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People who are arguing that drug addicts be given hotel rooms are not on the other end of the spectrum. That's a center-left policy at most.

It's a massively inefficient "solution" that does nothing to address the issue. Provide housing, don't give a ton of money to hotel chains.



Arguments for hotel rooms right now are often referring to purchasing actual hotel buildings and running them as shelters with private rooms - California and Washington have both done this on occasion.


>”That's a center-left policy at most.”

I don’t like this kind of thinking. We should be evaluating the idea on its own merit, not tying to frame it as something acceptable because it is centrist - a word which is rapidly loosing any distinction.


I believe gp was suggesting it is unacceptable because it is centrist.




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