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Reply to "Union Station smells like urine, has a homeless problem, and is half deserted. "
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think language matters. If you use the term "homeless" to frame the problem, you end up with the disaster that is Housing First in Ward 3 (and elsewhere). If you frame it as "mentally ill or addicted vagrants who act in threatening and sometimes violent manner" the cued answer is not the one that enriches developers and those they kick money back to, see? [/quote] DC likes to throw up their hands and claim they can't fix the homeless issue because everyone in MD and VA will just move to DC to live on their streets. Hotels, landlords, and advocacy groups all benefit from housing the mentally ill but not providing treatment or services.[/quote]
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