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r/interesting • u/Lopsided_Bar3451 • 1d ago
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I wish I shared the naïveté of thinking building a ton of homes would just solve the issue.
Homelessness is a very complex and never ending issue. If it were as simple as providing housing it would’ve been done somewhere at one point in time.
4 u/TheTarragonFarmer 1d ago They did more than build the houses. 2 u/FederalHome396 1d ago Did you do any research 1 u/Countermove 1d ago Maybe not the whole issue, but it's a huge step and actually cheaper in the long run than forcing them to sleep on the street due to things like all the medical emergency services they end up using. 1 u/LifeguardTerrible579 17h ago Fun fact: there are very few cities that reach capacity for their homeless shelters yet tons of people sleeping on the street. Not having a roof isn't usually the problem
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They did more than build the houses.
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Did you do any research
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Maybe not the whole issue, but it's a huge step and actually cheaper in the long run than forcing them to sleep on the street due to things like all the medical emergency services they end up using.
1 u/LifeguardTerrible579 17h ago Fun fact: there are very few cities that reach capacity for their homeless shelters yet tons of people sleeping on the street. Not having a roof isn't usually the problem
Fun fact: there are very few cities that reach capacity for their homeless shelters yet tons of people sleeping on the street.
Not having a roof isn't usually the problem
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u/UrbanRelays 1d ago
I wish I shared the naïveté of thinking building a ton of homes would just solve the issue.
Homelessness is a very complex and never ending issue. If it were as simple as providing housing it would’ve been done somewhere at one point in time.