A home for the homeless discussion (a thread about it)

[AustinYIMBY]

FWIW, Adler was on the Joe Rogan podcast a couple days ago and most of the discussion was about the homeless problem. Pretty interesting listen. A couple points that struck out were:
1. Adler does not really have any more power than any of the other council members. I think a lot of people dont understand this. City Manager has much more power than he does.
2. The homeless problem didn't start 2 years ago when council "lifted" the camping ban. It just brought many homeless people out of the woods and into the spotlight.
3. From the interactions volunteers and city staff have had with homeless folks in Austin, a vast majority became homeless when they were already in Austin. You will hear all the time, that homeless people have come from around the country to Austin because they can camp in public spaces. While there are some examples of this, it is not reflective of the majority of homeless people in Austin.