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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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It's not wrong. A big part of it should be about creating affordable housing for people before they become homeless. There seems to be the notion that people become drug addicted and unemployable, then become homeless. This is certainly often the case, but it also happens in reverse a lot where someone becomes homeless, then becomes drug addicted.
Affordable housing for lower level income people before their situation is completely dire should be a target and may even be the best way to put a dent in this problem over the long term. Kind of like preventative health care before having to treat a disease. I would even extend that to mid-level income people in the Lower Mainland considering the cost of living.