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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So how would they find job/rehabilitation while they’re out there in the middle of nowhere?[/quote]

Employees would live on-site & security would be strong. On-site medical & addiction services. Busing back and forth to DC for additional resources.[/quote]

A complete fantasy.[/quote]

It's even more of a fantasy to think it could work in DC, where everything is much, much more expensive.  It's absolutely ridiculous to think one of the most expensive areas in the country makes sense for housing the homeless.  Relocating the homeless and the support services to a more affordable area makes MUCH more sense.[/quote]

Hey, PP, do you think there's a connection between the cost of housing, the demand for housing, the supply of housing, and the prevalence of people who don't have housing?[/quote]

I do. [b]The highest cost areas are the most desirable because they lack homeless people. 
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Most homeless people suffer from addiction & mental health issues. Cost of housing isn’t causing them to be homeless. When a mentally healthy person thinks rent is too high, they move somewhere cheaper.[/quote]

San Francisco, for example.[/quote]

Yes, the SFH neighborhoods in the hills on SF.[/quote]

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