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haroldhecuba88 t1_j6m8kdw wrote

Reply to comment by GuerillaCupid in McPherson Square homeless camp to be cleared two months early, NPS says by Ruze42

Safe how? More crime, disease and drugs in these encampments. Tent life stable and safer? I don’t see that. I agree with others in that offering drug rehab and job training would go a long way. I don’t know what the rules are in regards to these vouchers but I have to believe it’s better than living in rat infested squalor with their health and life under threat. I’d take the strict rules and voucher no problem. Just offering free housing so they can do as they please will also not solve the problem. It’s takes lots of work, from both sides.

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Panda_alley t1_j6n357e wrote

they seem to be conflating vouchers and shelters. not exactly sure how someone would do a bed check for a voucher recipient lol.

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either way, i don't have any insight into shelters but have plenty of experience with addiction via family members. listening to people on here you'd think shelters are military boot camps. my guess is the rules exist not for the people who struggle to follow them, but for everyone else trying to maintain sobriety and stability. like yeah, no shit you can't be high and stay in a shelter, or wander in at 3am, or bang your girlfriend, and so on. people following the rules are trying to get their shit together and youre being an asshole. that said, as mentioned i don't have experience with them, so i could be totally off.

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haroldhecuba88 t1_j6nc1py wrote

100%. Your basic premise is accurate regardless of rules. People are trying to get it together, maybe even some are families. Clean requires clean. Life is hard enough for some people, they don't need disfunction or toxicity around when they are trying so hard to get it together.

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