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Originally Posted by Wormius
Not sure what they expect to happen. If the City creates affordable housing, then everybody complaining about the homeless will say they don't deserve it and it should be allocated to some other low income group.
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Okay, well, before it even gets to that, Government provided low-income housing has some inherent problems.
First of all...they can be dangerous places. You cram a bunch of people with alcohol, drug and mental health issues into an enclosed environment and thats going to create some problems of its own.
Further to which, people have a tendency to not enjoy being told what to do, so if this housing comes with a bunch of strings attached you'll see people bail on it and stick to the streets.
And then theres the NIMBYs and after all that then you get the people who think the money should be spent saving the South American spotted tree monkey or something like that.