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[quote=Anonymous]I used to work as a homelessness advocate. The majority of homeless are generally nice, and mostly stable (some have health issues or things like anxiety or low IQ that make it harder for them to maintain a steady job). But, of the ones that you see living on the street, the majority have significant mental health or addiction issues. Yes, connect them with services—-but it’s really hard to provide effective services for that population because they often don’t want the help they need. They’ll go to get food but not much more. Some of them are paranoid and others just know that their drug use wouldn’t be tolerated in a shelter. It’s really hard to run an effective long term shelter (not an over night crash shelter). They have to have a lot of rules to avoid violence or problems like the Relisha Rudd tragedy. But then people resent the rules, feel nicromanaged, and won’t stay. [/quote]
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