Building this will increase homelessness as more people will migrate here. This is not a solution. Instead it is better to give housing near farms and other areas that need unskilled labor. Why not build more schools and libraries there instead? It’s a shame that we neglect our future generations at the cost of housing the homeless.
There has to be set ratio on how much commercial vs housing a township can have. Endlessly building office space will make all of our lives more difficult.
I am with you on farms and even food industry jobs. It’s short time to train them. I have worked with juvenile girls from half way homes. Working in the orchards and gardening is therapeutic and fills a labour deficit. With more automation and tech, it can also become less physically demanding. It can be a skill based job rather than manual jobs. My goal to automate farming: If you know how to use a smart phone, you can farm.
I think it’s a good idea. Grant money should be used to create income producing communities that help the most vulnerable.
Homelessness also has a mental health/substance abuse angle. It stresses local resources to address these issues and it is something like 43k/person allegedly when they are on the streets. It’s some super dodgy math that doesn’t inspire confidence in government.
One big issue I see is that homeless from the street being placed in sec 8 or affordable homes often end up back on the streets. I feel a certain percentage of them still need the community..while some of us see it as a dysfunctional relationship(I have had the opportunity to work with some homeless folks and this is my 2c), ..they still need their community. Sometimes they need their community with them so they don’t lapse back into homelessness and street living. Group homes and large homesteads with multiple small units which still have low skill jobs is also a solution. Solutions should include community preservation to be able to retain sheltered status.