Got you agent. Vacant homes are most often un maintained and very dangerous…often hundreds of thousands of dollars away from being safely habitable. Google vacant home picture.
And not really, even if you have a vacant airbnb property in west virginia. That is far away from an unhoused person’s community… Where they get food, support, income and social services.
And the idea to lock up the poor in their “own” community has been tried many times before, in very unsuccessful ways.
I had a homeless outreach team under me in a big east coast city for the last five years. What they need is substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, and a big social network that supports them… Or they will become unhoused as quickly as we house them.
If you own something necessary for survival, that is in short supply, that you don’t need and isn’t being used, and you don’t sell it to someone who does need it because it will be worth more if you continue to hoard it unused, that is greedy.
Except they eventually start paying rent. Statistically if you just give a homeless person a couple months of free rent (and rehab if they need it) they become productive members of society.
The problem is Americans are too fucking greedy to help someone that doesn’t benefit themselves
That’s not really true. A couple months free rent don’t fix schizophrenia, or meth/opiate addiction, or illiteracy, or any of the other serious issues keeping them on the streets. I’ve paid close attention to wet shelters, transitional housing projects. There is some success there, but only when there are TON of focused resource an people are given warm referrals (i.e. their case manager drives them to their appointments). Otherwise they just end up on the streets again.
Well adjusted, sane people who are on the streets generally take advantage of the programs, charities, and churches there to help them get back on their feet. The ones who are chronically homeless, it’s not so simple.
It is an issue of greed, but I don’t think it’s landlords refusing to let homeless folks in for a few free months. It’s that we’ve ripped away every resources meant to keep people from falling down that far to begin with, in the quest for Bigger Billionaire Bonuses.
Nobody is willing to take on the risk to help their neighbors 🤷🏻♀️
If I had an empty home that I was paying a mortgage on, I’m not sure the bank or insurance company would be too happy with that either, which doesn’t help.
there is a huge burnout rate because human beings are fucking awful. your desire to help people disappears pretty quick when they assault you, threaten you, and steal your shit. go work at a homeless shelter and get stuck with a few needles by peoplyou want to help and i bet your attitude would change really quick.
you make the false assumption that people need/want/appreciate help. many of them do not. many people are rotten to the core.
no amount of sytematic change can make the 10-20% of shitbird human beings into better people. hell, just look on this site how many shitty trolls there are.
Its make believe, now everyone loose your minds!
Why: Baltimore has 10,000 vacant homes. You’ll die or get seriously injured sleeping im about 90% of those. We sometimes call them bandominiums here.
See for yourself: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/baltimore-has-more-than-16000-vacant-houses-why-cant-the-homeless-move-in/2015/05/12/3fd6b068-f7ed-11e4-9030-b4732caefe81_story.html
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Got you agent. Vacant homes are most often un maintained and very dangerous…often hundreds of thousands of dollars away from being safely habitable. Google vacant home picture.
Even if 92% of vacant homes are as you describe, the remaining 8% would be enough to house every homeless person.
Try 95 to 99%.
And not really, even if you have a vacant airbnb property in west virginia. That is far away from an unhoused person’s community… Where they get food, support, income and social services.
And the idea to lock up the poor in their “own” community has been tried many times before, in very unsuccessful ways.
I had a homeless outreach team under me in a big east coast city for the last five years. What they need is substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, and a big social network that supports them… Or they will become unhoused as quickly as we house them.
So is there any statistic that excludes unlivable places?
What, like Baltimore? :D
Id like to see that too.
I was wondering what the actual underlying reason is.
Nah. The actual reason is greed.
If you owned a house you wouldn’t let a homeless person live in it for free. That doesn’t make you greedy.
If you own something necessary for survival, that is in short supply, that you don’t need and isn’t being used, and you don’t sell it to someone who does need it because it will be worth more if you continue to hoard it unused, that is greedy.
Except they eventually start paying rent. Statistically if you just give a homeless person a couple months of free rent (and rehab if they need it) they become productive members of society.
The problem is Americans are too fucking greedy to help someone that doesn’t benefit themselves
That’s not really true. A couple months free rent don’t fix schizophrenia, or meth/opiate addiction, or illiteracy, or any of the other serious issues keeping them on the streets. I’ve paid close attention to wet shelters, transitional housing projects. There is some success there, but only when there are TON of focused resource an people are given warm referrals (i.e. their case manager drives them to their appointments). Otherwise they just end up on the streets again.
Well adjusted, sane people who are on the streets generally take advantage of the programs, charities, and churches there to help them get back on their feet. The ones who are chronically homeless, it’s not so simple.
It is an issue of greed, but I don’t think it’s landlords refusing to let homeless folks in for a few free months. It’s that we’ve ripped away every resources meant to keep people from falling down that far to begin with, in the quest for Bigger Billionaire Bonuses.
Nobody is willing to take on the risk to help their neighbors 🤷🏻♀️
If I had an empty home that I was paying a mortgage on, I’m not sure the bank or insurance company would be too happy with that either, which doesn’t help.
Some systemic change would be required
have you ever worked in a helping profession?
i have. and i know many people who have.
there is a huge burnout rate because human beings are fucking awful. your desire to help people disappears pretty quick when they assault you, threaten you, and steal your shit. go work at a homeless shelter and get stuck with a few needles by peoplyou want to help and i bet your attitude would change really quick.
you make the false assumption that people need/want/appreciate help. many of them do not. many people are rotten to the core.
no amount of sytematic change can make the 10-20% of shitbird human beings into better people. hell, just look on this site how many shitty trolls there are.