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emblem-man posted...

My post was in pushback to those who are implying the main cause of homelessness is mental issues, which leads them to think that having more affordable homes won't fix the issue.
The bulk of homelessness that's seen are those living on the streets with mental issues, but homeless impacts so much more people than that. And for those people, housing is the solution by far. Housing of all kind. Public subsidized housing, market rate housing which helps reduce housing costs, etc.

I agree, it's misguided to say only mental issues are the root cause. However affordable housing is the only solution, not giving someone a place to stay for a few weeks or a month or even years. If markets are outpricing people then the problem will continue to persist and you'll continue to have a homeless crisis no matter how many you get off the streets.

A big issue this country has is you can only get aid when it's beyond too late. Some of these people simply some assistance before they lost their home, job, life, not after.

In Florida if you make more than like 250 dollars a week you can't qualify for food stamps. So Florida thinks making 1000 a month is somehow enough to survive on.

It's fucking ridiculous.

Money won't solve the homeless crisis on its own, legislation will.