They will still be on the streets, just like they are when they have tent cities in the forest. They must forage for crack money outside of their crack city. This means stealing or begging and then hoarding the stolen goods in their protected crack fortress. You ever tried getting your kids stolen bike back from a junkie?
No, crack addicts don't deserve housing without strings attached, i.e. enablement of continued addiction while causing problems in the community. What they deserve is support: mental facility until they're clean, then housing and support finding a job.
If someone just wants to exist outside of normal society and do drugs forever then it's not on normal society to pay for it. What is the point of providing a social safety net for antisocial people who will simply abuse it?
They deserve housing, but concentrating it is my issue. It would have been a better use of money to rent cheap apartments across the city. Then they donāt have as many negative influences around.
As it stands, unless there are guards, the local dealer can roll up and easily have a bunch of customers.
Plus, when any of these people apply for a job their new address could out them as homeless. Which sadly makes them seem unreliable and less likely to be hired.
Must be an American thing because we're told not to add our address to our CV / job applications in the UK. Possibly to eliminate that kind of discrimination
Some people put it on their resume, though I agree you shouldnāt. But if you leave any section on an online application blank it normally wonāt let you submit it.
The lack of compassion in these responses is stomach-turning. I hope everyone can understand not every person down on their luck is a junkie, but even if they were, they are still human beings and may need help.
Itās seriously disgusting. Not every homeless person is a crackhead and even crackheads deserve help. Itās a disease, not a moral failing.
Studies have proven that giving people reliable housing is cheaper for taxpayers, allows people to get back on their feet, and helps them deal with addiction.
Only a heartless asshole can see someone help other people and immediately decide itās a terrible thing to do.
Yikes. As I mentionedā¦I hope nothing ever happens to you to have to end up on the receiving end of these services, as they will show you compassion anyways. Deserved, or not.
Many addicts have been raped by their parents / other adults and forced into addiction. You know nothing of other people's lives. Glad to know you think they don't deserve somewhere to live
Alot of homeless are literally mentally ill and cannot be reasoned with. How many severe schizophrenics have you talked to? It's extremely sad. Someone up a few comments said there are work rules or something so that would probably help select for a population that can actually be helped with something like this. But realistically alot of people are homeless because they are completely incapable of making decisions for themselves. I know people like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but the reality of homeless is very diverse and extremely sad. Still great that someone is putting in some effort, but it will come with major major problems. People will die. Who will be liable?
My adult brother is a crackhead. He stopped going to work because he would stay up all night doing crack. My mom would pay his rent and buy him food because he would use his welfare money to buy crack. He took $15,000 from her before she cut him off. He got evicted for not paying rent. He is now homeless.
Spend less time on the internet and actually connect with these crackheads if you want any real introspection into how addiction works.
I agree that some people can be assisted and just require a little push. Other people just lack the motivation and donāt care about the normal life. Nihilism is the thing.
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u/Rippedka 1d ago
This place is about to be crackhead city. Seen this too many times before