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/WVildandWVonderful 9d ago

Need lockers and toilets and a way to get mail too

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u/HungryIndependence13 9d ago

Homeless people can get mail. I’m not going to post it here because if people who aren’t homeless start taking advantage of it, it’ll become a problem, but an honesty homeless person can get mail. There is a process for that. 

It isn’t easy. Nothing is easy for homeless people. But it can be done.