• TheSambassador@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    That’s fair. I do also believe in just giving people homes and therapy. I also think that there are people who need more help than just that.

    • underisk@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      There are, absolutely, but that’s something you could say about both housed and unhoused. Those concerns should be kept separated. Conflating mental illness with homelessness just causes stigma and gives people an excuse to pretend like the cause, and thus solution, lies within the individuals who end up homeless rather than how society is structured and governed.