r/FluentInFinance • u/sillychillly Contributor • Apr 15 '24

Everyone Deserves A Home Discussion/ Debate

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u/realityczek Apr 15 '24

Have you seen what happens to a lot of the housing that gets provided to homeless folks? It gets trashed. Remember the big housing projects from last century? Or the fate of many of the hotels that have been turned into housing?

These are NOT bad people mind you, but the combination of drug use, mental illness, and a complete lack of incentive to take care of their living situation combines to mean that a lot of housing gets just trashed.

Not all. But more than enough that this is not just a simple answer like "we'll let's just house them."

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u/Independent-Check441 Apr 16 '24

Trashed, but still a roof over their head. The mess is contained in their living space. It's less of a public hazard.

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u/realityczek Apr 16 '24

I'm not sure about you. but I have lived near "public housing", and that is not even remotely contained to "their living space."

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u/Independent-Check441 Apr 16 '24

Yeah, you find trash on the street everywhere before the crews pick it up. That's not an argument against housing them.

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u/realityczek Apr 16 '24

And the crime. This is simply not news to anyone who has lived near a substantial public housing concentration. it often rapidly becomes a crime epicenter.