r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Garey_Coleman • 10d ago

Where are the homeless supposed to go?

Cities have been cracking down on homeless people so they can’t have encampments or stay on sidewalks. At the same time usually the shelters are full. So those who are unable to get into a shelter, where are they supposed to go?

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u/JohnHazardWandering 10d ago

So pay for 24 hour care?? or just pay half that in social services and housing for them to be on their own. 

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u/HungryIndependence13 10d ago

Or give them land where they can sleep, have it guarded by police and provide showers. 

So many people - if they’re just given a place to sleep and shower- will work and get small apartments and no longer be homeless. 

It isn’t that hard to solve. I don’t know why we don’t do it. 

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u/LoCarB3 10d ago

You clearly never interact with homeless people if you think that'll solve anything. Give them a place to sleep and shower and it'll be a trashed drug den in a matter of days

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u/Dudewhocares3 9d ago

This just sounds like what Elon musk said months ago as a way to dehumanize them