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Homelessness is a policy choice
Privileged people will tell you it's a choice to be impoverished while intelligent people understand the choice was made for them in an office by men in suits seeking profit and I believe that' sdisgusting, unhuman and evil practice. The capitalist system creates economic, environmental and psychologica problems it has no intention of solving because to the system they are not problems but rather the system functioning exactly as intended. Homelessness in capitalism is a necessity to put fear in the working class that they too can be victimized for someone elses profit.
Housing first is the solution
There are only and exactly 2 ways the homeless epidemic can be solved and only one of which will actually work. The first option, which is what as a collective culture is already in practice, is to kill them slowly through neglect, exposure to elements, untreated medical issues, suicide and overdoses. The second option is to house them so they have an opportunity to reintigrate into the work force, get back on their feet and to make treatment (if necessary) for things poverty exacerbates more effective and longer lasting.
That's nice and all but how will you pay for it Mister Mayor?
Look outside. You see that man fent leaning on the sidewalk? You paid for that. See those needles in the park you tell your kids not to go to anymore that used to be nice? You paid for them. Those cops that constsntly clear out encampments when they could be spending that time elsewhere? You paid for it. This is your money hard at work treating those who need help as though they were a pest to be controlled and not as our brothers and sisters in humanity.