Farrell wants to be real-deal mayor. He's setting himself up to run in 2019 as the guy who solved homelessness. Without housing, cruelty is just cruelty.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2018
The solution to homelessness is housing
Farrell wants to be real-deal mayor. He's setting himself up to run in 2019 as the guy who solved homelessness. Without housing, cruelty is just cruelty.
Share documentation of the city's assault on the unhoused at SweepsWatch.
It's not as simple as just housing. Some would get a place to live and trash it. That's been reality. Some homeless are mentally disabled and can't maintain a normal lifestyle as well as those on drugs where they have become addicted and can't really live like others. I don't have an answer but the high cost of what used to be normal homes is part of the problem. In some areas, even if you already owned the home, unless you have a high income, you can't afford the taxes (thanks to property taxes nobody really owns their home). If those in the Bay area would move to Kansas, they could probably afford the rent but they don't want to live there. Tucson has some inexpensive areas but less and less. I feel like if people want to live somewhere, that's what is killing reasonable prices for homes. I don't have an answer but it won't be a simple one if they do come up with one. I read that some cities, where the laborers are in short supply, are offering money to those willing to move there. A few cities have built homes for the homeless but time will tell whether that works out as often housing developments end up dangerous as well as deteriorating due to lack of upkeep. It's not simple and I don't know how a government forces down the price of housing-- short of a countrywide depression maybe...
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