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NYC's sweeps of homeless with social workers along with cops has only found permanent housing for 3 despite thousands of contacts -- (link)

Posted by zeitgeist Jun 30 '23, 19:39

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5gjk/nycs-widespread-homeless-sweeps-resulted-in-3-people-with-permanent-housing-report?utm_source=email&utm_medium=editorial&utm_content=news&utm_campaign=230630 (www.vice.com)

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"DHS can only offer services and must respect the wishes of individuals who decline.” - Mop🧹 Jun 30, 20:06 6
- The housing first policy has been a complete failure in LA. Addiction and mental illness have to be addressed. The Gov. had a law passed making it - jnine Jul 1, 11:25
- This is what our local outreach team faces. Every week they clean up an encampment but very few people accept services. -- nm - Meg Jun 30, 20:08 4
  - Presumably, the prevalent - but not universal - problem is mental illness. The solution is more psychiatric care. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 30, 20:11 3
    - How? They can't be forced to get care or take their medication. We have every social service you can think of to assist people. - Krusty Jun 30, 20:24
    - That and addiction but you can't force them into care. -- nm - Meg Jun 30, 20:16 1
      - Exactly. Continued outreach can help and has shown to get people to eventually accept the care and services. -- nm - Krusty Jun 30, 20:25

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