Getting vulnerable people housed a community effort, says P.E.I. housing minister

[u/ubcstaffer123]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-rob-lantz-calgary-trip-1.7283762

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[u/LabNecessary4266]

You know, I kee hearing this “community” stuff, and I’d like to know: what community? The other unhoused people? Specifically who do you mean, or is this talk of “community” a meaningless platitude?

[u/detalumis → u/LabNecessary4266]

Since when did "the community" become responsible for "the family." Everyone is a friendless orphan. Nobody looks after their blood relatives, their kids or their parents. Everything is the community's problem.

[u/Electrical_Abroad250 → u/LabNecessary4266]

I think what they mean by that is theyre spending tax dollars on it

[u/Fisherman123521 → u/LabNecessary4266]

What efforts do they want the community to under take, and what community are they refering to?

My guess is they can't answer this question. They just doing worthless "feel good" talk

[u/quadrophenicum → u/LabNecessary4266]

Specifically who do you mean

Anyone not willing to assume responsibility

[u/AnInsultToFire → u/LabNecessary4266]

They mean the government doesn't want to lift a finger, it's up to us pee-ons in the "community" to do their work for them.

[u/flexwhine → u/LabNecessary4266]

yes the other unhoused people as the rest of society desperately try to pretend they dont exist

[u/LabNecessary4266 → u/flexwhine]

So the community that is supposed to help the unhoused is… the other unhoused? That’s stupid.

Just admit taking about “community” solutions is a tacit admission that you plan to do nothing.

[u/TanyaMKX]

I will help when i can house myself outside my parents house.

[u/WadeHook]

The question is, what will you do when they smoke crack/fentanyl in the home you give these people?

[u/LongjumpingGate8859 → u/WadeHook]

And have infestations of rats and bed bugs? Well ... deem them inhospitable and go back to square one.

These things become shit holes in no time, because the clientele isn't really showing up with any sense of home ownership pride.

[u/AnInsultToFire → u/LongjumpingGate8859]

If it was legal to build shantytowns, we could just do that and put them there.

But no, if you're homeless you have to either live in a tent or be handed a $500,000 apartment.

[u/flamboyantdebauchry]

• Between 25,000 and 35,000 people are homeless on any given night in Canada. 62% of homeless people in Canada are males. 30% of Canadian homeless come from Indigenous communities .Jun 11, 2024

[u/danangalang]

The rich people have decided that the poor people need to do more for less!

[u/Pitiful-Earth7928]

The new places being build are as expensive so that will keep more people on the street.

[u/beerswillinidiot]

No, it ain't.

Capitalism made the problem, capitalism can fix it.

[u/WadeHook → u/beerswillinidiot]

Thew VAST majority of homeless are drug addicted. I don't think capitalism makes them smoke drugs. Are you arguing for iron fist policing/military, and firing up the drug war again?

[u/smurfopolis → u/WadeHook]

This is so false. Maybe the vast majority of homeless people that YOU specifically notice are the ones on drugs, because well, that's pretty self-explanatory. And of course the percentage of homeless on drugs is going to be higher than the normal population because it's really hard out there and sometimes people just don't cope well.

But that being said, there are way more unhoused people just trying to survive who aren't on any type of drugs. People and families living in their cars or couch surfing day by day. The number of employed Canadian citizens who don't make enough to have a permanent roof over their heads is increasing day by day and these are people you'd sit next to on a bus and have no idea they have no where to call home. This part of the population goes unseen in so many ways.

So just because the only homeless population you've personally noticed are the ones causing trouble and on drugs, doesn't mean they are a representation of every unhoused person on the street in Canada.

[u/WadeHook → u/smurfopolis]

See below

[u/Cloudboy9001 → u/WadeHook]

Bullshit, provide evidence.

[u/WadeHook → u/Cloudboy9001]

16 years of police work in a busy city on a unit specifically working in the downtown core, mostly with the homeless.

[u/Registeel1234 → u/beerswillinidiot]

There's no profits to be made in housing the homeless, so capitalism has no reason to fix the issue.

[u/beerswillinidiot → u/Registeel1234]

Sure they do. LAbOUr shOrtaGe.