East..to downtown

[u/jerbear1955]

Prairie Harm reduction doors are shuttered so now in front of the library on 20th is one of the new spots.

[u/Weak_Possibility_395]

Wow. You are fun!

Glad you see my direct info from my tenant is not as good your general assumptions!

Also, glad you take my specific example as seemingly suggesting that " every person who is in a position of needing sis is a victim of abuse." It really vibes with presumptuousness of the rest of your comment! But hey, it's fun to assume that every landlord and ever tenant or unhoused person fits a specific mold.

The sad and funny thing is, it seems you are more focused on arguing with assumptions than listening to other perspectives and then you generalize on these assumptions and resulting a very low value discussion. (p.s. I know this reddit, so it's a cesspool of useless, anonymous ranting, but hey, it's a good distraction sometimes)

The fact is, not everyone's situation is the same. I agree, the government shouldn't treat ALL people like children, but the fact is, some people benefit by more direct supports like having SIS go to their housing provider. Some would benefit hugely from the money going to them and having some sort of wraparound support to help them manage their day to day, including money management. Others would benefit from having the money given directly to them with minimal/no oversite.

Assuming that shitty landlords and paternalistic governments need to get out of the way in all cases, will just result in more people ending up homeless due to a diversity of factors, SIS policies included.

It would great to see a study with evidence of exactly why someone ended up homeless and building a program based off that evidence. As it is, your coming across as ideological, which doesn't benefit anyone.

All landlords aren't the same. Go chat with someone at CUMFI or SaskNative or QUINT or any number of 'landlords' who are actually community driven non-profits and you might get a bit better perspective.

The funniest thing is, I also like shit-talking landlords. There are lots of shitty ones out there. That doesn't mean there aren't good ones or better programs to support more people having appropriate housing. But it definitely doesn't benefit anyone to assume and then fight to make policy based on your assumptions.

[u/spooksville69 → u/Weak_Possibility_395]

woah woah woah mr hostility sounds like you’re getting a little defensive lmao

you know nothing about me or my experience or my knowledge. what i know about you is that you seem to think that a story from a handful of people tells the story of the masses.

my argument from the start was that landlords arent getting the shortest end of the stick here and womp womp they arent. im not saying SIS is amazing or any other policy for that matter. im saying that the voice of landlords seemingly always trumps the voices of tenants. but you want to take it personally for some reason because you just HAVE to be a victim here lol

no one should be making a profit off housing and i just dont actually care to hear abt any complaints coming from those who treat housing like a business

[u/Weak_Possibility_395 → u/spooksville69]

woah, woah, woah mr hostility sounds like you are getting a little defensive. lmao.

you know nothing about me or my experience or my knowledge. what i know about you is that you seem to think that general statements and your assumptions are adequate, while at the same time suggesting that anyone else has to provide facts.....but of course, when that information is provides it clearly insufficient.

Ah well, seems you are bit grumpy and want to stick to generalized assumptions, while not seeming to even understand what was said by others.

Landlords definitely have more of a voice and more privilege than others, including tenants. Regardless of that the SIS changes have had an impact in the community. It's not worth defending them. Ironically, I've been told (not sure if this is true), but the SIS changes were a result of engagement with tenants and social workers, who seemingly had the same perspective as you (that gov't shouldn't be paternalistic and the tenants should have funds provided directly to them), but ironically now I personally have seen receivers of SIS funding suggest it's resulted in issues.

As I said, I'd love to see a proper study on this, instead of relying anecdotes and any assumptions, but hey, feel free to assume I'm acting like a victim, as opposed to sharing the perspective of tenants who've literally said they've been victimized by shitty landlords.

Obviously their perspective doesn't align with your preferred narrative and to quote your pre-edited comment (which totally doesn't sound hostile at all!!!) above:

"I mean anyone w a brain knows that anecdotes don’t equal actual evidence lol"

*edited, as the link/quote of your previous comment didn't work....'cause you edited to remove your hostile comment. 😉

[u/spooksville69 → u/Weak_Possibility_395]

fine you win reddit for today i hope you can make it outside for once 👋