- cross-posted to:
- housing_bubble_2
- microblogmemes
- cross-posted to:
- housing_bubble_2
- microblogmemes
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/20776810
Stolen from here: https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/113583918563324620
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/20776810
Stolen from here: https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/113583918563324620
And all of those are genuine concerns, but this:
How about we do better as a society and get these people homed?
Removing them from the station isn’t solving the problem, it’s kicking the can down the road, making it someone else’s problem.
No we can’t give them homes, think of the landlords. It’s unfair to them if we just give homes away.
P.S. Tip your landlords
Is it the subway’s job to house the homeless?
No it’s society’s.
The subway making the decision to remove the benches is a failure of society. The homeless being homeless isn’t the subway’s fault or responsibility, but keeping the subway clean and safeis.
The point I’m trying to make is, complaining that the subway is trying to solve their immediate problem instead of solving major societal issues is not going to resolve anything.
… Yeah it is. The subway is run by the municipalities, the municipalities are responsible for housing as part of their scope of governance and by virtue of being part of society.
The subway should quantify costs to the municipality of inadequate services for the homeless. Then the municipality can justify expenditure for programs that will save them money. Same with libraries, community centers etc