• ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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    22 hours ago

    Many don’t want it because of mental illness, what is more important is medical and mental help that won’t put them in further debt.

    • Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      21 hours ago

      Really it’s the strings attached to “free” housing. Like loss of belongings, sobriety requirements, curfews, etc. Things that are hard to tolerate when you do not have resources.

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        19 hours ago

        Exactly. Start by not making homeless people jump through any moral more moralistic hoops than you ask home owners to jump through.

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      19 hours ago

      Housing First is the most important. Can’t really assist with any addiction if they don’t have their own private living space.