const_voidPortland's first RV park for homeless people opens
Jordan LundFTA:
“I call it jail. That’s basically what it is,” said Andrew, who’s lived in an RV on Northeast 33rd Drive for six years."
Also FTA:
“Homeless people also need to have some form of proof of the right to use the vehicle and a valid driver’s license to drive it.”
Because having a running vehicle and proof you can drive it is like jail?
This is why a housing first model doesn’t work. You want free housing? Yes, it’s going to come with restrictions. No booze, no drugs, no crime. Don’t want the restrictions? Get a job, get money, pay for it like everyone else.
TurblesCelborHousing first does work if your goal is to get people off the street cheaply and effectively, and keep them housed.
If you're neurotic about substance mis-use in other people sure, housing first won't stop it, but at least you won't have a bunch of camps everywhere.
