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Ending homelessness is easy, but people also want to end hunger, and sickness, and poverty, and…

The thing that complicates solutions is that those issues often overlap and one can be the cause of some of the others.

If (as one example)someone’s addiction has led to mental health issues and then homelessness, then dealing with one of those issues in isolation isn’t going to be a long term solution for that person.

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Mirshe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
While this is true, in large part, where this has been tried, usually fulfilling ONE piece of the puzzle (i.e. making sure that addicted person has food and a place to call their own where they’re not likely to get stabbed for their belongings) really helps a lot of people get to a place where they’re in a mental state to address the other problems.

It’s a bit like fixing a damaged boat - nailing a plank over the hole where the water’s coming in isn’t gonna fix the snapped mast or the torn sails, but it gets you into a place where you CAN start to fix those.

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- kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  but it gets you into a place where you CAN start to fix those.
  
  True, but unfortunately too often that first step doesn’t get followed up on.
  
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faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Why can’t we have a short term fix while we work on the long term solution? Why do we have to let people suffer because there are others who it may not work for?

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