Vegetable-Swimming73

Vegetable-Swimming73 t1_jecbno5 wrote

Lmfao so which homeless people are "illegitimate"?

If the goal is to improve the community then we have to help people who have more needs than you are comfortable with.

A lot of shelters really don't have a safe or supportive environment so before you slag off on whole populations maybe check whether they are required to leave their dignity at the door. Many shelters don't allow pets, have unreasonable hours and requirements, have abusive staff, the list goes on. Many people are distrustful of shelters because many shelters are worse than sleeping outside.

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Vegetable-Swimming73 t1_jecb8r8 wrote

Homeless people need something different than a minimum wage job and free pizza . A lot of folks are homeless because they cannot work, and programs that require you to work before getting you situated back into society are rough even for folks who can work but have pressing NEEDS.

I cannot stress enough how harmful it is for housed and able bodied people to make assumptions on what is needed by vulnerable populations.

Just because you like pizza doesn't mean it would solve the problems this excellent person is seeking to solve.

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