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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a homelessness crisis in our nation, but nobody wants to do anything about it. Instead, everywhere you look a new luxury condo/apartment complex is being built. Our country is pathetic.[/quote]

There are overwhelming amounts of money spent on the homeless population. Money isn’t the issue. [/quote]

+1. In fact, homeless people from all over the country are streaming to DC because of our generous handouts and permissive stance on open-air drug use and public defecation. It's basically a free for all![/quote]

I have repeatedly seen both men and women defecating on the sidewalk near the Van Ness metro in broad daylight. There are multiple open and free Starbucks bathrooms steps away and free and open bathrooms in Giant. Activists will say it is a matter of public bathrooms and housing but really it is a matter of addiction, mental illness, anti-social behavior and no consequences.

The 180% of market rate housing vouchers were great for landlords and until last month, a unit rented even 1 time for a month to someone with a voucher was permanently out of rent control. The middle class and elderly often occuply rent controlled (and still quite expensive) apartments in older buildings, how many were lost to the benefit of developers and corporate landlords. During the pandemic, rents would have fallen in DC but for the 180% voucher program. Now it isn't even rental buildings using it but investors who own condos who may not even live in the US. There are not staff in condo buildings to "manage" the "newly housed" nor a mechanism in place for eviction. If the vouchers were for market rate many more could be housed and there wouldn't be inflation of rents. Follow the money and see who benefits. It's not necessarily the unhoused, who may not be provided any services (they can always refuse as well) or even an air mattress and they may soon be evicted. All of the housing programs are fantastic for developers  and landlords. How many of the unhoused end up back in tents or ODing? [/quote]

It's gross to pass bathroom provisioning for the homeless on to Starbucks. That's way more wear and tear on a bathroom than regular customer use . God, those poor employees who have to clean it. People should be in their own housing, shelters, treatment or hospitals period.[/quote]

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