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by timtim51251 2499 days ago
They don't need a house. They have shelters and its known many if not most choose not to use them. So its their own fault.

Its well known in Los Angeles where we keep burning taxpayer money and the government officials keep making their friends rich by building more shelters that aren't used. So its just a waste until we make it a crime for them to sleep on the street and loiter and harass people if there are shelters available. They just cause trouble and commit crimes, that's what they do best.

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So much [citation needed] here.

While I can't speak to Los Angeles specifically, every shelter I've ever been to in the last ten years has been overwhelmed with more people than they can house.

Shelters are like ghettos. You can not get out of a homeless situation by being in a community of people with no clear vision out of which many have serious drug, alcohol and crime problems.
> its known

Right...