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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That would require MD or VA to pay for DC’s homeless so that won’t happen as the states have plenty of their own too. Also how are you going to force them to go there? Many are from the city and it’s home to them. Where will they get their hooch and drugs? I don’t think it’s as simple as shoving them away. There is a huge system that needs fixing so we don’t have so many homeless people. [/quote]

The majority of DC homeless are not from DC. Like San Francisco, people from all up and down the east coast, including Marylanders and Virginians come to DC because the city pours so much money into poverty programs. DC taxpayers are taking care of other cities and states’ homeless populations. And now like Texas, California and Arizona, we are taking care of other countries’ homeless migrant population. [/quote]

Exactly.

So why does it make sense for it to be a DC problem?  Build a facility someplace affordable, and no, we're not talking about a "concentration camp" and provide housing, meals, healthcare, counseling and treatment there.  They are free to move back to DC streets if they want but they won't receive services there.   It's too damn expensive for DC to be the place to deal with so many of the nation's homeless problems from everywhere else around the nation.   [/quote]

So what right does DC have to choose a random state to house all the homeless people it doesn't want? And what makes you think that majority of the homeless people from DC are not from DC? You can say the same thing about the non-homeless people in DC. Majority of you all are not from there.  At the end of the day, most people who are homeless are because they can't afford housing; and last I checked DC housing and rental costs are insane compared to its neighboring states. I'm pretty sure these are people who lived in DC and could no longer afford to live in DC; thanks to gentrification.

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