The entire post is about low income housing as a solution to people sleeping in tents. Building more apartments won't stop people from living in tents.
Pointing out that it's a complex issue that isn't solved by more houses is pretty much the opposite of a strawman
That's definitely fair. I just know that whenever someone says, "I hate X type of beer," they typically mean they haven't had one that suits their palate yet.
You're more than welcome to look up statistics. ~60% of the chronicly homeless have life long mental health issues, and ~80% have substance abuse issues.
Pretty much every city/state has resources to help the homeless, but the homeless have to be willing to accept the help. Most shelters are drug free, so addicts don't want to stay there and they won't accept people whose mental illness makes them violent.
You can't force a person to take their medicine or stop doing drugs unless you want to start building more prisons.
Again, I was never saying that all homelessness is a choice, but a lot of people choose not to accept the help that's available.
Source: My wife has her masters in the field and used to work with these populations as an addiction counselor, in Texas, so I know that resources exist at a state level even in a state that clearly hates it's citizens.
For many it literally is a choice, and framing homelessness as something that no one has control over is problematic.
I'm a liberal, buddy. Homelessness is a very complex issue that won't be solved by building more housing.
There's also the third group of people who realizes that homelessness is a complex problem that won't be solved by more housing.
God damn, I guess there really isn't such a thing as an original thought.
They should probably also change their name to something that denotes their desire to create a fascist theocracy.
I'm not a brewer, but I'm assuming that the process is slightly different. Try a sour from a company that's known for making sours. There are a lot of very delicious ones out there.
Personal preference is now fact, apparently.
Exactly. It's not hard to keep the exterior of those buildings looking nice. You just have to pay someone to maintain it.