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Comment by TheRealPomax

Generally you don't solve homelessness with affordable housing. We might call it "homelessness" but that's just the bullshit word we use based on the symptom, it's actually destitution, and the help they need extends so far beyond just getting them their own place that that part is actually the easiest problem to solve compared to all the other parts that also need solving.

The fact that Toronto and Vancouver haven't even set up container apartments in several places around the city is all the proof you need that folks don't care, which means they shouldn't be given a choice on whether or not to solve the problem. This should get mandated with fines for the city itself if it doesn't help the people who can't help themselves because the system's been designed to prevent them from getting help.

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