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.
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.