Question by wwildnccrazy: What are some ways community’s can work as a whole to help the homeless population in there area?
What are some ways community’s can work as a whole to help the homeless population in there area?

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Answer by Will D
I hate to be the heartless butthole, but I’m also a realist, and have to tell you in the United States and well-developed countries where there’s plenty of resources for getting your life started and places to turn, what you REALLY need to do that’ll be one hundred times more effective is getting them to WANT (enough to actually do something and act on it, instead of just saying it so that they get another handout) to earn success. It’s capitalism, and if someone doesn’t want to EARN their success, it ain’t going to happen here.

In most other countries of the world, there’s homeless where people have just had bad luck, diseases, etc. and need assistance because they do want to make something of their life but they’re trapped. It would be infinitely more meaningful to help those who are NOT ignoring the hundreds of helpful resources available in the United States. Talk about Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Zimbabwe, or Colombia. Those kids do need help.

It’s interesting psychologically, but I let a homeless person live with me for over a month and have tried to help MANY, and I’ve realized that questions like THESE are what ENCOURAGES some (not all but many) people to remain homeless by helping them escape accountability for not trying. I wasn’t always this way when I was growing up, but after so many late night conversations and trying to help them by taking them to restaurants and trying to get them connections to network and they don’t do anything with the options they’re given, you start to see the pattern.

Help those who have no where to turn, meaning poor countries.

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