Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly

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If there were no homeless, then I couldn't charge rent. (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by SeattleRain to c/housing_bubble_2

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17416033

Housing Crisis

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Based on currently available numbers, there are about 31 vacant housing units for every homeless person in the U.S.

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[–] over_clox -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

As true and screwed up as that is, the homeless dude in the embedded preview has a dog. You ever try to get an apartment, with a dog, a big one at that?

Not saying the dog doesn't also deserve a forever home, but it really is complicated for a scraggly homeless fella with a big dog to be taken seriously almost anywhere.

Everyone deserves some sort of decent shelter. Let me ask you folks, what would you do if a scraggly homeless person knocked on your door, and all he asked was for a sandwich, a bottle of water, a bath, and perhaps a beard trim?

I've actually skipped work just to help a homeless guy get his beard trimmed. Bought him pizza too. Kinda hard to get anywhere in life when you look like shit.

Be kind to the homeless, they just need a helping hand here and there.