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Meanwhile, government budgets millions to support, finance, assist or prop up mega corporations and companies in the name of the public interest.

The government should be able to afford to help people like this ... you know why? ... because they won't be able to afford dealing with the aftermath of what will happen to these people and their children if they are not taken care of. Just look to the future and see how a former drug addict or alcoholic with no options will turn out ... now imagine what will happen to their child. The sad lives they will be forced to endure will cause the government to spend tens of thousands of dollars on them in law enforcement, treatment, medical, incarceration, legal system, child care system and emergency treatment.

Government should just help people in these desperate situations no matter what ... because its far cheaper to fund them now, then it is to pay for the services to deal with them later. It doesn't matter if you are Liberal or Conservative, left or right ... it's an economic question ... do you want to pay a little to help this person out now? .. or pay the same amount or more later when their lives fall apart?

We do have welfare bums and social service scalpers in this country ... and they are the millionaires and the companies and corporations that government constantly gives money to in the vain hope that these leeches will give back that money which they never do. They'll hole up their wealth in a foreign offshore tax haven and not pay for anything. Meanwhile, people that actually need the help are ignored and cast off as unworthy of any support because we are all taught that it isn't worth it.

Give them guaranteed income, give them housing, give them education, give them health care, give them supports ... it's investing in the country's future. If you don't, you are investing in the country's degradation. Help people now and they and their families will grow to help future generations and more individuals later.

Fuck that landlord. I hope they’re flooded out of their own home and nobody lends them a hand. You are a cancer on society.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A St. John's man on the brink of homelessness is facing the possibility of losing his son due to a lack of housing options for people with kids.

Tristen Keats, who turns 27 this month, lives with his mother and his three-year-old son, Jacoby, in a small basement apartment that is advertised for only one person.

Social housing and emergency shelters are in high demand, leading many people to take the only home they've known for months — a tent — and station themselves in public spaces around St. John's.

When Jacoby was born three years ago, Keats said, he worked hard to sober up and take care of him full time.

The third option is an emergency shelter, but they are increasingly difficult to lock down and come with a heartbreaking catch: there's no place for Jacoby.

St. John's has emergency shelters for women and children experiencing domestic violence, but single parents facing homelessness have limited options.

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Here's a though - want to be a landlord? Only allowed for purpose built rentals. No more buying up condos and SFH to rent them out.

Don't even start with the "But they are providing a service by adding to rental stock!" or "But there are good landlords!" or even the "What about the people who want to rent?!". Great, build a triplex or more, otherwise let people who actually want to live in a home with the stability it provides and not pad your fucking retirement.

Once we have a housing surplus we can talk about changing things again.