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>if a significant proportion of homeless prefer homelessness to the help you're offering, perhaps the "help" isn't all that helpful. If you want to get people off the street, you need to provide a similar level of freedom in the housing you provide as what it replaces.

Can you elaborate on the the specific rules you’re referring to? That might help guide the discussion.

Because at face value, there seems to be an issue where there isn’t an acknowledgment that with freedom comes responsibility. That responsibility looks an awful lot like rules that many people in these situations struggle to manage. It seems hard to argue for one without necessitating the other but maybe some specific examples could clarify your point.

parent bumby 3 years ago

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