Homeless people make me feel kinda pro-slum. Like, if you've got a bunch of people who can't afford/function in normal housing and are sleeping in tents on the sidewalk, then we shouldn't let normal housing codes stop them from slapping together a shack somewhere.
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I cannot say if you are being sarcastic, so I will just say it: Or we could just make sure they can afford to and receive the help they need.
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Sure, but I like solutions that cure the cause instead of treating the symptoms. High barriers to owning/living in homes is one of the causes of homelessness - there's a lot of regulation around what can be 'lived in' - some people qualify, and the people who don't sleep outside.
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There should be legal tent cities in every city. Free camping should be easily accessible.
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I get kinda wet at the libertarian utopia of poor people being able to build what they need to in order to survive, though I'm not sure how the land ownership would work. I guess you could rent out a spot of land in the tentslums for a really low price, or use a gov. park?
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... sorry, do you think because they can’t function in “normal” housing we should let them live in a slum? Why wouldn’t we instead try to get them in supportive housing? Everyone deserves a home, just because I’m privileged and can afford it doesn’t mean I deserve it any more.
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I'm not saying slums are *to the exclusion* of aid, but rather *in addition* - right now it's literally illegal for poor people to live in subpar housing, which forces them into homelessness. This would be a great thing to change.
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Nothing could go wrong! Local housing regulations were just created on a whim anyway.
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Probably some things would go wrong, but maybe that would be worth the increase in living standards? I'd rather live in an unregulated slapped-together housing community than have to sleep on the sidewalk, constantly exposed to people walking by.
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Hmmm, depends. When they tend to do it parks and other communal area's I have to disagree.
And when you see crime go up in your neighborhood as a direct correlation to a shantytown moving in I bet you might have something different to say.
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*Alt: I think providing services like water, trash, and transportation to area's near cities that are safe zones for tents/ yurts/ ext could be a good work around. Never understood why homeless ppl want to stay in the city, I'd be in the forest stacking up dried foods 🌳🍚🏞️
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