Do you think we should build portable shelters like EDAR for the homeless--or does it keep people on the street?

We are fogetting that there are a lot of mentally unstable homeless citizens that cannot seek shelter in homelss shelters due to fear or other irrational reasons. Our country is currently designed to help symptoms and not the cause, so despite the cost, more porta-johns/showers should be installed in big cities to alleviate the higiene problem as well! In new York city, it is hard to find a public restroom.

You have to depend on a Starbucks or the bus/train station or such places, which again, most mentally ill people probably steer clear of such places or would be kicked out of eventually.

I think that this is a great idea and an amazing program. Shelter from the elements is one of the most basic needs of any human being, and it is truly tragic that so many of us cannot afford to provide it for themselves. This is a worthwhile program that should be getting some sort of government assistance in my opinion.As for the argument that providing shelter like this may only serve to keep them on the street, think of it this way: If it was raining and someone gave you an umbrella, wouldn't you still try to get in out of the rain?

If something ever happened to me where I ended up being homeless, I think I would appreciate something like the EDAR. I don't think it would "keep me on the street" but I can't talk for everybody, there always has and always will be homeless people no matter how many shelters we open or programs we create to help the homeless.

I work for a walking ghost tour in Nashville. While leading my tour group one night, we came upon a homeless man peeing in front of the Sgt. York statue at the Capitol building.No one thinks about where homeless people relieve themselves when they are living on the street.

Unfortunately, professional beggers are hiding the real people who are living on the streets because they have no other choice. I think we should spend the money on finding ways to get them a job--even if it is collecting trash--and not places to sleep.

Until there is enough room at safe and clean homeless shelters for everyone who is out on the street, providing shelters like these is the least society can do.

I don't think that people are more likely to choose to be homeless if you provide shelter--they're just less likely to wind up sick or dead due to the hazards of exposure.

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