Philip Walzer’s comprehensive coverage of the nationwide YIMBY movement quotes Zack Subin, associate research director for Berkeley’s Turner Center for Housing innovation, who says that “by making housing more affordable, you stop the flow into homelessness.” But with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reporting that nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended, isn’t global funding-to-scale of Planned Parenthood the optimal solution to the housing problem? Stopping the “flow” of the homeless (i.e., people) would seem the first and foremost forthright step toward solving the homeless problem.
Simultaneously, this solution also addresses globally complex conundrums like hunger, immigration, environmental degradation, and a hearty host of other human problems. The popular song from the film Sound of Music succinctly says it all, “Let’s start at the very beginning / A very good place to start.” Overlooking the overwhelmingly obvious connection here seems utterly unimaginative, improvident, and frankly stupid.
Philip Walzer’s comprehensive coverage of the nationwide YIMBY movement quotes Zack Subin, associate research director for Berkeley’s Turner Center for Housing innovation, who says that “by making housing more affordable, you stop the flow into homelessness.” But with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reporting that nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended, isn’t global funding-to-scale of Planned Parenthood the optimal solution to the housing problem? Stopping the “flow” of the homeless (i.e., people) would seem the first and foremost forthright step toward solving the homeless problem.
Simultaneously, this solution also addresses globally complex conundrums like hunger, immigration, environmental degradation, and a hearty host of other human problems. The popular song from the film Sound of Music succinctly says it all, “Let’s start at the very beginning / A very good place to start.” Overlooking the overwhelmingly obvious connection here seems utterly unimaginative, improvident, and frankly stupid.