People on blind tend to live in or close to major cities and complain about homelessness that is a characteristic of all major American cities. Curious what this community thinks is the solution to this issue. A solution should address both the existing homeless population as well as new entrants into the homeless population..
I’ll pay $10/month to an organization so that they can keep the Situation in control. If 10k people pay $10 each that should be enough right?
The answer is NO. SF right now spends $60k per homeless person and the problem only gets worst
We pay enough tax to state and they do nothing.
Establish food forests and compost toilets in all cities so they have food and their waste will contribute to the ecosystem. Have community liaisons to work with those that want to upskill and leave these communities. Discourage panhandling and punish criminality as you would for any other citizen outside of their encampments, but turn a blind eye to how they live within their encampments.
This is interesting. Would this be done at the city or state level? In a place where land is coveted like sfba how would space be sectioned off?
These encampments are called slums. This is exactly how you turn a city into a large network of slums...google Mumbai slums and you'll see
Huh? China alone absolutely does not have universal healthcare
China has. They are called Universal Medical Insurance. There are two versions, one for city/town residents, one for farmers. Cost around $3/month. One can also have “Critical and severe illness/diseases coverage” add on, another $3/mon.
Somw folks are homeless due to poverty, some due to being lazy, and some others due to being drug addicted. We cannot solve the last two problems. But most major cities have homeless of the last two kind. The first kind at least manage to stay in trailers. They are still struggling, but they arent technically homeless. Meanwhile, media and the politicans likes to club all kinds of homelessness together and claim they have solutions. As for Blind folks, it isnt our job to fix homelessness.
That’s a Cop out. As someone impacted by a problem I think it’s worthwhile to ponder solutions.
I agree with everything you said except that it’s not our job. It is our job. Be involved in the community and vote. I think that in itself is sufficient. Pay your taxes, voice your opinion. I think people tend to go all social justice in this and act like folks need to work a soup kitchen every weekend otherwise they’re in humane.
Implement mental Healthcare inpatient facilities for all that need it and can't afford it. Remove/change useless and expensive politicians who take our money and don't do shit. Other cities are known to "ship" homeless to SF with one way ticket. Sue these cities and ship their homeless back
That won’t stop homeless people from coming to SF. Only changing the rules will. The rule right now is that they offer free $ to homeless when they come.
That makes sense. It goes along changing the politicians, since they have been implementing these ridiculous enabling policies for way too long.
Enforce laws against camping on the street. Make a designated place where people can camp. If they don’t camp there, they can’t camp anywhere in the city. Get the people who want help the help they need when they’re all in the same place. Forcefully toss addicts in rehab centers where they cant leave until they’re off drugs and stop giving free heroin and needles outside rehab centers
Interesting. Would you be for this if it meant an increase in taxes?
+1 to FB and the local government in some cities should stop letting drug dealers openly sell drugs with impunity and stop offering free injection sites
The solution is known. Free mental health care and affordable housing. Both are expensive and will take decades to actually alleviate the problems.
No this won’t. This will only attract more homeless to come. You think a few cities can handle all the homeless people?
It has always blown my mind that people always talk about homelessness in terms of how it affects them. On how they don’t like to see it. We never hear anyone comment on what it must be like for the people experiencing homelessness.
I agree
I don’t disagree, but have you ever spoken to homeless and tried to get to know them? It’s not exactly easy to put yourself in the shoes of someone else—better off or worse off. Much less for such a wide array of generalizations that we call “homeless”
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