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Originally Posted by twister244
Agreed. The last thing I want to see is another slush fund that gets used ineffectively to address a problem in the city. If BJ has a specific roadmap outlining how specifically he will use this money to actually reduce homelessness and bring affordable housing to folks, then I am probably on board.
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I HOPE the money gets used for the construction of affordable housing. At least then we can see where the money goes.
The problem with all of this at a fundamental level is that homelessness is not really connected to a lack of homes. Some case yes, but the majority no. There is a lot of mental health issues (both medical-mental and behavioural-mental) and drug issues at hand. These issues the government and public has not shown a great ability to fix, sadly, and it's not clear that a lack of money is making the issue worse.
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