Are “Tiny Homes” The New Solution To Homelessness?

My uncle chose alcohol again, and again and again. Every single one of this 8 brothers and sisters, his friends, my grandma tried to help him, allowed him to stay in their houses and every single time he: stole their money, sold their belongings to buy alcohol, came into the house completely drunk and/or high out of his mind, scared my little cousins… he chose being homeless for more than 35 years. Two years ago, as a family, we decided to get him institutionalized. He has been living there in this farm where he has to wake up early, take care of the garden, help with the animals, clean the property etc. He has been sober for over a year now and is “finally somewhat happy” as he said. He doesn’t want to leave the farm because he “knows he will get back to alcohol”. Some people just can’t be helped or left alone by themselves. We need the asylums back.

We don't have a homeless problem; we have a mental health/drug problem.

My drug addicted uncle was offered help over and over again. He chose homelessness and drugs.

Those homes are not available for people who for some reason lost their job and need help. They're only available for the craziest addicts.

"If you want more of something, subsidize it. If you want less of something, tax it." The ultimate injustice is that the law-abiding, creative, and productive are being forced to pay taxes to subsidize the destruction of those things.

Those tiny homes should only be used for homeless who are actively trying to get off the street, not for people who choose to be homeless or the mentally ill

I used to clean houses after someone on Section Eight (HUD) would vacate. There would be children's toys in the oven, rotten steaks in the fridge, holes in the walls, roaches, ants, chain locks on all the bedrooms, feces on the porch... The only way to get from room to room is through a little path they carved in the mountains of trash in the rooms.

As a genius tiktoker once said :"If you're homeless just buy a house " (Duh)

I worked at a woman’s shelter and 99% of the residents were homeless drug addicts. Many dragging their poor kids along with them. Maybe 1% were actual victims of abuse. We were not allowed to accuse them of lying. It was a real eye opener. They were entitled complainers who were not grateful at all. They snuck drugs into the shelter all of the time. We had to evacuate several times. They dragged their kids to methadone clinics at 4 am. Most had zero interest in finding jobs. It was horrible and a big reality check

One of our church members is a recovering drug addict. She works at McDonald's full time. She rents a trailer in a trailer park which is known for housing people who have been kicked out of Section 8 housing. But, she pays her bills and is NOT homeless. I applaud her and all others who have beaten the drugs and mental health issues to re-enter society as a functioning member.