Re:The American dream is on life support in the Bay Area
by kcplate on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @08:57AM
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You missed the word “jobless” in the comment. The jobless, especially when the person is in essence unemployable due to mental illness is not going to be successful at self maintaining housing at $2.5k, $1k, or even $100/mo.
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Re:The American dream is on life support in the Bay Area
by thephyber on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @10:34PM
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You are applying a boolean data type, when the facts on the ground are more complicated.
The fact is that “mental illness” is super common, has many aspects (some are significant hurdles to employment and others are less significant. “Unemployable” changes over time as employers look at the cost trade offs and the hiring market.
And Section 8 vouchers (one of the largest programs to increase housing stability) already pay $x00/mo, so there is absolutely some dollar about above $100/mo where additional rental supply does start to reduce the homeless population.
Re:The American dream is on life support in the Bay Area
by kcplate on Thursday December 30, 2021 @01:02AM
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If you are homeless, unemployed and unable to be employed due to mental health issues, anything more than “free” is too much for you to afford.
Those were the people I’m speaking about, those are people that many of us see daily, and those are a large portion of the homeless wrecking havoc.