r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Garey_Coleman • 9d 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/Just-Performance-666 9d ago

It's also that being unemployed wasn't really an option in the USSR, neither was "choice"

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u/PyroNine9 9d ago

Being unemployed for long isn't really an option in the U.S. either. But at the same time, nobody has to give you a job, much less a job that actually pays enough to live.

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u/JaymoKeepIt100 9d ago

That’s what do not make sense about this new Medicaid/SNAP rule having to work whatever hours a month to get benefits. What if nobody wants to hire you they can’t make them do it

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u/Level_Substance4771 9d ago

I know at least a couple years ago it was work or volunteer so many hours a week.