Absurd
I have to jump in here today to rant. I realize solving the homeless problem is a difficult one, but I've just about had enough of people "in charge", who either don't have a clue, or don't want to have a clue about living in the real world, the world where the majority of people on this planet live.
For example, is it me, or do you think it is completely absurd of the city, and more specifically Mayor Bloomberg (whom I actually like well enough on many issues), to turn homeless families away from shelters, telling them that they should seek shelter with family members? Do the people who try to shape these policies have a lick of sense? Do they understand that the reason most of these people are homeless in the first place is because they DON’T HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS TO LIVE WITH? Even if the family members exist, how can we force them to take in their homeless relatives?
This may seem like a simplistic solution but maybe if we built more shelters, and better yet, affordable housing, instead of sticking a bank on every corner of New York City there would be more room for shelter for the homeless. We could find some money. Or maybe some of those shady subprime lenders and the so-called reputable banks who back them could stop fleecing people and making more homeless families IN THE FIRST PLACE.
And another thing: I’m sick of people who don’t actually live in the premises they purchase. Big ugly glass buildings filled with condos owned by transient residents sit empty while people live on the street. Does anyone have a number on the amount of empty residential units sitting warehoused or unused in New York? I'd really like to know.
For example, is it me, or do you think it is completely absurd of the city, and more specifically Mayor Bloomberg (whom I actually like well enough on many issues), to turn homeless families away from shelters, telling them that they should seek shelter with family members? Do the people who try to shape these policies have a lick of sense? Do they understand that the reason most of these people are homeless in the first place is because they DON’T HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS TO LIVE WITH? Even if the family members exist, how can we force them to take in their homeless relatives?
This may seem like a simplistic solution but maybe if we built more shelters, and better yet, affordable housing, instead of sticking a bank on every corner of New York City there would be more room for shelter for the homeless. We could find some money. Or maybe some of those shady subprime lenders and the so-called reputable banks who back them could stop fleecing people and making more homeless families IN THE FIRST PLACE.
And another thing: I’m sick of people who don’t actually live in the premises they purchase. Big ugly glass buildings filled with condos owned by transient residents sit empty while people live on the street. Does anyone have a number on the amount of empty residential units sitting warehoused or unused in New York? I'd really like to know.
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Nope, they don't. They, like mayor mikey his own self, don't have a clue as to how people who aren't rich live and what they have to deal with. And evidently not even the toll it takes on the intake family members, who you can probably bet on don't have enough room and resources for themselves either, to be tending those relatives and 'friends.' People who have several homes and 60 rooms for 3 people aren't going to be able to 'get it.'
Love, C.