Sure, but there are folks who prefer to stay in tent encampments or cars rather than try to get into homeless shelters. In an encampment, they get to keep their dogs, their drugs, their self-defense tools; their friends can visit; they have a spot they can stay in during the day … until the city sends someone to clear them out. Whereas in a shelter they’re forced to abandon the dog, the drugs, and the knife; and they don’t even get a place they can stay for more than a night at a time.
Sure, but there are folks who prefer to stay in tent encampments or cars rather than try to get into homeless shelters. In an encampment, they get to keep their dogs, their drugs, their self-defense tools; their friends can visit; they have a spot they can stay in during the day … until the city sends someone to clear them out. Whereas in a shelter they’re forced to abandon the dog, the drugs, and the knife; and they don’t even get a place they can stay for more than a night at a time.
Yes, I debated addressing that…we need better shelters. And safe consumption sites.