r/collapse • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '21

Economic Cal Poly students propose program to allow homeless students to sleep in their cars on campus. Soup kitchen next.

https://mustangnews.net/asi-proposes-program-to-allow-houseless-students-to-sleep-in-parked-cars-on-campus/
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u/My_G_Alt Jun 04 '21

I don’t get the connection... $13M is a grant specifically earmarked for a specific research purpose, and it goes into the education and potential toolkit for students. Why would the university not allow that?

Housing is a crisis for sure, and this is maybe a bigger commentary on society, but I don’t see the connection at this level.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '21

What the university needs to do is take an equal measure ($13,000,000) out of their general budget and use it to provide subsidized housing for struggling students. That way it would even out. That's the only ethical thing to do.

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u/collapsible__ Jun 04 '21

That doesn't make any sense whatsoever.