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snoodog  ·  2719 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Don’t Feed the Homeless, It Only Encourages Them

    I believe the real reason cities want homeless services to move indoors is to hide the problem so they will face less pressure to fund solutions. National and state officials also support local efforts to drive the homeless crisis out of sight so they too will not be forced to divert tax dollars away from programs that please their campaign contributors.

Bingo we have a winner. Not sure I'm opposed to the approach if your goal is to make the city appear clean and safe this may have a positive effect but more likely than not this wont do much except inconvenience the homeless.