My mum lived in Public housing for years. They didn’t even let my brother stay with her for a month over the summer. They said you get one person a year that can stay with you for up to two weeks and then no one else can stay again that year. They also do monthly checks on you and routinely bring drug dogs in to check each house. It’s like the housing department owns you ; no privacy and no respect. It’s a fucking travesty.
I can't understand how someone in the housing authority could go ahead with a decision like that and think "yep, I'm doing the right thing here." Utterly baffling.
As a Criminologist, this really rustles my jimmies. You know what really helps to prevent crime? A sense of ownership in a shared community. Not to mention how it would reduce healthcare costs due to improved diet, lower obesity rates, etc. Even if you absolutely did not care that it was helping people on the individual level, you should still be in favor of it from a fiscal standpoint because it reduces societal costs. The government is literally willing to cut off their nose to spite their face, so long as it keeps the poor in their place.
dol0reshaze16912 on August 6th, 2020 at 17:00 UTC »
My mum lived in Public housing for years. They didn’t even let my brother stay with her for a month over the summer. They said you get one person a year that can stay with you for up to two weeks and then no one else can stay again that year. They also do monthly checks on you and routinely bring drug dogs in to check each house. It’s like the housing department owns you ; no privacy and no respect. It’s a fucking travesty.
crow198 on August 6th, 2020 at 17:15 UTC »
I can't understand how someone in the housing authority could go ahead with a decision like that and think "yep, I'm doing the right thing here." Utterly baffling.
TheHammerOfWitches on August 6th, 2020 at 17:45 UTC »
As a Criminologist, this really rustles my jimmies. You know what really helps to prevent crime? A sense of ownership in a shared community. Not to mention how it would reduce healthcare costs due to improved diet, lower obesity rates, etc. Even if you absolutely did not care that it was helping people on the individual level, you should still be in favor of it from a fiscal standpoint because it reduces societal costs. The government is literally willing to cut off their nose to spite their face, so long as it keeps the poor in their place.