CBC Ottawa visited a number of apartments that have been destroyed by Housing First-supported clients and their guests. Landlords we spoke with say the syste...
Right? This issue only exists because there’s someone with the goal of making money involved. If your goal is to help someone, then it doesn’t really matter that it’s costing a bit. Remove the financial consideration, and it’s a lot easier to stomach “a mentally challenged person vandalized some stuff, but they’re not living on the streets anymore and can actually start getting help”.
Imagine if the city/province just built housing, instead of bribing developers and landlords?
You know, like they used to before we had a housing crisis.
Right? This issue only exists because there’s someone with the goal of making money involved. If your goal is to help someone, then it doesn’t really matter that it’s costing a bit. Remove the financial consideration, and it’s a lot easier to stomach “a mentally challenged person vandalized some stuff, but they’re not living on the streets anymore and can actually start getting help”.
That would require a level of political leadership not seen in many decades. Would also help if people voted better.