More colleges are looking at emergency housing solutions, including have students sleeping in alumni’s homes, napping pods, Airbnbs and even an assisted living facility.
I slept in my car a lot while I was in college, but I wasn’t homeless. It was just more convenient. “Safe” was the location wherever my car was parked, I would just avoid parking it in unsafe areas.
The difference here is choice. I have slept in my car on road trips. These people are sleeping in cars because they can’t afford housing. If that doesn’t concern you - it should.
My point was more about the providing safe spaces to sleep in their car. That’s weird. Did anyone ask for that? What kind of solution is this? Was a lack of safe car camping locations the problem that should have been addressed or should the lack of real housing have been addressed?
Sometimes you can only do what you can with what you have. Will this solution help everyone? No. Will it help anyone as much as they deserve? Probably not. Will it help some? Yes.
Its normalization. Its framed as a good thing… Like “protect the children” while masking the problematic thing… Like mass surveillance or in this case: people can’t afford a place to sleep.
I slept in my car a lot while I was in college, but I wasn’t homeless. It was just more convenient. “Safe” was the location wherever my car was parked, I would just avoid parking it in unsafe areas.
The difference here is choice. I have slept in my car on road trips. These people are sleeping in cars because they can’t afford housing. If that doesn’t concern you - it should.
It’s concerning that people need housing.
My point was more about the providing safe spaces to sleep in their car. That’s weird. Did anyone ask for that? What kind of solution is this? Was a lack of safe car camping locations the problem that should have been addressed or should the lack of real housing have been addressed?
Sometimes you can only do what you can with what you have. Will this solution help everyone? No. Will it help anyone as much as they deserve? Probably not. Will it help some? Yes.
Its normalization. Its framed as a good thing… Like “protect the children” while masking the problematic thing… Like mass surveillance or in this case: people can’t afford a place to sleep.