Un ente di beneficenza per i senzatetto diventerà proprietario per la prima volta

I’ll be very curious to see how this turns out.

One of the biggest struggles with fighting homlessness is how difficult it is to keep them in homes.

You’ll occasionally hear people say things like “why can’t the government just put them in hotels/HMOs/hostels/something until they get back on their feet.”

The thing is this has been tried before, and the results are rarely positive. Community disorder, drug problems, hygiene issues, mental health issues, etc, will usually end up with the person either being kicked out for the safety of themselves or others around them, or disappearing and abandoning the place because they can’t take the rules and control.

Even if many of the people would be grateful for the help and want to take advantage of the chance – they’ll often be surrounded by other, less constructive individuals. One of the biggest issues there being drug abuse. Kicking the addiction is probably the hardest thing you could do in your life, and the only people willing to socialize with you are other addicts who have no intention of kicking the habit.

All in all, I’m morbidly curious to see how this plays out.

Will probably donate to Crisis if they’re going to do something this sensible. 
If they could contribute to building some houses, then I definitely would.