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Park benches don't "open" until 10am (thelemmy.club)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/59306211

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[–] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Anti-homeless architecture is fine as long as they’re actually providing them a place to sleep.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I posit that this is not anti-homeless. It’s anti-human. Why wouldn’t a party goer be able to sit at 2am after the party? And early riser at 6am? Someone that missed the last bus taking a nap? Someone else with mobility problems? This arbitrary line makes life worse for anyone passing by.

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  • [–] 10 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

    What are the odds a place this hostile to homeless people has more than free bus tickets out of state?

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  • [–] -3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

    Most places have more support options than you think. The problem is often lack of knowledge of these programs, or unwillingness to follow the rules of them.

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  • [–] 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 child)

    Back when I was following my local city subreddit every few months there would be a "I'm about to be homeless what do I do" post. They were provided with all the city and county resources and every single time the OP would try those and get absolutely no help. The system was either full, out of resources, or the OP wasn't poor enough since federal poverty guidelines haven't been updated in forever.

    There's virtually no help and what's there is at its breaking point

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  • [–] -1 points 5 hours ago

    Your example shows that people are often unaware of the resources available to them.

    Whether or not the resources are at capacity will vary by location but doesn't change the fact that public outreach is often very lacking.

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  • [–] 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

    The problem is often lack of knowledge of these programs

    You think homeless people don't know about homeless programs?

    Talking to a housing coordinator a few months ago, she said the problem was that there were no beds available and all she could offer was to put people on years-long waitlists.

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  • [–] -1 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    My wife worked in addiction counseling, so she dealt with a lot of homeless people.

    No, many people are unaware of all of the help that's available for those who need it. A large part of her day to day was connecting people with the non-addiction related support services they were unaware of.

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  • [–] -1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 child)

    "Support services" are not housing. And, yes, there are a lot of "support services" out there, the support largely being someone to talk to as part of society's employment system for white women.

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