gainfully employed. If they are already employed or once employed, have them provide a portion of wages to rent (this is what HUD does). All of these things require someone to be in a permanent housing situation so it has to come first. Self-sufficiency should be the goal, not the starting point.
It pisses me off that a state would rather incarcerate someone who is homeless (at an average of $45,000 a year) rather than provide them with housing. Look to see who profits and you can see the motivation.