Government
Apr. 19, 2017
Homelessness: the paralysis of principles
A better path forward is to acknowledge we will never fully eliminate homelessness and ask how we can improve conditions not just for the homeless, but for all of us. By Joseph DiMento
Joseph Dimento
professor of law and of urban planning
Email: jdimento@law.uci.edu
Univ of Michigan Law School
Joseph DiMento is professor of law and of urban planning at UC Irvine School of Law. You can reach him at jdimento@law.uci.edu
The homeless problem in Los Angeles is out of control. But asserting that we have the solution to homelessness is unrealistic and breeds a mixture of defeatism and false hope. A better path forward is to acknowledge we will never fully eliminate homelessness and ask how we can improve conditions not just for the homeless, but for all of us who share the city.
That realization is difficult to accept. But it is part of a cha...
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