Social Housing is a human right?

I don't think it will work. Most people who are homeless either have an illness, an addiction, or they suck at life in general and will continue to suck regardless of the amount of resources you give them.
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Although, there are treatment programs that help these folks (addicted, mentally ill, etc) and there IS potential to help a significant portion move from homeless to sustainably housed. Investment in these areas is worthwhile, if you ask me.
 
If the individual had self respect and showed their appreciate by taking care of their gifted housing and attempted to better themselves and their community by working and supporting themselves and their surrounding then I'm sure many would be willing to help fund that...

Unfortunately most people just want to take...
 
I think a functional country should have a box for criminals, a box for crazies, a box for druggies, a box for homeless

Each box should work to successfully reintegrate them into society, and till that day they stay in the box

So yes, in some way i believe in housing
 
Shelter is a human right.

Living under a roof with amenities in a nice home, such as heat, electricity, wifi etc is a privilege.
 
Yes it should be. The government should provide the bare minimum and it wouldn't be ideal but young people could save up money and buy a better place. I'm not talking about private property here but maybe a massive government effort to build temporary living spaces for people near their work.

Renting is pissing away your money. You pay average 18,000 to 20,000 a month to basically piss it away, nothing is yours.

I'm finally in the process of buying my own property but man it has been a pain in the ass dealing with people smoking cigs and weed constantly and having it come into my window.
 
All in reading in this thread is people wanting to throw other people's money/property at the problem. As if throwing money at problems automatically means they'll be solved.

If you really feel this way about the homeless, what are you doing as an individual to help this problem?

Are you letting homeless people stay in your home until they can get their own place?

Are you helping them find jobs, or helping them learn how to find jobs/attain skills?

Or are you just fueling their drug habits by giving them money when they approach you with the jingling cup?
 
Drug addiction and crime should automatically bar people from these types of support/safety nets. I believe housing should be a right for everybody as long as they aren't criminals/pedos/drug addicts. A lot of these bums still get plenty of food and shelter from the govermnment but if you kick em out of town and throw them into the wild, they'll quickly realize how good they have it living in society

Honestly, if you take addicts out of the equation you don't have a whole lot of homeless people left.
 
Housing is absolutely a human right. Always has been.

But where is this even an issue?

What government is out there preventing people from living in houses?

I'm confused.
 
There is no such thing as a “human right.” Rights are derived by society. Simply living does not come with a set of rights.
 
You're right, man.

In the richest country to ever exist ever, there should be people sleeping under bridges. There should be children sleeping in the woods cause they are too old to go with their mothers to the shelter.

We need to put bootstraps under bridges.
Or just be like everyone else and GET A JOB.
 
This is the issue... a huge issue.

Housing is NOT a human right
Equal Access to Housing definitely should be

Maybe the Government should be looking at all the foreign money and large hedge funds buying up housing. At the minimum, these entities should be taxed at higher rates than any citizen's primary residence. Like a tariff I guess...

Foreign buyers should not be able to buy land here at all anyways. Should have to be a citizen to own land. So many of them buy homes just to convert them to slumlord rentals and then sell at a tidy profit a few years later.

But I looks like economic growth and money coming into the country on paper so it keeps happening.


Hedge funds and banks and companies should not be able to buy up property either.

Would be nice to see escalating property taxation per property put into place so every home the rich folks own past the first becomes more of a financial burden and ruins the profit from these slumlords who buy dozens of homes to make rental properties. 5% more for your 2nd property. 10% 3rd, etc. By the time they are paying $500000 a year in property taxes and not seeing profit....

And no putting shit in your wife's name either. Then they would start circumventing the tax by putting properties in their sons and daughters names. But it would leave a visible paper trail forensic accountants could nail them for.
 
Come up with a way to figure out who deserves the help and who doesn't and everyone will be on board.

I personally know someone who is living in a motel and about to be homeless. He refuses to work, takes advantage of people and is abusive toward women who don't allow him to freeload off of them. I don't want to spend my hard earned money on helping people like this.
Oh, well if you know a guy :rolleyes:
 
Everybody is like “yeah housing should be a human right…” and completely ignore reality and how to actually achieve the goal which is the hard part.

It's the leftist way. All about feelings and not reality.
 
That would disqualify most of them. They need a primary and second chance house that will help them and foster a sober living. The first house would be where they get help for their issues-mental, criminal, addiction. They have people that work with them as advocates that work with them to resolve any criminal issues. I think the biggest issues are the addiction, mental illness, and joblessness. No alcohol or drugs on premed but not an abstinence house meeting if you get fucked up away from the house, as long as you get back by curfew. I have a bunch of ideas to run a place like this.

Sweet... and you're volunteering to pay for this then?
 
Sweet... and you're volunteering to pay for this then?

there are plenty of sources of money for things like this that don’t completely rely on government spending. Bezo’s wife would be a source for example, as would other obscenely rich people and companies. We need to do something about the addiction levels, do you agree on that?
 
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