• Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yeah my math was way off.

    Putting people in tents is just ridiculous. You need to get that thought far out of your mind.

    No need for construction though as there are already more empty homes than homeless by a large margin.

    • jj4211@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      I would wonder about the distribution of available housing stock. If you can place every homeless person, but to do so you tell them they have to move 80 miles to the empty house you find for them, that is likely not going to work.

      Also, they likely need more than just a roof over their heads to have a safe, healthy life. There’s a high likelihood of that housing stock being mismatched with the capacity to provide those services.