"While a city can profit from the fines, fees, tourism revenues and real estate investment generated by commodifying public space, the ultimate cost is borne by those who can least afford it: the impoverished and the homeless. These days, even those who reach out with a simple act of charity are punished for their 'misconduct.'”
"There is, of course, a more straightforward way of eliminating homelessness: providing them with homes. . . . If this common-sense solution seems ab...surdly obvious, remember why cities resort to exclusion and policing in the first place: we’ve grown accustomed to seeing walls and fences as the only solution. After generations of trying to make 'undesirable' people vanish from the public’s midst, too many privileged people no longer even recognise the signs of desperation that surround us . We’ve forgotten what our own humanity looks like."
Cindy Milstein
"There is, of course, a more straightforward way of eliminating homelessness: providing them with homes. . . . If this common-sense solution seems ab...surdly obvious, remember why cities resort to exclusion and policing in the first place: we’ve grown accustomed to seeing walls and fences as the only solution. After generations of trying to make 'undesirable' people vanish from the public’s midst, too many privileged people no longer even recognise the signs of desperation that surround us . We’ve forgotten what our own humanity looks like."
Cindy Milstein
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