How to fix homelessness

[necritan]

People were granted loans they couldn't afford........screw them.

 

[PubliusInfinitum]

one would have to consider that the majority of homeless are there due to changes in the mental health system in the early 70s or 80s giving the mentally ill the right to exist on the streets. no longer could the state force the mentally ill into places where they would be cared for and take their meds as needed...now they are on the streets...a friend of mine is brillant....beautiful and madder than a hatter...sadly...as long as she is on her meds and not drinking...she is fine...she went off her meds..began drinking...another old friend took her in...they were drinking together...no one knows what happened...other than she killed him...she is now in jail for the rest of her life..where she is medicated and knows what she did...too bad that help wasnt there for her before...too bad she had to kill someone...it was like a county secret...everyone knew it was only a matter of time..till she finally lost it and killed someone...everyone tried to intervene but you couldnt keep her taking her meds...the booze always took over...but she could not be committed...

But for the grace of God...

Homelessness is not a function of government's failure to provide mental healthcare; homelessness is a failure of the individual... shit happens; people screw up...

I've tried to help the homeless many times and with no exception they've taken the help and screwed me and everyone I exposed the homeless to in trying to help them. Males, females... same, same. They're homeless, in MOST cases, FOR GOOD REASONS; they're drunks, crack and crank-heads... thieves and liars.

Letting them in your home would be a COLLASSAL ERROR IN JUDGMENT.

 

[xsited1]

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5. Solution - offer mortgage assistance to individuals who need it - in exchange, they must allow homeless people to live in their home. The number of homeless people you're required to take in will depend on your home's size relative to your family's size. Each room will have two people in it, and any room that isn't a kitchen, bathroom, small utility room, or living room will be considered a bedroom. If you're a family of 4 with a 3 bedroom with a basement and dining room and an office, that's 6 bedrooms = 12 people you can take in two families of 4.

And then the house burns down and everyone dies.

The End

 

[MalibuMan]

Hell, just buy every homeless person a house. Done. End of problem.

 

[necritan]

Hell, just buy every homeless person a house. Done. End of problem.

They're workin on it.....

 

[Skull Pilot]

If the government wants people to stop smoking, it taxes them
If the government wants people to stop drinking, it taxes them

If the government wants people to stop being homeless, it should tax them.

 

[driveby]

1. Millions of people bought homes they could not afford in the long run - i.e. they bought homes that were too big.

2. It would be a shame if all these folks went homless, because they are hard working Americans for the most part.

3. But it would be unfair to give them help for nothing when millions of other people either didn't buy homes or bought smaller more inexpensive homes.

4. Many other people are homeless already or going homeless

5. Solution - offer mortgage assistance to individuals who need it - in exchange, they must allow homeless people to live in their home. The number of homeless people you're required to take in will depend on your home's size relative to your family's size. Each room will have two people in it, and any room that isn't a kitchen, bathroom, small utility room, or living room will be considered a bedroom. If you're a family of 4 with a 3 bedroom with a basement and dining room and an office, that's 6 bedrooms = 12 people you can take in two families of 4.

Worst ....

Idea.....

Ever......

 

[necritan]

If the government wants people to stop smoking, it taxes them
If the government wants people to stop drinking, it taxes them

If the government wants people to stop being homeless, it should tax them.

I would like to add:

If the people want there goverment to stop being inept losers.....the people should Tax the governement.

 

[sparky]

millions of homeless people, millions of peopleless homes?

i know! Time Share!

 

[Avatar4321]

1. Millions of people bought homes they could not afford in the long run - i.e. they bought homes that were too big.

2. It would be a shame if all these folks went homless, because they are hard working Americans for the most part.

3. But it would be unfair to give them help for nothing when millions of other people either didn't buy homes or bought smaller more inexpensive homes.

4. Many other people are homeless already or going homeless

5. Solution - offer mortgage assistance to individuals who need it - in exchange, they must allow homeless people to live in their home. The number of homeless people you're required to take in will depend on your home's size relative to your family's size. Each room will have two people in it, and any room that isn't a kitchen, bathroom, small utility room, or living room will be considered a bedroom. If you're a family of 4 with a 3 bedroom with a basement and dining room and an office, that's 6 bedrooms = 12 people you can take in two families of 4.

Then again, the people who couldnt afford their houses can just move back to apartments where they probably were before they decided to try to purchase a home. Or they can stop flipping houses.

 

[DiveCon]

Hell, just buy every homeless person a house. Done. End of problem.

might be cheaper than this trillion dollar porkulus is gonna end up costing us