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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm glad hes addressing he'd like to move them from the parks. Like it or not, people don't love seeing tents and shelters in their public spaces and there are some health and safety concerns with needles and human waste. Hes both building shelters and trying to move them to less impactful locations. I think this will overall get him more support from the public if the public starts seeing results like cleaner parks and an illusion of housing. The shelters are far better than tents but still not a forever solution, as the article states.

I come from a country where the parks got taken and turned into permanent shanty towns. I don’t know why anyone would want that in their city, or for them to be roaming the subway. That is not a solution, that only makes other city services worse. This is a better solution, so long as they’re picking good spaces where they won’t get taken down by the city.