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Re:A Safer San Francisco by rat87 on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @08:35PM (#29560910)
I'm pretty sure homelessness would go down significantly if housing was available. Drug and mental issues are significant but they're more easily treatable of people are housed, and it's easier to help more people with housing if housing costs to pay/subsidize isn't sky high. And if we build a LOT more prices will go down.

https://www.slowboring.com/p/homelessness-housing

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Re:A Safer San Francisco by jankyxenon on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @08:39PM (#29560954)
I’m all for a monstrous building spree in places like SF. It’ll solve a lot of problems.

But - at the risk of sounding callous - why would someone down and out on the streets of the Tenderloin think, even if they completely sober up and clean themselves up, that it’s a long-term sustainable option to live in one of the highest cost of living cities in the world.

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