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Interim shelter programs are heralded as the homelessness solution that California’s been waiting for. So why aren’t they working?

Original post made on Mar 31, 2023

Underlying the challenges that interim shelters face in getting their residents housed is something that no shelter or city can fix on its own: There's simply not enough affordable housing in the Bay Area for everyone who needs it.

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Posted by Running hard to stay in place
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Mar 31, 2023 at 12:20 pm
Running hard to stay in place is a registered user.

The solution to this, and every other large problem, is not by what we want, or by what is fair, but efficiency, cost and adaptability in the real world, i.e. the market.

If people can't afford to live here, then they should move where they can afford to live or where their families and communities will support them. If we are going to pay for something, it should be to support that move.

We have been bailing out the boat for way too long, rather than patching the hole in the side of it.

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