Re:Homelessness is about housing
by dragonwriter on Friday August 06, 2021 @08:17PM
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> As in "Sell meth here, and we will literally chuck you out the door like yesterday's garbage. Lawsuits don't mean shit to us."
Public and public-subsidized housing already has that kind of policy (and much broader than that since it extends beyond “sell”, “meth”, and “here”) in the US by federal mandate; its a driver of homelessness, not a solution.
And we need to make it easier to build and run something other than single-family dwellings. Boarding houses used to be a common fixture in the US: think a cross between a dorm and a military barracks.
Give the residents decently secured lockers and some private security with actual teeth[1], not to mention some counseling, and the folks that land here might actually stand a chance at rebuilding their lives.
[1] As in "Sell meth here, and we will literally chuck you out the door like yesterday's garbage. Lawsuits don't mean shit to us."