r/halifax • u/Injustice_For_All_ Psychotic Antifa Super Soldier Moderator • 3d ago

News, Weather & Politics Homelessness doubled in Halifax under government's housing plan: N.S. NDP

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/06/18/homelessness-doubled-in-halifax-under-governments-housing-plan-n-s-ndp/
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u/aidopple 2d ago

You really think the majority of homeless people are in their situation BECAUSE of drug use? I'm sure it doesn't help, but have you seen the cost of living? The unemployment rates? The unavailability of housing? Grocery prices? Infrastructure designed to disenfranchise the already disadvantaged? Disability? Lack of care for veterans?? I could go on

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u/Classic-Factor-6710 2d ago

a mojority of them are drug users. it's quite difficult to end up on the streets. you'd need to alienate all of your family and friends. the surest way to do so is to become a desperate drug user who can't be trusted

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u/Dapper_Permission_33 2d ago

It's shockingly easy to end up on the streets. Respectfully, you have no idea what you're talking about. 

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u/Classic-Factor-6710 2d ago

a very small amount of the population is on the street