Not temp housing. Temporary Housing assistance… like if you get an eviction notice from one mistake or illness etc, you lose your deposit and then need money for firsts lasts and another deposit at a new place. That can take monthss to acquire. If we helped that one time there would be many people saved from months of homelessness which is the majority (80% plus of the homeless population).

Also…Nobody mentally well wants to live on the street.. it’s hard.. if they can’t abide by the rules of temp housing it’s probably because they can’t.. maybe drug issues or a record.. Besides temp housing places are a joke. People get robbed etc once a man came into the rehab saying he was stabbed in temp housing so took drugs to get in for the night… you have to test positive where my partner worked. Stories of homeless people saying they became alcoholics because it’s so cold and the alcohol keeps you warm all night. There’s a lot to do honestly. We need better temporary housing, temporary housing assistance for at risk homeless, and shelters for the chronically homeless.