On: San Francisco’s “Housing First” Nightmare

[mike00632]

Yes, housing first is extremely effective at getting homeless people off the street. It's also the cheaper option.

[bifrost → mike00632]

In San Francisco and LA, it is not.

[jljljl → bifrost]

Housing First on the West Coast (in addition to Harm Reduction and Support Services) needs to be coupled with a massive expansion of housing and construction so that prices can be brought down to a manageable level.

[bifrost → jljljl]

Homelessness on the west coast doesn't really have much to do with the market pricing of housing, its all about drugs.

Harm Reduction is a sham, its why SF is the way it is.

Simply giving people access to free needles does nothing for the actual problems - unabated drug use.

[fnordpiglet → bifrost]

It would be better if they just shipped them all off to Atherton.