The actions and behaviours of the City of Abbotsford demonstrate a failure to access the knowledge and experience available about the how and wherefore of providing effective Housing First.
However, the most appalling wilful ignorance by the politicians, bureaucrats and members of homeless advisory is the indifference, the lack of character inherent in…….
Arrogance, can’t be bothered, impatience [which would be highly ironic seeing as their impatience has – to date – wasted more than 10 years], what they ‘know for sure’ that ain’t so, closed minds, that’s not what I want to hear, eventually someone will tell us what we want to hear right? lack of compassion, lack of caring …….
There are a multitude of reasons, singly or in combination, that could be responsible for why the politicians, bureaucrats and members of the homeless advisory ignore or are unable to comprehend that the only approach that has repeatedly – and with repeatability – demonstrated it’s effectiveness in enabling the homeless to regain control over their lives is Housing First.
He [Mayor Braun] said: “….creating an Abbotsford-specific strategy will help.”
Hypothetical: adj. 1. supposed but not necessarily real or true. 2. of or based on or serving as a hypothesis.
n. a hypothetical proposition, statement etc
Hypothesis n. 1. a proposition made as a basis for reasoning without the assumption of its truth. 2. a supposition made as a starting point for further investigation from known facts. 3. a groundless assumption.
According to Mayor Braun the $400,989 in federal funding will be used to create a new intake and referral system for the homeless in Abbotsford that is anticipated to be a key component in Abbotsford’s housing-first approach to homelessness.