Living on the same street as a homeless shelter.
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Anonymous
| Would you buy a house on the same street as a shelter? The question was asked on a Reddit sub and most people said no, they wouldn’t want to live there. How about you? |
Anonymous
| No, not if the house is close to the homeless shelter. |
Anonymous
| no |
Anonymous
Nope. Never. |
Anonymous
| No way |
Anonymous
| Nope |
Anonymous
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I live within a mile of a nice shelter for women and children. There have been no issues with it.
But the overnight shelters for people where they kick them out every morning at 6? Nope. Also would not be crazy about the short-term shelters for single men. Sorry, but the majority of single men who are homeless have issues—sometimes perfectly harmless disabilities but more often addiction and problematic mental health issues, and the shelters can’t really filter for this. Women and children are different — there’s a lot of different reasons why a mom with kids can end up homeless. |
Anonymous
| We live around the corner from one - it became one after many years after we purchased our house. It hasn't been nearly as bad as we and our neighbors had feared. |
Anonymous
I work near an overnight shelter in DC. It means that many residents just hang out all day right nearby. |
Anonymous
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I have done so in other countries with low rates of homelessness, widely accessible mental health care service and strong gun control laws.
Here in US, I probably would not choose to live on same street as homeless shelter that kicks residents out at 6am to roam the streets due to high rates or mental health issues and violence in US. As PPs noted, I also would be probably OK with a shelter for women and children as long as it was located in a nice urban area with shops, restaurants and decent schools. Another factor in decision is whether one has children or not. Safety of children and access to decent schools is usually paramount for parents. Why are there so few homeless people in Western Europe? * Larry Wilson * PUBLISHED: August 7, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2022/08/07/why-are-there-no-homeless-people-in-europe/amp/ Homelessness in Europe and the United States: A Comparison of Prevalence and Public Opinion The highest rates for lifetime literal homelessness were found in the UK (7.7%) and United States (6.2%), with the lowest rate in Germany (2.4%), and intermediate rates in Italy (4.0%) and Belgium (3.4%). https://www.homelesshub.ca/resource/homelessness-europe-and-united-states-comparison-prevalence-and-public-opinion |
Anonymous
+1 We also lived about a mile from a home that housed women and children who were escaping abusive conditions. The home and yard were as carefully maintained as any others on the street. Even had ferns hanging from the front porch. |
Anonymous
| I would not. People are frequently turned away from the shelter because the shelter is full or they were being aggressive or they are under the influence of drugs or alcohol and so you have all those people outside the shelter at various times in the day. Often there are a lot of people around the time the shelter opens for the night who are waiting for a bed. You also have a lot of smokers and people with mental health and addictions who don't have much support at the time. Shelters are very difficult places to live. I am referring to the big ones - not a small house type where someone stays for awhile. |
Anonymous
| Absolutely no way. It's bad enough a substance abuse recovery "home" popped up 3 doors away, something that happens on the regular here in CA. A beautiful single family home was sold to a treatment facility company - I guess the sellers got an offer they couldn't refuse. |
Anonymous
| No, of course not. |
Anonymous
| Not if they housed the mentally ill or men under the age of 40. They tend not to be respectful of others. |