Submitted by Accomplished-Lime806 t3_113928u in Futurology
Heap_Good_Firewater t1_j8oyo1v wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in New York City homeless problem by Accomplished-Lime806
>It's an unsolvable dilemma.
Japan and Sweden have homelessness rates approaching zero percent. Did they use magic?
It's not an unsolvable problem, but we have to stop pretending we are helping mentally ill addicts by letting them run their own lives.
We have to involuntarily enter them into treatment programs.
Expensive is not the same as impossible, although it seems that way sometimes.
[deleted] t1_j8p1r1h wrote
I don't know if that is possible under our current laws.
Heap_Good_Firewater t1_j8p2102 wrote
Depends on the state. Laws can be changed
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