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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You are asking us to pay to house hard drug addicts in regular housing (because shelters won't do). You are not considering the nuisance they will bring to their new living situation, the friends they will bring round, or the disturbance, unkemptness or danger they may cause. I am fine with paying for a shelter, treatment facility or mental health facility. I have zero obligation to provide "housing first" for someone who doesn't like shelters because they have rules.[/quote]

I agree with you.  I think "Housing First" policies are naive and unrealistic precisely for those reasons, as well as the fact that in addition to drugs, mental illness is also extremely prevalent among the homeless---probably even more so than drugs, though often they go together.   Several years there was an article regarding a recipient of a "housing first" apartment who decided it was a bright idea to dry his shoes by putting them in the oven . . . I believe though, that there needs to be more treatment programs available so that people in shelters can get the support they need to get off the drugs, get medication for their mental illness.  This is tough work---every case is different and requires a lot of individualized case management.  But just hand people "housing first" with little support?----they will just cycle back to the street.[/quote]

What makes you think that all homeless people for that stereotype?

I could understand that "all the homeless people who stand out in your memory" fit that bill, but that doesn't say anything about reality.

People who are a danger to themselves and others need something more.  But there are plenty of people who would surprise the crap out of you.[/quote]
This thread is specifically about the encampment on 17th street. I’ve seen an overwhelming amount of evidence over the past two years that those people are drug addicts.[/quote]

They need to be moved to treatment or given bus tickets home. Not just moved fr.encampment to encampment in the city[/quote]

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