A little thread on why homelessness in California is so much more visible than in New York. NY has a legal "right to shelter" because of the Callahan v. Carey consent decree in 1981. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/27/nyregion/pact-requires-city-to-shelter-homeless-men.html …https://twitter.com/samueldodge/status/1070475888620298240 …
Personally, and I’m only speaking for myself, it feels like having a roof over your head is better than not having one.
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Yeah, I mean I’d rather shelter everybody than give shelter stability to just some.
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& we might ask, how much are current practices speaking for the unhoused themselves? I’ve asked many what they’d want; overwhelmingly they say, at least basic, safe, private, round-the-clock, dwelling space of any kind immediately. Official priorities are highly at odds with this
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