Comments on: No solution for the homeless :( http://kilobox.net/548/no-solution-for-the-homeless/ Communications, intranet design and reader-centred writing, from Wedge in the UK Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:05:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: zenmom http://kilobox.net/548/no-solution-for-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-296 zenmom Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:08:26 +0000 http://kilobox.net/?p=548#comment-296 You might find this article interesting: http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1345659.html You might find this article interesting:

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]]> By: Nathanael http://kilobox.net/548/no-solution-for-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Nathanael Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:44:12 +0000 http://kilobox.net/?p=548#comment-275 The solution *is* for them to get jobs. Unfortunately, there's no proper infrastructure to facilitate that for people in their positions and more often than not it falls to friends and family. I know that I have maybe one or two friends from all the people I call friends who I could go to (there's pride, and there's fair weather friends, and when the two combine that reduces the pool) and if the situation is wrong, they might not be able to help me. I' lucky enough to have family I could go to, but not everyone is as fortunate as me. So in reality it wouldn't be inconcievable that if I fell, I could fall into the vicious cycle, even though I'm in a stronger position than most. It can happen to anyone. I recall a tale of Prince Charles visiting a homeless shelter only to discover that someone he went to school with was sheltering there that very night, and had been living on the streets for quite some time. The solution *is* for them to get jobs.
Unfortunately, there’s no proper infrastructure to facilitate that for people in their positions and more often than not it falls to friends and family.

I know that I have maybe one or two friends from all the people I call friends who I could go to (there’s pride, and there’s fair weather friends, and when the two combine that reduces the pool) and if the situation is wrong, they might not be able to help me.

I’ lucky enough to have family I could go to, but not everyone is as fortunate as me.

So in reality it wouldn’t be inconcievable that if I fell, I could fall into the vicious cycle, even though I’m in a stronger position than most. It can happen to anyone. I recall a tale of Prince Charles visiting a homeless shelter only to discover that someone he went to school with was sheltering there that very night, and had been living on the streets for quite some time.

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