Re:Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of home...
by sweeneyrod on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:43PM
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> Of course all urban centers are so starved of entry level housing that anything good enough to minimally get a homeless person off the street (bathroom, place to sleep, maybe kitchenette) would also be swamped by everyone from the poor and working, college students, immigrants, etc.
I doubt it; one of the reasons that homelessness is a difficult problem is that some homeless people are very unpleasant to live with, which means other homeless people prefer to remain on the street rather than share housing with them.
Re:Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of home...
by AtlasBarfed on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @03:08PM
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I'm talking about basically a 10x10 room for privacy for each, uh, non-inmate. It sounds like prison though.
Re:Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of home...
by lotsofpulp on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:37PM
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It’s also done to keep people who can only afford lower priced housing out.
Re:Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of home...
by AtlasBarfed on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @03:07PM
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Certainly encampments are a bigger eyesore/property value killer than making some habitable closets for them?
OFF the street?
Of course all urban centers are so starved of entry level housing that anything good enough to minimally get a homeless person off the street (bathroom, place to sleep, maybe kitchenette) would also be swamped by everyone from the poor and working, college students, immigrants, etc.
Suppressing this housing is all done in the name of maintaining and increasing housing values for the affluent. If you increase the supply of housing, the value of housing drops, and white people don't want that.