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Tech millionaire builds 99-unit tiny house neighborhood for homeless Canadians - rent is kept at 30% of income, the large majority of residents pay a maximum of $200 — including all utilities (www.goodgoodgood.co)

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My city built a bunch of these, but they are 10 ft x 10 ft pods. Hundreds of them. We still have 5-6,000 homeless living on the street. Our county has been handing out free tents for 8 years and guess what, didn't help.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Our county has been handing out free tents for 8 years and guess what, didn’t help.

I mean, tents help keep the rain and the wind off you. It helps in so far as any amount of camping gear is going to help. But its not solving homelessness unless you classify rough outdoor living as a solution.

Also...

The image of police officers slashing the tents of nearly two dozen homeless people flooded the internet in January, creating a public relations nightmare for the city.

you're paddling against the current if you're handing out tents in a city where the police pounce on homeless encampments and tear them up.