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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My best friend growing up is homeless, based on multiple mutual friends seeing her panhandling in Crystal City.  She was a genius in school - all As at a DC private (where we met) and she was an extremely talented musician.  She was in the middle of grad school when I think she had a full mental break; schizophrenia runs in her family and I saw glimmers of it in her here and there. So yeah, mental health troubles are a precursor to homelessness.

She was the only child of an older mother (father died when she was a kid) who I imagine has passed on as well. No other family to speak of. We are in our thirties. What is society to do?[/quote]

I think bringing back institutions and making involuntary commitment easier, as CA has recently done, is the only humane answer re: both the individual and public order and safety. What we have been doing has been a disaster. Dismantle all the advocacy orgs that push Housing First and urge people to stay on the street and expand St. Es with better oversight. [/quote]

Yes. Housing First just causes problems for the low income people living in naturally occurring affordable housing. [/quote]

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