Leaders of Los Angeles County, where more than 75,000 homeless people live, voted on Tuesday to reaffirm that they would not criminalize homelessness.
    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      7·
      2 months ago

      Exactly.

      Any answer which doesn’t involve building housing at a scale which matches the problem isn’t a solution.

      • LordGimp@lemm.ee
        71·
        2 months ago

        What if I told you that california had plenty of homes already?

        The problem has never been housing. It’s greed. It’s ALWAYS greed. There is no lack of shelter in this state, just a massive lack of compassion.

        • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
          41·
          2 months ago

          You can say that, and there are in fact some unoccupied homes, but nowhere near what it’s going to take to actually house the homeless, unless you misleadingly count housing which is short-term unoccupied due to things like in-progress renovation or cleanup between tenants.

          There is greed, but the greed has an impact because there’s an actual shortage.

          • LordGimp@lemm.ee
            3·
            2 months ago

            Take a quick look at full time occupancy rates in any major city and you’ll find that there’s more than enough housing to go around. We need serious legislation limiting the rates of non-primary residence ownership. No seconds until everyone has a chance at home ownership.

            • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
              2·
              2 months ago

              They’re at 95%+ in Los Angeles. That 5% largely represents units undergoing rennovation, cleaning & repairs between tenants, and the likes. You’re not going to get the truly huge difference you want by going after them.