cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1715238
Thoughts on this?
Video is 13 minutes long.
It seems that there is a lot of government bloat (I know, I know) but it also meshes with non-profits and other businesses involved, which culminates in the state (in the truly Marxian sense of the word) having a lot of bureaucracy to it (“you stay in your role and I stay in mine”).
Tldr: just watch this second thought video instead, https://youtu.be/kbEavDqA8iE
This one was kinda dogshit. Nothing of actual substance, conflating very different things (shelters, temporary, and permanent housing), saying “the government makes it too complicated, that’s the problem”.
Capitalism needs a permanent underclass. Homelessness, which is conveniently criminalized, is just one expression of that. While you work at the soul crushing factory, you’re at least somewhat comforted that you are better off than that dude sleeping outside your condo building. From which you are one missed paycheck away from being evicted.
Homeless industrial complex is a combination of bad management, bad incentives, and bad market conditions
Typical liberal argument. Replace “HIC” with literally anything and it will work just as well, meaning not at all.
According to a dude and other service workers, the results of the program was that housing homeless people will not provide the place for people to stay off the streets, but would just concentrate the problems that put people there in the first place.
This is so incredibly stupid and malicious, that it’s only appropriate that in the next sentence it turns out this guy is being charged with identity fraud and theft. It’s the exact same flavor as “people in ghettos just have a culture of violence and disorder. Even if we tried to improve the conditions, they would still end up the same way”.
There are tons of studies showing that the housing-first approach is working better than anything else while being the most cost-effective. People get better quicker, stay out of the streets more often, and overall have much better quality of life than those who rely on temporary shelter and/or services (addiction, mental health, training and employment) without the stable housing.
There are great projects that work efficiently and effectively. Homekey is the one in California. Over 3 years they built 15000 homes, with the vast majority being permanent housing.
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Thanks for the last link.
And yeah, the video seemed a bit useful, but otherwise? Something wasn’t right with it. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that thought so. And thank you.
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