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CaptainObvious110 t1_j93mayy wrote

Reply to comment by Ms_Cranky_Pants in Baltimore Sees Steep Drop in Unhoused Residents by real_human__bean

Those people do indeed need resources as well that's true. What I think needs to happen is that people are classified based on why they are homeless.

  1. Loss of job or something else. They need a place to stay temporarily until they can get back on their feet. In the meantime they need to eat and have medical care.

  2. People with mental illness that can be treated and they can hold down a job and just need some stability for the time being.

  3. People with mental and or physical illnesses so severe that they honestly CANNOT hold down a job. As a result, they will always need to be provided with a place to live, food and medical care as well.

  4. Likely there will always be at least a small group of chronically homeless that don't want to live in a traditional home or a shelter. Whether it's because of mental Illness or not I don't think you can force them to live somewhere if that's really not what they want to do.

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