"Public spaces belong to the public by right. And the unhoused public, who have the greatest need for public spaces, have therefore the greatest right" - SLRPNK
"Public spaces belong to the public by right. And the unhoused public, who have the greatest need for public spaces, have therefore the greatest right" - SLRPNK
Edit I kinda made this post out of spite for the fact the most previous post [https://slrpnk.net/post/2167450] in this community, whose title I quoted/copied, was getting so many downvotes… At the time I posted this, the previous post had about a 30% downvote rate, and it really, really made me mad....
I think they have the right to housing, basically.
They do. But they don't have more of a right to it than you do. OP's idea that some people have greater rights than others is pretty widely regarded as evil.
OP isn't saying they have a greater right to housing but that the right to housing outweighs the right to prettyness in public spaces. We can make them prettier by moving them to housing but not just by kicking them out with no housing options.
It's better for everyone, including homeless people, to live in homes rather than set up camp in public places where it can cause problems for them and other people. At least that's what bothered me about the post OP made. Housing-first works for a reason.
Public spaces are for all of the public. A subset of the public doesn't have the right to infringe on the rest of the public's enjoyment or use of a space
If you put a blanket down on a beach, you are infringing on everyone else's use of that space. So... what then? No one's allowed to use public space ever, since any time someone does, the rest of the public can't use it?
The entire Earth started as public space, yet I assume you think its OK that people can build a house, put up a fence and say, "Mine". What gives them the right? People need homes and the space wasn't being used for a home. Well, now it is.
Leave the homeless people alone.
I mean, technically, your towel on the beach is very temporary. Unhoused people can be there for years.
Your point is valid, but your argument is weak. Vacating unhoused people from the streets shouldn't be the priority, the priority should be to address the underlying problem to let them get off the streets on their own. A lot of them are there because they had a traumatic experience in the shelter, they have a pet, etc.
Unfortunately, we live in a society where we fix symptoms rather than causes, because it's recurring revenue and is good for shareholders when you have "repeat customers".
now do landlords.
Please at least stop deliberately making public benches impossible to sleep on.
https://theconversation.com/defensive-architecture-designing-the-homeless-out-of-cities-52399
To the public. All of us.
Not just that
Put money towards helping them and also money towards preventing more from being homeless