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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The more we discuss this, the more it seems absolutely bonkers to house the chronically homeless (by definition, having some sort of severe mental and/or addiction) in private buildings using above market-rate vouchers. Like, calculated to lead to failure on multiple levela. Private *market-rate* voucher solutions make sense for people who just have an affordability problem. But turning private buildings into unstaffed low barriee homeless shelters is nuttttttssss. [/quote]

Agree. HF frames the issue as housing and as having requirements for entry, compelled participation in services, requiring sobriety, all the things shelters traditionally did.

If the issue is framed as substance abuse and/or MI, then the solution is nuts. But, those things cost a lot of money to address and there is no huge pot of funds for developers to kick back from, so...[/quote]

To be clear, I actually think Housing First is the solution. I don’t think you have to coerce people into treatment.  But the housing should be public and fully staffed  and only for the chronic homeless. Once stabilized they could possibly step up. [/quote]

That model is usually referred to as shelter first, housing later. HF explicitly eliminated any sort of stepping up, passing through stages, etc. If given the option, people prefer private housing in W3 over public housing, which, like shelters, comes with rules. [/quote]

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