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Did people treat you
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Going to the welfare office with my
mom, we were just forms they had to
get through; we weren’t really people.
It makes you feel invisible.
And your view of homelessness today?
You get so desensitized, especially liv-
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time, and you don’t know what to do.
As someone with experience, what do you
think can be done to reduce homelessness?
I wish the government would put more
funding into finding affordable housing
and [establishing a] living wage and
solutions for homeless people who are
mentally ill or have substance abuse
problems. I wish more people would
consider going into careers in home-
less activism or affordable housing ini-
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would have more respect for homeless
people that camp out in certain places or
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like eyesores that have to be given park-
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homeless to find a solution, treat every-
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