Myths/homelessness is a choice - Revision history

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Woozle: Created page with "category:poverty category:social safety net category:housing category:homelessness ==Myth== {{hdr/myth|people are only homeless because they want to be.}} Rel..."

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[[category:poverty]]
[[category:social safety net]]
[[category:housing]]
[[category:homelessness]]
==Myth==
{{hdr/myth|people are only homeless because they want to be.}}

Related myth: {{l/myth|homeless people don't want to work}}
===Examples===
* '''2021-11-14''' a [https://nextdoor.com/news_feed/?post=207534706 post on Nextdoor] has several:
** "I know it’s hard to understand for most folks - some actually choose to be. I’ve spoken with many just to ask how they are. Give of you can, say hello and provide kindness, many want to be acknowledged."
** "Excuse making does not help. If they want [a job], they will find a way to get it. There are enough public services in the area. Maybe it won't happen immediately, but once again, if they want it, they will find a way to get it."
** "Facts! I bought some breakfast for one of the guys and he told me he moved this way with a group of people that choose to be homeless. They have their own community and have been all over the country."
==Reality==
* '''2019-03-27''' [https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/dismantling-harmful-false-narrative-homelessness-choice Dismantling the Harmful, False Narrative That Homelessness Is a Choice] "When asked what the most common misconception is about people experiencing homelessness, Mental Health Center of Denver supportive housing provider Takisha Keesee knew her answer right away: 'That they want to be homeless.' This myth enables apathy and maintains the nation's status quo of too many people experiencing homelessness in an urgent affordable housing crisis."

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	* [https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-of-people-who-are-voluntarily-homeless What do you think of people who are "voluntarily" homeless?]: the question seems designed to attract anti-homelessness propaganda. The top answer as of 2021-11-14 is [https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-braddock-16b3a650/ a CEO and "social entrepreneur"] complaining about homeless people not taking advantage of available programs (which, if true, leaves open the question: why aren't they?).		* [https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-of-people-who-are-voluntarily-homeless What do you think of people who are "voluntarily" homeless?]: the question seems designed to attract anti-homelessness propaganda. The top answer as of 2021-11-14 is [https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-braddock-16b3a650/ a CEO and "social entrepreneur"] complaining about homeless people not taking advantage of available programs (which, if true, leaves open the question: why aren't they?).
		+	** '''2021-07-25''' [https://www.quora.com/Why-would-someone-willingly-become-homeless/answer/Christopher-Malucelli why I had to choose to be homeless] - this should be transcribed for easier reading

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	* '''2019-03-27''' [https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/dismantling-harmful-false-narrative-homelessness-choice Dismantling the Harmful, False Narrative That Homelessness Is a Choice] "When asked what the most common misconception is about people experiencing homelessness, Mental Health Center of Denver supportive housing provider Takisha Keesee knew her answer right away: 'That they want to be homeless.' This myth enables apathy and maintains the nation's status quo of too many people experiencing homelessness in an urgent affordable housing crisis."		* '''2019-03-27''' [https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/dismantling-harmful-false-narrative-homelessness-choice Dismantling the Harmful, False Narrative That Homelessness Is a Choice] "When asked what the most common misconception is about people experiencing homelessness, Mental Health Center of Denver supportive housing provider Takisha Keesee knew her answer right away: 'That they want to be homeless.' This myth enables apathy and maintains the nation's status quo of too many people experiencing homelessness in an urgent affordable housing crisis."
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		+	* [https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-of-people-who-are-voluntarily-homeless What do you think of people who are "voluntarily" homeless?]: the question seems designed to attract anti-homelessness propaganda. The top answer as of 2021-11-14 is [https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-braddock-16b3a650/ a CEO and "social entrepreneur"] complaining about homeless people not taking advantage of available programs (which, if true, leaves open the question: why aren't they?).