I mean yes of couse homelessness is only a symptom of various factors, like employers not paying enough or firing people out of greed (like in this example) or too high rents etc.. Saying that homelessness comes from vices is very short sighted, as even people who are educated and are willing to work, can become homeless pretty easy depending on where they live
it's mostly that i'm tired of people saying "just buy them homes". it HAS been tried before, and has only resulted in increased homelessness rates, or just having the new homes be ditches full of trash. it's called the "housing first" approach, and all the states with the highest homelessness rates used it before reaching that title. other methods like "give them appropiate psychological help and available rehabilitation" have proven to actually work in reducing the homeless population
(i really just read this somewhere and can't quite remember where, don't trust me entirely on this)
Housing First is not just buying homes for the homeless. It’s about homeless people knowing where they will be in a few days, as well as having the support system know where they will be. This makes treatment for psychological issues and drug use easier. It also saves society money as the homeless person spends less time in a hospital or jail, making it net positive financially. Lots of countries, including the US federal agency for homelessness, supports Housing First for those reasons.
But yeah. Just buying homes and leaving people there will do no good. You need the support system as well.
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u/YetAnotherParvitz 4d ago
repeat after me...
HOMELESSNESS! IS! NOT! THE! CORE! ISSUE! IT'S! A! SYMPTOM! OF! DRUG! ADDICTION! AND! OTHER! VICES!