Re:How America moves homeless people around the country
by PaulHoule on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @12:35PM
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... and mental health and the actual desire to move in under a roof.
Ithaca, NY is struggling with a large homeless colony. Ithaca has built enough new housing in the last few years that the skyline is transformed, there are cranes in the air like I've rarely seen in a city in the US. Ithaca also has robust public services, shelters, etc.
For the most part homeless people in Ithaca could get into a shelter and then get into some kind of permanent housing with public assistance but most of the people in "the Jungle" won't go through the process to get that for various reasons. This is a different situation from out west where public services are completely overwhelmed.
Ithaca, NY is struggling with a large homeless colony. Ithaca has built enough new housing in the last few years that the skyline is transformed, there are cranes in the air like I've rarely seen in a city in the US. Ithaca also has robust public services, shelters, etc.
For the most part homeless people in Ithaca could get into a shelter and then get into some kind of permanent housing with public assistance but most of the people in "the Jungle" won't go through the process to get that for various reasons. This is a different situation from out west where public services are completely overwhelmed.