So you think building a glut of housing in the short term won't really help the current homelessness population, but speeding up permitting for development and generally deregulating the housing market so supply can increase across the board will limit homelessness in the long run?
This is basically my take. It can be hard to thread the needle between saying "just building housing won't work" and "just building housing will work."
Building housing in the short term for homeless populations wouldn’t be enough without complements like case management etc. In the long term, affordable housing decreases homelessness across the board. To be clear, I think pushing for affordable housing is great policy, but not the most effective tool to fight or prevent homelessness
So you think building a glut of housing in the short term won't really help the current homelessness population, but speeding up permitting for development and generally deregulating the housing market so supply can increase across the board will limit homelessness in the long run?
This is basically my take. It can be hard to thread the needle between saying "just building housing won't work" and "just building housing will work."
Building housing in the short term for homeless populations wouldn’t be enough without complements like case management etc. In the long term, affordable housing decreases homelessness across the board. To be clear, I think pushing for affordable housing is great policy, but not the most effective tool to fight or prevent homelessness