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Housing advocates call for moratorium on winter decampments in Vancouver - BC | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just watch any imterview with a shelter advocate they will tell you that there is a percentage of homeless yhat will either refuse shelter or leave soon afterward. The reasons can be mental health related, barrier entry, or a personailty that just doesn't follow rules like after x:pm it is quiet time.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

there is a percentage of homeless yhat will either refuse shelter or leave soon afterward.

Yeah, 'there's a percentage' of any group that won't accept help. The idea we just don't do something because some of the people won't accept help is insane. We'd literally never do anything ever. I was responding to:

At the end of the day, you could provide every single homeless person with a home and half would willingly go back to the streets.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah half is wrong, it's a margin.