Things i would like to read an in-depth piece on: how the homelessness policy shift in ~20 years ago to favor supportive housing construction over shelters has contributed to the current woes
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the main thing people seem to not mention/know in the complaints about homelessness today is that nationwide, it was v en vogue to talk about ELIMINATING (chronic) homelessness 15 years ago
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Bloomberg put it in his press releases! "reducing street homelessness and the shelter population by two-thirds and eliminating chronic, or long-term, homelessness"https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/157-04/mayor-michael-bloomberg-citywide-campaign-end-chronic-homelessness#/0 …
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and Gavin Newsom gave the SF plan the subtle title of the "Ten Year Plan to Abolish Chronic Homelessness" https://sfmayor.org/sites/default/files/FileCenter/Documents/404-Ten%20Year%20Plan%20Anniversary%20Report%20-%20Final%20Draft.pdf …
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so in SF, for instance, resources were put into supportive housing (service-heavy, high-cost units for homeless) meant to put people on a track back to living in apartments. But that directed resources away from shelters, which were seen as ineffective and kinda horrid
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but that's kinda all i know. maybe someone can write a big piece on it!
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@NutCheese and@samklew probably have very strong opinions here.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @kimmaicutler @eliotwb and
Shelters were a frontline response in the early 1980s when this was perceived to be a temporary problem (like a natural disaster that would abate once the economy recovered after the early 1980s recession) versus a long-term emerging structural problem.
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Cities are basically running in place to provide at the municipal level what the federal government once provided at the national level.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @eliotwb and
It's not shelters or permanent housing. It's both - one solves homelessness and one provides immediate crisis response. Here in
@SCCgov we've increased both over the past 5 years. BUT the fundamental crisis will not change until we finally decide build ELI at scale.1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @jenloving23 @kimmaicutler and
Our friends at
@NLIHC illustrate our national ELI housing shortage very well herehttps://reports.nlihc.org/gap0 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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