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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The suggestion that any homeless person can have all their long term housing and food needs met if they want it is so wrong it makes me wonder what’s the point of this thread[/quote]

+1. It's clear that no one here has ever tried to help a neighbor or DC resident fill out an application for Section 8, SNAP, Medicaid, etc. To suggest housing, food, and health care are easy to get for free in this city is just ignorant. It's not easy. It's an administrative nightmare that befuddles people with graduate degrees.

You're also ignoring the fact that many unhoused people don't trust the system and don't want to go to a shelter. Shelters are scary places. Have you ever been to one? I have. Many are unsafe.

And to suggest an unhoused person "just go apply for a job" is truly absurd. How do you get to a job without reliable transportation or shelter?

Not sure how all the DC red hats came out of the woodwork to chime in on this thread, but oof. You're all as nasty and entitled as I assumed you were.

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I’m not a poster who claims the government provides everything nor do I lack compassion for people who are homeless, but I still absolutely abhor panhandling and really hate the people who enable it by handing out money in public spaces.

It’s not good policy. It doesn’t solve anything.

If you want to give people sleeping rough money, go to their encampments or take them to coffee or whatever. Don’t encourage people to stand on medians or harass people for money on the sidewalk.

I have no problem with unhoused people hanging out on the sidewalk or even having a sign but I don’t want to be approached or solicited. And I don’t want to have to worry about people falling off the median or running through traffic. [/quote]

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