The holiday debates have begone.
“Only two people signed up for this tiny home program. The rest said they like being homeless.”
I have the logic, but not living in Colorado, I don’t have the facts. I do know they’re playing a game of shuffle board with their homeless population after some quick investigation, but nothing specific to the claim. I’ll get the article in reference if I can.
But man, how hard is it to accept that no one “wants” to be homeless.
This doesn’t make it sound like Denver isn’t doing its best.
Ah. “Means testing” strikes again. (that’s how I refer to “arbitrary and draconian requirements to be allowed to access” if that’s wrong please correct me) It’s always the part that people leave out of the “homeless people would rather be homeless” thing that fascists say. That they WOULD take shelter… if it was offered with no strings attached (and it never is).
Having to beg for shelter and then still having to share private space in an unsafe living conditions sucks. If we give unhoused people some dignity, just give them a studio apartment and the key to it, free of use, no judgement, I’m sure a lot of them can pull themselves up. It takes considerable mental toll on unhoused people to never have a peace of mind in your own safe space. People understandably become more and more unhinged, lose their social skills and trust in society the longer they stay out being unhoused.