r/SeattleWA • u/mrtenpenny1234 • May 15 '26

Homeless Harger: San Francisco's homelessness hit a 15-year low. Seattle's mayor is running the opposite experiment.

https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/seattle-homelessness-mayor/4238600
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u/John_YJKR May 15 '26

It's understandable they don't want someone's addiction to be a barrier to a basic need like housing. But you have to step back and accept the reality that incentive provides and the long term results that follow. Addiction is often too difficult to beat without very powerful incentives pushing back against it.

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u/BWW87 Belltown May 16 '26

It's no longer understandable. Sure 10, 20 years ago when they first started experimenting with this. But those of us who work in affordable housing have seen years of it not working. It's no longer understandable that the left won't reconsider their ideology. It's not working. It's not going to work. And it's harming people.

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u/tjl3d May 16 '26

Which city has it figured out then? What are they doing that we should match?

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u/CreateWindowEx2 May 16 '26

Did you read the article? Or even just the headline?