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by cjalmeida 3086 days ago
Likely because being homeless in USSR was a crime and motive to send one to a Gulag?
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At least in the USSR you were guaranteed housing as opposed to the United States where homelessness is largely criminalized while the homeless are offered little support and in fact regularly have their lives upended because they're considered an eyesore.

https://www.nlchp.org/documents/No_Safe_Place