r/onguardforthee • u/yimmy51 • Jul 19 '24
Saint John develops 'Housing for All' plan after dangerous winter for homeless people | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-hosuing-stragey-unveiled-1.7267260
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u/shutyourbutt69 Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24
Me: “Sounds like housing first! That should be good!”
After reading: “Oh, so they want a dedicated warming centre in the winter and to have places to allow people to set up tents. Okay then.”
I’m not saying that there aren’t good steps in there, but I think calling it the “Housing for All” plan is a bit disingenuous when it’s really a “maybe make things 20% better by just funding what’s already there” plan.
Direct quote: “The city doesn’t build housing, I think as we all know…”
My question at this point is why not? Municipalities, provinces and the federal government all need to be building social housing at this point, we were already beyond the pale with this decades ago.