Why don’t advocates for the homeless build spacious housing for them 1-2 hours away from DC?

[Anonymous]

1830: Why don't the advocates for Native Americans build spacious housing for them 1-2 weeks away from the East Coast?

2023: Why don’t advocates for the homeless build spacious housing for them 1-2 hours away from DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is plenty of cheap land to be had near the MD/PA border, in southern MD and near Prince William County. Build clean, safe, spacious housing for the homeless there & have them live there only. Bus them to & from DC.

Annnnnd what if they don't want to go?

Their options should be: go, be put in prison or find market-rate housing yourself.

Sometimes DCUM is like lifting a big rock and seeing all of the gross, scary people that live in your society.

No, we can’t force poor people to go live in another state because you find them inconvenient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1830: Why don't the advocates for Native Americans build spacious housing for them 1-2 weeks away from the East Coast?

2023: Why don’t advocates for the homeless build spacious housing for them 1-2 hours away from DC?

WTF kind of stupid ass analogy is that? So you're telling us the homeless drugged out white guy sprawled in front of a restaurant in Chinatown pissing on himself is in fact its original owner but was driven out by force by evil colonialists?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is plenty of cheap land to be had near the MD/PA border, in southern MD and near Prince William County. Build clean, safe, spacious housing for the homeless there & have them live there only. Bus them to & from DC.

Annnnnd what if they don't want to go?

Their options should be: go, be put in prison or find market-rate housing yourself.

Sometimes DCUM is like lifting a big rock and seeing all of the gross, scary people that live in your society.

No, we can’t force poor people to go live in another state because you find them inconvenient.

Tell that to Greg Abbott and Ron DSantis.

[Anonymous]

Why doesn’t the any lobby, including the homeless industrial complex, live in the mess they make?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is plenty of cheap land to be had near the MD/PA border, in southern MD and near Prince William County. Build clean, safe, spacious housing for the homeless there & have them live there only. Bus them to & from DC.

Annnnnd what if they don't want to go?

This.

Why don’t we address the issues at a community level instead of turn our backs on neighbors/community members.

[Anonymous]

How about looking at this issue a different way?

We could have an incentives for people to become social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, caregivers, teachers and if you get free or heavily reduced college tuition, you work with the veteran, underserved youth and/or homeless population for 3-4 years.


A mental health crisis or traumatic event is why a large proportion of people fall into homelessness. Help people before they fall into that circumstance. There are not enough mental healthcare providers in the United States. Somehow going into a career where you care for and heal people (except for going to medical school to be a surgeon) is not highly valued in our society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about looking at this issue a different way?

We could have an incentives for people to become social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, caregivers, teachers and if you get free or heavily reduced college tuition, you work with the veteran, underserved youth and/or homeless population for 3-4 years.


A mental health crisis or traumatic event is why a large proportion of people fall into homelessness. Help people before they fall into that circumstance. There are not enough mental healthcare providers in the United States. Somehow going into a career where you care for and heal people (except for going to medical school to be a surgeon) is not highly valued in our society.

Too expensive to do in DC, which is why someplace farther out would be more viable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To the original point, it would be a hell of a lot cheaper to house migrants and homeless people in Texas than it would in DC.

Average cost of an acre of land in Texas: Less than $4,000
Average cost of an acre of land in Washington DC: over $4,000,000

How does it make any sense to send them to a place that costs 1,000x more?

How do you "send" people in DC to DC?

Huh? Nobody said anything about sending people in DC to DC.

The thread is about not sending people in Texas to DC, and sending people in DC to someplace where they can be housed and receive the services they need in a much more cost-effective way.

How about we don't send anybody anywhere? Provide services to people where they are.

That should have been done in their hometowns rather than in DC. A huge percentage of DC's homeless are not from DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is plenty of cheap land to be had near the MD/PA border, in southern MD and near Prince William County. Build clean, safe, spacious housing for the homeless there & have them live there only. Bus them to & from DC.

Annnnnd what if they don't want to go?

DC law says that it just takes an opinion from a qualified medical professional to involuntarily commit someone for treatment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is plenty of cheap land to be had near the MD/PA border, in southern MD and near Prince William County. Build clean, safe, spacious housing for the homeless there & have them live there only. Bus them to & from DC.

NIMBY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. It would be much more efficient to provide services to the homeless if they’re housed in one place.

They're high, strung out, drunk, schizo, and more. They refuse help, handouts, or any type of opportunity to be better.
There's a reason they're homeless.

You think you can reason with these people with your ultimatum? That's cute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. It would be much more efficient to provide services to the homeless if they’re housed in one place.

They're high, strung out, drunk, schizo, and more. They refuse help, handouts, or any type of opportunity to be better.
There's a reason they're homeless.

You think you can reason with these people with your ultimatum? That's cute.

DC law says someone with mental health or substance abuse issues can be involuntarily committed, all it takes is a qualified medical professional to make the call.

If they don't like it then maybe they should check out someplace where the law is different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is plenty of cheap land to be had near the MD/PA border, in southern MD and near Prince William County. Build clean, safe, spacious housing for the homeless there & have them live there only. Bus them to & from DC.

NIMBY

DP... it's not NIMBYism. It's fiscally sensible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is plenty of cheap land to be had near the MD/PA border, in southern MD and near Prince William County. Build clean, safe, spacious housing for the homeless there & have them live there only. Bus them to & from DC.

Annnnnd what if they don't want to go?

This.

Why don’t we address the issues at a community level instead of turn our backs on neighbors/community members.

Give incentives. Help them settle in low cost of living area where their $ will stretch the most. I want to live in Manhattan in a nice condo but I can't. I need to go live where I can afford to live.