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You Don't Have to End Homelessness To Make Cities Safer

Charles Fain Lehman · 22 Oct 2025 · thecausalfallacy.substack.com ↗

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  1. Our reading

    Putting people into temporary shelter cuts crime and psychiatric emergencies without waiting for permanent housing to be built.

    Their wordsIt turns out that simply getting people into temporary shelter—often derided by the homelessness-industrial complex as a band-aid—significantly reduces both social and individual harms of unsheltered homelessness.
    Interesting

  2. Our reading

    The social harms attributed to homelessness come from people being unsheltered, not from their lacking a permanent home.

    Their wordsRead this in the context of Christopher et al., and the reasonable conclusion is that many of the problems associated with homelessness are the result of unsheltered homelessness.
    Interesting