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[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A big thing is where are those homes located? Are they near social services? Are they near jobs? Skills training? Is putting a homeless person in them with no income going to allow said homeless person to build a life?

Most homeless go to cities where there are social services, and lots of people around so they can beg for an income. Most empty houses are not in cities.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, many of those homes are located in or near cities. Of course more public transportation is needed.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Have these homeless people been offered houses in small towns and they refused? Feels like a lot of assumptions are being made here