FTA:
“I call it jail. That’s basically what it is,” said Andrew, who’s lived in an RV on Northeast 33rd Drive for six years."
Also FTA:
“Homeless people also need to have some form of proof of the right to use the vehicle and a valid driver’s license to drive it.”
Because having a running vehicle and proof you can drive it is like jail?
This is why a housing first model doesn’t work. You want free housing? Yes, it’s going to come with restrictions. No booze, no drugs, no crime. Don’t want the restrictions? Get a job, get money, pay for it like everyone else.
@jordanlund @const_void job is ideal, yet there are barriers for those living in their vehicles to get one. some people are only lucky enough to have a car and not an RV, how will they keep up hygiene for an interview? how can people access addiction services when they often require good insurance or a lot of money? if they don’t have a permanent residence are they able to renew driver’s licenses? is it these barriers that make Andrew compare his situation to imprisonment?
He isn’t saying his situation is imprisonment, he’s saying living in the RV camp with restrictions is imprisomment.
Housing first does work if your goal is to get people off the street cheaply and effectively, and keep them housed.
If you’re neurotic about substance mis-use in other people sure, housing first won’t stop it, but at least you won’t have a bunch of camps everywhere.
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