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/FAITH2016 9d ago

Finland is also way smaller than the USA. We are talking about a totally different scale here, not that’s not a good idea.

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u/def-jam 8d ago

If you can scale McDonald’s, you can scale care for the homeless

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u/Possible-Oil2017 5d ago

That's a silly plan. McDonald's products are homogeneous and easily produced. The meth addict on my street has four conflicting mental illnesses.

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u/def-jam 5d ago

Right. Get them a house. Give them a place to live. Then social workers and medical Personnel have a place to meet them and treat them. It will also reduce the amount of medical Problems simply due to being homeless which will Make long term treatment more likely to succeed.

Does it work everytime or for everybody? No. But it works more often than not, so let’s do that and give people a chance to become Contributing members of society.

Now what about people who are homeless because they lost a job? Or because they got sick? Or they left an abusive situation? Not all the homeless are addicts.

It’s almost impossible to get a job if you don’t have an address. Let alone a place to shower and keep your shit safe.

Can you get a bank account without an address? No. So there is nowhere to deposit your paycheck if someone gives you a job.

Do you see the problems and how they stack? Giving someone a home helps remove so many other barriers to becoming productive