OfTheCross
Veteran
I got a solution but it's gonna cost about $7.5B
Is that too much?
How much do we spend on homelessness now?
Is that too much?
How much do we spend on homelessness now?
How much are we willing to pay to solve the "homeless crisis"?
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OfTheCross
Veteran
Actually...nm. I'm pretty sure there are cheaper alternatives.
What is the plan?
OfTheCross
Veteran
Put them in trailers like this:
https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2006-A-Liner-EXPEDITION-TB-5017954181
You can get them as low at $5K.
If I'm ever on my ass that's the play to just have a roof over my head at least
That’s nothing
That’s $71B over 10 years
That’s $71B over 10 years
OfTheCross
Veteran
Any field will do.
Plenty of people will volunteer their backyards for $500 a month.
It's very common here in Miami
OfTheCross
Veteran
I was thinking 1 time fee, tbh. But even ongoing it's doable.
No reason, in America, any sane person should be roofless. There's ways to make it happen
They are called ADUs here in CA. Wait a year or two when that humidity and gale force winds deteriorates the structures...
It shows how easily we could end the homeless crisis
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
oakland already has a, controversial, similar program
Oakland’s Tuff Shed Program, by the Numbers | East Bay Express | Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda
Oakland’s Tuff Shed Program, by the Numbers | East Bay Express | Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
you need social services, sanitation, trash, safety/law enforcement - fires, theft, fights, drugs, prostitution, etc, what about utilities - where do they get electricity, water? you can't just throw this shyt in a field, fill it with 1000 homeless people and walk away.
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The issue is a matter of American philosophy. It’s centered on merit and opportunity in an individualistic sense. So communal things like the right to healthcare or housing are inherently out of line with the typical American paradigm.
I don’t think you can solve the problem until the masses decide that being an American should mean more than the nation state equivalent of a bad quality name brand product.
I don’t think you can solve the problem until the masses decide that being an American should mean more than the nation state equivalent of a bad quality name brand product.