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    2 days ago

    I feel you think every homeless person is a drug addict which makes you an asshole.
    Example: rich kid moves in, kid’s into snorting coke, rich daddy just throws money at kid. Way better environment for the next door children i’m sure.

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      2 days ago

      I definitely dont think that, but let’s not ignore that its usually the norm. Let me ask you, would you go out in the street and take the first unhoused person you see into your house ? Im being realistic.

      That rich kid is a piece of shit and should have the same consequences as if that happened to a homeless person. Im merely outlining what is bad about saying “give all empty apartments and houses to the homeless and it will fix if!” It wont. It would need a massive management team and billions of dollars to run it to make sure your next-door neighbor isnt throwing heroine needles into your yard.

      I definitely dont want a homeless person moving in next to me. To be honest I dont want anyone to move in next to me because neighbors usually suck. But thats a different discussion.

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        would you go out in the street and take the first unhoused person you see into your house ?

        That’s the government’s job.

        It would need a massive management team and billions of dollars to run it to make sure your next-door neighbor isnt throwing heroine needles into your yard.

        Not sure about billions (and even so, better that to spend them liberating countries of their oil), but Finland that did exactly that.