r/Eugene Aug 04 '22

Dealing with the Homeless Crisis starter pack META

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u/InfectedBananas Aug 04 '22

Just wait for the people who think putting people in homes solves anything while ignoring the reason they became homeless in the first place entirely.

Sure, you fixed the literal homeless part, but not the spending all money on drugs and stealing stuff for money for drugs and horrid violent behavior from doing those drugs.

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u/moocow4125 Aug 04 '22

Housing first programs data would disagree.

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u/ccooksey83 Aug 04 '22

Please share this data. Neither of you are citing sources...

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u/SenatorSnags Aug 04 '22

Look at any other country that has solved this issue. Forced treatment is what works.

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u/TheLordofAskReddit Aug 04 '22

Examples?

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u/SenatorSnags Aug 04 '22

Netherlands and Portugal come to mind. Portugal decriminalized all drugs and put addicts into mandatory treatment. Treating it as a health care issue instead of a crime. We’ve stopped looking at open drug use a crime but have neglected to address it at all which is exacerbating the homelessness crisis.

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u/TheLordofAskReddit Aug 04 '22

Going off of 2020 numbers:

We have less homelessness than the Netherlands per capita.

Portugal is slaying it with about half of our numbers per capita.