People say lack of housing forces local residents into the streets, but James says he came from Texas to San Francisco for the drugs, the non-enforcement of anti-camping laws, and the $820/month in welfare & food stamps. James says he sold fentanyl, 2 weeks ago, to a 15-year-old. pic.twitter.com/5qMr6tmlWs— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) February 9, 2022
That is 100% correct. They keep using “lack of housing” to build Section 8 housing, convert shuttered malls & strip malls into high rises, and to re-zone single-family homes to multi-family homes in any neighborhood.
But it is not a lack of housing problem, it is a lack of law enforcement problem & the bums are coming from all over the country because they know it. They don’t want housing, they want the lifestyle to be free of any laws or restrictions & do their drugs.
it seems like them wanting to live on the streets is so ludicrous for most people to comprehend, they would rather believe the “lack of housing” canard. But any interviews with the vagrants will discredit the canard every time.
And if there is housing available, most of them don’t want to abide by any rules.