California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working

Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working by chinchilla2020 on Friday June 02, 2023 @06:02PM (#36171387)

If you offer free housing, there will be millions claiming they are homeless to take advantage. Just look at the PPP loans that were taken advantage of during the pandemic to get an idea how far people will go to get a bit of free cash.

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Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working by relaxing on Friday June 02, 2023 @08:47PM (#36172623)

No one chooses to live in housing projects if they have better options.

Honestly, there are so many arguments around public housing, you could at least pick one that makes sense.

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Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working by HDThoreaun on Sunday June 04, 2023 @10:56AM (#36186081)

Absolutely not true. I know more than a few people who do just this.

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Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working by relaxing on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @10:58AM (#36213833)

This demands a story - who are these people, and why?

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Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working by borski on Friday June 02, 2023 @09:33PM (#36172840)

These are not fancy apartments in which people who are not homeless would generally choose to live.

Source: I grew up in a housing project.

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Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working by fzeroracer on Friday June 02, 2023 @10:30PM (#36173145)

You can, right now, go buy a mobile home in pretty much anywhere you want for around $40-50k. Why aren't more people buying mobile homes if the housing market is such a problem? The answer to that question is the solution to the thing you think will be an issue.

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