Reply #106: Dupe, sorry. [View All]

maybe a couple bucks a day, or a week, but they're not staying there for the fine accommodations. Plus it is only at night they can be there, even when it's cold, so it is a far cry from a regular home in so many ways. People stay there because they are desperate, and will never get ahead if they are made to sacrifice too much.

When I worked at a domestic violence shelter we we mandated to charge the residents $20/day, something sort of DSHS funding requirement I didn't really understand, but we had a system worked out with them so residents/survivors could pay it off in chores. Nothing really heavy, and just an hour or two a day. Most everyone went that route, and it worked well, just like sharing a household with multiple people and dviding up chores, so it wasn't a hardship. The few women who more financially able also volunteered to do chores too, anyway. That was just a short-term gig, though, and if these homeless people were being charged $20/day, that would be too much of a sacrifice and they would never get ahead. Go get money from your rich peers Bloomberg!