Who is behind the idea that we shouldn't be homeless? First off, it might be landowners. They want to make money by renting their homes. It may also be those who sell furniture.
While companies that sell tents would benefit from normalizing homelessness, they probably have less money to make than landowners.
When you think about it, the idea that homes are necessary might be racist. I think people of color are more likely to be homeless. Therefore the criminalization of homelessness is an attack on their way of life. Is the system against homelessness because homeless people are sometimes Black?
I feel like the aversion towards homelessness may suppress some people's birth rates. For example, Humanae Vitae says, "Today, moreover, conditions of work and of housing as well as increased demands both in the economic field and in the field of education, often make the adequate support of a large number of children difficult." If housing is a barrier towards reproduction or parenthood, then perhaps we should eliminate that barrier by allowing homelessness.
I also think allowing homelessness would reduce crime. Abolitionists say the police should be defunded and the money should go towards various things that would reduce crime, including housing. Yet tents are a form of housing, so perhaps allowing homelessness would reduce crime, despite being so cost effective.
I also think allowing homelessness would reduce abortion. The Guttmacher Institute says, "The reasons [for abortion] most frequently cited were that having a child would interfere with a woman's education, work or ability to care for dependents (74%); that she could not afford a baby now (73%); and that she did not want to be a single mother or was having relationship problems (48%). Nearly four in 10 women said they had completed their childbearing, and almost one-third were not ready to have a child." A lot of these points relate to the idea that you need a home. If you could live in a tent, you don't need to work as much since you don't need to pay rent. And if you don't pay rent, you have more money leftover to afford children.
It does seem like homelessness and begging are criminalized: "A 2014 study by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty found that over half of cities in the United States ban sitting or lying down in particular public places, and 18 percent of cities completely ban sleeping in public. In 43 percent of cities it is illegal to sleep in a car. A quarter of cities ban begging citywide, and 76 percent ban soliciting for money in certain public places." I've never seen a homeless family. I do know one relevant case - Daniel Panico and Mona Kirk who were arrested for living in a "box" with their kids, which seems untrue since they had a trailer.
I asked Google AI and it said you can be homeless and a parent, so perhaps this post isn't pointless. It's possible it's inaccurate though.
While companies that sell tents would benefit from normalizing homelessness, they probably have less money to make than landowners.
When you think about it, the idea that homes are necessary might be racist. I think people of color are more likely to be homeless. Therefore the criminalization of homelessness is an attack on their way of life. Is the system against homelessness because homeless people are sometimes Black?
I feel like the aversion towards homelessness may suppress some people's birth rates. For example, Humanae Vitae says, "Today, moreover, conditions of work and of housing as well as increased demands both in the economic field and in the field of education, often make the adequate support of a large number of children difficult." If housing is a barrier towards reproduction or parenthood, then perhaps we should eliminate that barrier by allowing homelessness.
I also think allowing homelessness would reduce crime. Abolitionists say the police should be defunded and the money should go towards various things that would reduce crime, including housing. Yet tents are a form of housing, so perhaps allowing homelessness would reduce crime, despite being so cost effective.
I also think allowing homelessness would reduce abortion. The Guttmacher Institute says, "The reasons [for abortion] most frequently cited were that having a child would interfere with a woman's education, work or ability to care for dependents (74%); that she could not afford a baby now (73%); and that she did not want to be a single mother or was having relationship problems (48%). Nearly four in 10 women said they had completed their childbearing, and almost one-third were not ready to have a child." A lot of these points relate to the idea that you need a home. If you could live in a tent, you don't need to work as much since you don't need to pay rent. And if you don't pay rent, you have more money leftover to afford children.
It does seem like homelessness and begging are criminalized: "A 2014 study by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty found that over half of cities in the United States ban sitting or lying down in particular public places, and 18 percent of cities completely ban sleeping in public. In 43 percent of cities it is illegal to sleep in a car. A quarter of cities ban begging citywide, and 76 percent ban soliciting for money in certain public places." I've never seen a homeless family. I do know one relevant case - Daniel Panico and Mona Kirk who were arrested for living in a "box" with their kids, which seems untrue since they had a trailer.
I asked Google AI and it said you can be homeless and a parent, so perhaps this post isn't pointless. It's possible it's inaccurate though.
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