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The federal government needs to take over homeless support. Establish federally managed shelters.
I'm wary about this being the solution. I mean... [Gestures wildly at the federal government] Just wait until the republicans get a supermajority again and see what they do with camps full of homeless people under federal control.
Yeah, but giving the homeless bus tickets to another state isn’t the answer either. I know that wasn’t referenced earlier- but it happens. Without federal level support, Republicans’ solution is to remove their burdens to someone else’s plate. Then they unironically point at the “failures” of Democratic states, “look at all the encampments.”
Making homelessness illegal is just another arrow in their quiver towards the same goal (target).
HUD could do a lot by just literally buying buildings or developing new projects and renting them for just enough to cover costs. Put an anchor into the real estate markets.
Wait, a reasonable solution that could actually affect the problem? Nonsense! Those unoccupied buildings are very important and should remain empty.
Isn’t that what HUD used to do?
I don't think it was ever HUD, I think it was cities. If it was HUD then it's a shame they stopped.
And impose property taxes on rich people to pay for it. Allow those same taxpayers to vote to.have that tax go to permanent housing for the homeless in their zip code and such a vote is also consent to override all local laws in the process and make it lawsuit immune
Eminent domain land
Use the army core of engineers to build free public housing 200 miles outside of a metro location
run high speed rail from that to the metro.