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Can't blame people for not using shelters if you make them feel like a prison.

Would you use a shelter where you can't control light switches, get woken up by a siren, get your stuff stolen, probably have to share showers and kitchen with junkies, if you are even allowed to cook your own food?

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https://svdp-sf.org/what-we-do/msc-shelter/

For most of those, I either don't find any support, or it's actually contradicted ("get your stuff stolen").

"cook your own food" -- how do they manage that if they live on the street?

VDP does mention:

"fully-functioning computer lab

free weekly haircuts

shower and laundry facilities"

So I think you are mostly making stuff up.

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