Homelessness is solvable | Michelle Flynn | TEDxSaltLakeCity

[@JarrodMiller-z7j]

I'm currently homeless. The main reason is alcohol use disorder. The one thing I can say that would help me the most is if rent was affordable. With my earning potential I just don't see how I can ever afford a place to live. I was not homeless until I was 34 and had fairly good jobs back then, but right now, having only finished 60 credit hours of college in my younger days and not finishing, it is just very hard to find a job that pays enough to afford a place to live.

[@SirChadWilliams]

Project is a mobile app similar to unemployment, paying the unemployed funds until they get back on their feet, just from the grounds up.. It's set up city to city with its own rules for feeding/housing those in need.. Appreciations.

[@markjackson4246]

I would certainly never say that we should ignore or give up on the homeless. But to purport that "wrong choices" is NOT a major factor in this crisis, is polyanna. Having personally dealt with family members who continually make poor choices (addiction, finances, food, etc.), these are the preeminent things that lead to homelessness. Along with rising rates of mental illness, which is, yes, everyone's fault. Society is making bad choices that lead to increased rates of mental illness. We have chosen as a society to ignore the plight of the mentally ill who have proven OVER AND OVER again that they are incapable of managing their lives. We decided we cannot declare that they are not competent and when families are worn out, frustrated and exhausted after giving these folks 4th and 5th and ad infinitum chances, they become homeless. And the mentally ill make poor choices about their medications. They get better on meds and then they feel like they don't need them, or they feel like they can't beat their addiction. Then they fall again. I'm not saying toss all these folks in the cuckoo's nest, but a step-wise plan needs to be instituted, or things will just get worse

[@AntonioGracia-bl2mu]

I know why?

[@ktgiang]

The real question isn't if these folks need the help. It's if they want the help... Its hard to determine if a person just wants money or if they truly want help to get out of their situation. I work 55+ hours a week and have a baby at home to make sure we're not homeless