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In reply to the discussion: 10 Unbelievably Sh**ty Things America Does to Homeless People [View all]leftstreet
(36,109 posts)2. Why not mandate home ownership?
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The Portland OR city council is considering a program to purchase micro-houses for the homeless.
Maedhros
Sep 2014
#60
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor . . .
Journeyman
Sep 2014
#7
Homeless torture infrastructure.... "Coin-op benches with retractable homeless spikes"
NYC_SKP
Sep 2014
#4
China and London are among the places we find these, but NYC has had them for 100+ yrs.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2014
#56
And yet some people don't understand the utter terror that possibly becoming homeless holds. n/t
ColesCountyDem
Sep 2014
#13
There isn't a Hell hot enough for those who would bleed it out of the homeless...
Aristus
Sep 2014
#14
That is the function of right-wing demagogues like Reagan, Limbaugh and O'Reilly.
Maedhros
Sep 2014
#61
Long ago, I read that the #of SRO hotel rooms that had been taken off the market
Bette Noir
Sep 2014
#34
Yup, and many end up in prison, which costs us way more than housing the homeless would. nt
SunSeeker
Sep 2014
#40