THE OBVIOUS ANSWER TO HOMELESSNESS

Posted on AllSides December 13th, 2022
From The Left
Housing and Homelessness, Affordable Housing
Danielle Del Plato
OPINION

When someone becomes homeless, the instinct is to ask what tragedy befell them. What bad choices did they make with drugs or alcohol? What prevented them from getting a higher-paying job? Why did they have more children than they could afford? Why didn’t they make rent? Identifying personal failures or specific tragedies helps those of us who have homes feel less precarious—if homelessness is about personal failure, it’s easier to dismiss as something that couldn’t happen to us, and harsh treatment is easier to rationalize toward those who experience it.

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