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Ah, only $240 million to solve homelessness in Austin
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:41 pm
Austin buffons get together to waste taxpayer money
In order to house 3,000 people in three years, 2,300 rental units would be secured by offering incentives to landlords while another 1,000 units of permanent supportive housing would be developed.
The report estimates a total cost of about $240 million for permanent supportive housing, prevention and diversion programs, and landlord incentives.
Article is saying an average one bedroom in Austin for $1,500, for a homeless person, surely there are cheaper options.
In order to house 3,000 people in three years, 2,300 rental units would be secured by offering incentives to landlords while another 1,000 units of permanent supportive housing would be developed.
The report estimates a total cost of about $240 million for permanent supportive housing, prevention and diversion programs, and landlord incentives.
Article is saying an average one bedroom in Austin for $1,500, for a homeless person, surely there are cheaper options.
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Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:42 pm to HuntFishMan
And more will come to take their place.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:44 pm to HuntFishMan
As usual the left never actually addresses the root cause of homelessness and instead indefinitely applies bandaid after bandaid that only delays the inevitable.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:45 pm to RogerTheShrubber
If you build it, they will come.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:46 pm to HuntFishMan
i support this. ben white has become quite unsightly when i leave palazzio. i worry for the dancers safety carrying cash out in the early morning.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:47 pm to RogerTheShrubber
They don’t need housing. They aren’t just a couple paychecks away from getting back on their feet. They are either mentally ill and/or addicted to something and giving them a roof over there head solves none of their problems. I think we should build huge drug housing units where they can do all the drugs they want or get treatment. Put them in the middle of nowhere and provide free transportation to them and get their collateral damage out of our cities
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:48 pm to HuntFishMan
Los Angeles tried this. It didn't work.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:49 pm to HuntFishMan
Has Joe Rogan complained about Austin homeless yet?
This post was edited on 4/15/21 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:49 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Los Angeles tried this. It didn't work.
Those people moved to Austin and now they're giving it another go.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:52 pm to HuntFishMan
$270,000 will buy you 3,000 one way bus tickets to San Francisco.
As for those that refuse to get on the bus: they volunteer for Bum Fights.
As for those that refuse to get on the bus: they volunteer for Bum Fights.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:52 pm to Big L
sounds like Hamsterdam
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:54 pm to HuntFishMan
This works.
We started feeding the squirrels in our back yard. No more squirrels.
We started feeding the squirrels in our back yard. No more squirrels.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:55 pm to HuntFishMan
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surely there are cheaper options.
I seem to remember a few years ago this company that builds cheap 3D printed concrete houses had some sort of project to house the homeless in Austin?
Did that go away?
Posted on 4/15/21 at 1:02 pm to HuntFishMan
Per the left’s usual MO, just throw away tax payer dollars. When I moved to Austin, it was the cleanest big city I’d ever lived in. Now, there are homeless camps everywhere. You’d think that the city council would be embarrassed, but no, they created the problem. The camping ban goes back on the ballot this month. I’m voting hell yes, even if it will only help clean up mostly the downtown area. My wife and I used to venture downtown regularly, but not anymore. I know that hotels and downtown businesses are behind the camping ban reinstatement. I hope it passes.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 1:07 pm to tiggerthetooth
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As usual the left never actually addresses the root cause of homelessness and instead indefinitely applies bandaid after bandaid that only delays the inevitable.
To be fair, it's not just one root cause to homelessness and it's a failure by both sides of the aisle to do anything about them.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 1:07 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
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When I moved to Austin, it was the cleanest big city I’d ever lived in.
Me too or at least on of the top 5. It certainly has kept me going downtown as much especially anywhere close to the ARCH.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 1:11 pm to HuntFishMan
You could hand each of them a million dollars and they would be homeless again in less than a month. Can’t help some people
Posted on 4/15/21 at 1:12 pm to tiggerthetooth
quote:
As usual the left never actually addresses the root cause of homelessness and instead indefinitely applies bandaid after bandaid that only delays the inevitable.
Actually, it does worse than delay the inevitable. It creates a bigger bubble for when it "bursts".
Posted on 4/15/21 at 1:13 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Los Angeles tried this. It didn't work.
so did New Orleans, they tried it just a couple hundred all located in a hotel during covid, it lasted 2 weeks
This post was edited on 4/15/21 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 4/15/21 at 1:15 pm to Winston Cup
I think the citizens are going to vote to ban public camping on May 1, if they vote no, the state will pass a state ban. One way or the other they will be evicted
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