Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working
by amanaplanacanal on Friday June 02, 2023 @05:35PM
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It's unfortunate. Most of the conversation here is about addicts and the mentally ill and how hard they are to help. Probably because they are the most visible.
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Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working
by seanmcdirmid on Friday June 02, 2023 @05:38PM
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We should have separate programs for each, one with more resources. It is much easier to help someone without a substance abuse problem get back on their feet, so let’s pick the lowest fruit first? It also provides some incentive to not get addicted to drugs, knowing that society is going to not try as hard to save you (this is already true, it just isn’t codified anywhere).
But ya, most people won’t notice, since they didn’t notice these people before.