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Wait so did the chamber ask McKinsey to not release the report to the public because they didn't like the results?

2

The links to the "discussion document" and the "full document" are identical. Is this just the usual inept editing we've come to expect at the Stranger, or are there additional documents out there?

3

Even $400m won’t be enough. That just covers those homeless today. Each year there’s a new population that enters the system. And providing free or heavily subsidized housing will draw in more from the region and beyond.

4

@3: Cut all funding. Problem goes away. Right?

5

Thank you for obtaining and releasing this document. While it's unsurprising the Chamber of Commerce found we'll need more public money to spend on local building contractors, the news that we are actually implementing the recommendations in the two reports -- and seeing positive results therefrom -- gives hope we'll exit this crisis sooner than never. (Maybe less than all of the money from our new "head tax" will be wasted! Yay!)

@1: "Wait so did the chamber ask McKinsey to not release the report to the public because they didn't like the results?"

They liked the part about getting more tax money for some of their member businesses, so they released that portion, of course. The data don't really support the claim we imminently need more affordable housing to end homelessness, though. The number of homeless rose as the poverty rate fell -- in fact, the absolute number of poor persons declined! -- so the idea of rental increases driving homelessness doesn't really hold. (Do we really believe the guys living in unsanctioned encampments, trading stolen bike parts for meth, were living stable home lives until a $100 increase in rent?)

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It is time for tough love. No more handouts. No more feeding the bears.Can't prove a history of living in the state for two years? Get the fuck out with you homeless ass. We have had enough!

8

Dude what the fuck why can’t you feed bears

10

“is building or buying units of affordable housing, which ranges from $277,000 to $344,000 per unit.”

You know, you can buy already built, vacant homes in economically vibrant communities in the Midwest for about $60k. With costs like that, we could house 5x as many people, immediately, but they’d have to move across the country.


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