And those that disagree with what you’re seeing day in and day out, claim you’re heartless while they use cherry picked statistics to prove their point. It’s a drug addiction and mental health crisis. Housing is an issue but its not the root cause. Someone’s rent goes up to a point they can’t afford, they move somewhere cheaper not buy a tent and take it to the street.
No one here is denying that drugs and crime are problems, particularly within the homeless community. But Housing First data clearly indicates that housing people is an incredibly effective way to reduce the likelihood of someone spiraling into drugs and crime. Not sufficient, but necessary to try to fix the problem.
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