Comments on: Housing for the homeless continued http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/05/housing-for-the-homeless-continued/ Baltimore, Maryland the daily conversation starts here. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:24:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Daily Breather http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/05/housing-for-the-homeless-continued/#comment-2922 Daily Breather Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:15:54 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/05/housing-for-the-homeless-continued/#comment-2922 I agree with Dave and the diff between houseless and homeless. I think the housing should be targeted for homeless families in efforts to keep them together, especially women and children. One of the proposed locations is in my neighborhood and I think it would make a fine location. Like Lori, I have homeless around town already so it makes sense to have a shelter close by. And I have noticed less people camping at St. Vinny's. Any bets on if these folks are in housing already? Doubtful. I'll bet the mayor just did some city sweeping. Oh our mayor. Everytime I see her on that city council tv program she is clueless to answer questions. I would hate to be introduced by her because she would forget my name or mispronounce it. Just like she did the speaker who lavished praise on her for her (copied) 10 year plan to eradicate homelessness (from our view). I agree with Dave and the diff between houseless and homeless. I think the housing should be targeted for homeless families in efforts to keep them together, especially women and children. One of the proposed locations is in my neighborhood and I think it would make a fine location. Like Lori, I have homeless around town already so it makes sense to have a shelter close by. And I have noticed less people camping at St. Vinny’s. Any bets on if these folks are in housing already? Doubtful. I’ll bet the mayor just did some city sweeping. Oh our mayor. Everytime I see her on that city council tv program she is clueless to answer questions. I would hate to be introduced by her because she would forget my name or mispronounce it. Just like she did the speaker who lavished praise on her for her (copied) 10 year plan to eradicate homelessness (from our view).

]]> By: DaveH http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/05/housing-for-the-homeless-continued/#comment-2919 DaveH Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:22:39 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/05/housing-for-the-homeless-continued/#comment-2919 I think we are confusing homelessness and "houselessness". There has to be a desire on the individual's part to acclimate and become a productive member of society once a roof is supplied. Simply putting a roof over their head is not necessarily enough. Because they are given a physical address, they are still in effect homeless, if they will be on the street, asking for money from the passers-by. With a house, joe-citizen is just relieved of the task of stepping over a sleeping vagrant on the sidewalk. It seems to me this is an effort to hide the problem and not necessarily fix it. I think we are confusing homelessness and “houselessness”. There has to be a desire on the individual’s part to acclimate and become a productive member of society once a roof is supplied. Simply putting a roof over their head is not necessarily enough. Because they are given a physical address, they are still in effect homeless, if they will be on the street, asking for money from the passers-by. With a house, joe-citizen is just relieved of the task of stepping over a sleeping vagrant on the sidewalk.

It seems to me this is an effort to hide the problem and not necessarily fix it.

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