Fund housing nonprofits instead of policing unhoused people
Resident asks the city to invest in nonprofits that provide housing access and care for people on the street without forcing recovery, rather than relying on police presence.
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The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
stop using the police as a way to ignore the social issues of unhoused people in boston-- invest in nonprofits that are working on providing housing access that doesn't force recovery onto unhoused folks and takes care of the people in the streets.
Who it helps and why
the only thing separating us from them is money, and more police presence will not effectively change this issue. change the structure, don't sweep the problem under the rug and harm the disproportionately black and brown folks unnecessarily in the process.
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- August 9, 2024
- Neighborhood
- Back Bay
- Place
- Boylston Street, Boston, 02116
- Portal category
- Public Safety
- How it was submitted
- Community event
- Submission language
- English
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