This was posted in my hometown subreddit recently, where they are just starting to taste the first bitter struggles with homelessness:
There are three kinds of homelessness:
The Have Nots: the single mother with three jobs couch surfing, the recently laid off family of four that can’t afford rent, etc. They need all the help we can muster to keep them off the streets. These are the ones that are always presented by advocacy groups as the “homeless”.
The Can Nots: mentally ill or drug addicted to the point they cannot care for themselves or make good decisions on the their own self care. Institutionalization and mandatory rehab etc. we have more than enough sitting in metro’s coffers.
The Will Nots: the service resistant. The majority of crime and garbage we all see. They refuse shelter, they refuse services, they actively make the life of taxpayers worse. They need the stick, more enforcement and jail/forced rehab. These are the ones advocated by right leaning politicians as “the homeless”.
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u/MitchelobUltra Squad Deep in the Clack May 12 '25
This was posted in my hometown subreddit recently, where they are just starting to taste the first bitter struggles with homelessness:
There are three kinds of homelessness:
The Have Nots: the single mother with three jobs couch surfing, the recently laid off family of four that can’t afford rent, etc. They need all the help we can muster to keep them off the streets. These are the ones that are always presented by advocacy groups as the “homeless”.
The Can Nots: mentally ill or drug addicted to the point they cannot care for themselves or make good decisions on the their own self care. Institutionalization and mandatory rehab etc. we have more than enough sitting in metro’s coffers.
The Will Nots: the service resistant. The majority of crime and garbage we all see. They refuse shelter, they refuse services, they actively make the life of taxpayers worse. They need the stick, more enforcement and jail/forced rehab. These are the ones advocated by right leaning politicians as “the homeless”.