Current Events > Is it defensible to have more empty houses than homeless people?

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No.
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You know what I always found reprehensible? All the wasted land on golf courses that could be turned into a park or housing for a nice neighbourhood. I don't say the same for soccer stadiums or even american lemonball stadiums because those at least provide revenue that might go back to the state. Golf though is just a ridiculous activity that I can never wrap my head around.
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Yes
The quality of many abandoned homes are not something you can safely just have people live in. It's wildly irresponsible to have anyone live in a home that's not up to code. We'd have roofs falling in on them and electrical fires burning them to death in their sleep.

I'm going to take the brave stance of thinking it's bad to try to murder the homeless by putting them into death traps.
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Yes, get a job

Yes, stop begging for handouts.

BobanMarjanovic posted...

Yes, get a job

Should landlords get a job?
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saspa posted...

You know what I always found reprehensible? All the wasted land on golf courses that could be turned into a park or housing for a nice neighbourhood. I don't say the same for soccer stadiums or even american lemonball stadiums because those at least provide revenue that might go back to the state. Golf though is just a ridiculous activity that I can never wrap my head around.

Couldn't agree more.

I don't think golf courses have 1 one millionth of a 'wasteful' impact that stuff like overpaving does.
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Garioshi posted...

BobanMarjanovic posted...

Yes, get a job

Should landlords get a job?

Tbf, some tenants can make being a landlord pretty rough. Some got it easy and some don't
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Absolutely not.
You want the homeless to get a job? Its been shown again and again that being homeless makes people exponentially harder to employ (no shower, no wardrobe, terrible sleep, no clock or place to charge a cellphone to even tell the time or stay in touch with their employers), and that homeless housing initiatives actually have OVERWHELMINGLY successful rates of integrating the homeless into the workforce.

A home is essential, theres no justification to say someone doesnt deserve a home.

@BobanMarjanovic posted...

Yes, get a job

I seriously hate when people say, oh just get a job! to the homeless. If you were interviewing people, and out of all the applicants one of them was covered in dirt, smelled like rot, had wild tangled hair, looked like they hadnt slept in days, was perhaps late to the interview because they had no way to tell the time, had clothes that were crusted over in years of sweat and grime... would you hire them? Im guessing no, because the basic facts of life while someone is homeless mean that they can rarely truly conform to the standards necessary to be integrated into the workforce and life in general. They cant simply walk into a job interview like anyone else can, and get a job and sustain a job long term while not having a home.
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Not to mention a lot of homeless people have serious mental health issues in the first place.
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PMarth2002 posted...

Not to mention a lot of homeless people have serious mental health issues in the first place.

Are the mental health concerns causing the homelessness, or is it the other way around?

Based on my research, there is no real ties to one way or the other. A disposition toward mental illness can strain a person, but no, mental illness itself does not always cause homelessness, nor are all people experiencing homelessness suffering from mental illness.
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In some states landlords have no legal obligation to make their properties habitable

manmouse posted...

Absolutely not.
You want the homeless to get a job? Its been shown again and again that being homeless makes people exponentially harder to employ (no shower, no wardrobe, terrible sleep, no clock or place to charge a cellphone to even tell the time or stay in touch with their employers), and that homeless housing initiatives actually have OVERWHELMINGLY successful rates of integrating the homeless into the workforce.

A home is essential, theres no justification to say someone doesnt deserve a home.

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MaverickXeo posted...

Are the mental health concerns causing the homelessness, or is it the other way around?

Based on my research, there is no real ties to one way or the other.

this suggests to me that the issue is with actually with your research skills
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BobanMarjanovic posted...

Yes, get a job

I would be it requires 15 years of experience to work at mcdonalds
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averagejoel posted...

MaverickXeo posted...

Are the mental health concerns causing the homelessness, or is it the other way around?

Based on my research, there is no real ties to one way or the other.

this suggests to me that the issue is with actually with your research skills

I did do a literature review of 10 articles on youth homelessness. Based on my research, the information is valid based on the articles. Mental health does play a role, but it is not a determining factor of homelessness experience.
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MaverickXeo posted...

averagejoel posted...

MaverickXeo posted...

Are the mental health concerns causing the homelessness, or is it the other way around?

Based on my research, there is no real ties to one way or the other.

this suggests to me that the issue is with actually with your research skills

I did do a literature review of 10 articles on youth homelessness. Based on my research, the information is valid based on the articles. Mental health does play a role, but it is not a determining factor of homelessness experience.

"mental health does play a role" is very different from "there is no real ties one way or the other"

which is it?
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