As legislative attacks on unhoused people ramp up, disabled people are on the front lines.
  • Michael@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    7 months ago

    This is why I’m suspicious of any efforts to “address” homelessness with involuntary mental health care.

    Being homeless or unable to provide for your needs isn’t a crime or a mental illness.

    Give somebody a home and let them address their potential issues once they are safe and secure, with a roof over their head.

    And criminalizing homelessness perpetuates it.

    • belastend@slrpnk.net
      1·
      7 months ago

      Being homeless has a profound impact on your mental health. Treatment should always be part of combatting homelessness.

      Housing and treatment should always go hand in hand, ofc.

      • Michael@slrpnk.netEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        Involuntary treatment is a human rights violation. There is insufficient due process. Give them the choice to seek that treatment out if they are otherwise stable and not in crisis.