PS- I just cleaned up after an encampment. After the city cleaned. 20 used needles (mostly insulin) and dozens of other sharps, human waste, soiled diapers, everything else you can imagine. I'm just so pissed off. No one should have to live like that. Just put people in homes. Safe, clean, access to services. Even triage with microhouses along with honeybuckets and potable water would be better.
> Universal housing like SLC is doing is cheaper, more humane, and lightyears more effective.
I read about that program and it sounds amazing.
Decent public housing is pretty common in Europe as well.
I forgot to mention one major cost savings for a city. It is much easier for someone housed to get a job and recover financially than a homeless person.
Policy wise, proactive beats reactive, prevention beats treatment.
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PS- I just cleaned up after an encampment. After the city cleaned. 20 used needles (mostly insulin) and dozens of other sharps, human waste, soiled diapers, everything else you can imagine. I'm just so pissed off. No one should have to live like that. Just put people in homes. Safe, clean, access to services. Even triage with microhouses along with honeybuckets and potable water would be better.