I wonder if he knows Nick Bravo.

the housing-first model is interesting; you get these people an apartment as soon as they walk in the door, and an assigned caseworker will check in on them multiple times a week. drug rehab and jobs training are provided in earnest, with a relentless focus on the individual

It’s not perfect; who’s to say that a life spent taking drugs isn’t as worthwhile as, say, taking orders at Arby’s. Also good luck getting politicians to earmark the money and intensive resources required for this program to work properly, especially at scale. done half-assed you’ve just put unmonitored schitzophrenics and drug addicts into a high rise.

One of the cruellest tricks schools instill in people is the concept that all problems have solutions