Opinion: Three things that must change for San Diego to truly address homelessness [Opinion]
The site of Inspiration Point in Balboa Park is getting more attention recently following a suggestion to erect tent shelters there that could house about 500 homeless people.Even that difficult question misses the biggest point: Solving homelessness here requires that we all do our part.
First, we need to move beyond blaming homelessness on “drugs and mental health” and saying things like, “They don’t want help.” These are stories we tell ourselves to explain away the suffering we see. If we dehumanize people experiencing homelessness, we absolve ourselves of the need to help them. But those views, while understandable, are based on anecdotal observations, not data.
Homelessness is rampant in areas like the West Coast and the Northeast with their high rent, limited available housing and constraints on growth. In San Diego, for every 10 people moved off the streets last year, 13 morefor the first time. That’s caused not by individuals making bad decisions but by economic factors beyond any one person’s control.
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