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That’s right, because adopting a stray cat or dog is much simpler than adopting a homeless person. 
Take in a stray animal, patch it up and let it get comfortable in a happy warm house filled with food and attention if they want it and the pet will likely warm up and if not just live with you like a demanding roommate. I have some cats that were abused and or starved before I got them, some days are a struggle but I have the tools to help them out. 
Take in a homeless person and discover why they are homeless, it’s not because someone threw them out of the house because they were allergic. They probably have mental health issues and or addictions issues. A can of tuna, space and a bit of time will not help, these folks need resources for addictions recovery, trauma therapy and a feasible way to find their own housing and a stable job. They also have to want to get better. This is on top of dealing with what can be extremely disruptive and destructive behaviour of the folks on myself and my family as they sort themselves out. 
The primary support network for people who are at risk of homelessness is family, then friends and finally a very imperfect community funded social support system. If you want to help people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness donate money to your local charities which are focused on this, vote for people who have feasible homeless mitigation ideas in their platform. Don’t vote for people who say there is an easy solution or that homeless people deserve it or it’s hopeless so why bother.
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My parents brought in a lady who had accidentally burned down her apartment (fell asleep with a candle lit) when I was a kid. 
She brought her cat to live with us too, and I remember us spending a lot of time in the backyard listening to and talking about birds.
She died less than a year later from a combo of cancer and pneumonia, my parents later told me that she refused chemo treatment.
Overall, I think she was just grateful to have a safe space to spend the last little bit of her life. >

The amount of people who can afford a cat > the amount of people who can afford a fully grown human
Crazy huh >

I'd be very interested to see the math on this >

Cat = 10
Human = 20
20-10=10
Human is 100% more expensive. >

This made me laugh a lot harder than I think it probably should have >

I'm pleased it made you laugh; and also possibly a little insulted lol
Regardless, you can't deny the math checks out. >

r/TheyDidTheMath >

Happy cake day >

Thank you! >

You're welcome >

I actually did this once. Took in a guy, gave him a bed. Helped him get up on his feet. 
He's doing well now, has a place and got custody of his son. We're good mates. 
Homeless people are still people. >

Congrats. I’m glad it worked out. 
I helped out an old friend who was at risk of homelessness due to some (we didn’t know about) mental health issues. 
We got him in touch with social workers and a jobs program and a temporary housing program. 
Turns out he was taking the paperwork I helped him with and throwing it out in the bin out back instead of handing it in. He was convinced it was signing him up for organ harvesting or something. 
He made a huge mess, was really difficult to live with and after almost 3 months when I said he’d have to explore other options for where to stay, he called me a “little bitch” and stole $8k worth of electronics. 
Last I heard he had assaulted a social worker who tried to get him housing assistance and who had arranged mental health treatment options and was in an encampment and on some kind of drugs.
1/10 Definitely wouldn’t do again. >

Stray dogs don't have tenant's rights. >

Stray dogs also don’t steal $8K worth of electronics. >

Or call you lil bitch... cause I mean,  that was the worst part for me.  
... im Mr big bitch silly dog! >

I took in a homeless person once. I got robbed as a thank you. Animals don't pull that shit. >

When a stray dog bites you, you don’t get mad as that’s what dogs do >

I think stray dogs biting you is exactly why most people don’t take in stray dogs >

You don’t have to let ‘em in your house 
I took in a stray and they just lived in the yard >

Probably isn’t socially acceptable to move the homeless from the street to your yard though >

What about a reinforced soundproof basement with a steel door >

I’m calling the police.. >

No no no. It was just a social experiment! >

Oh, in that case, here's your Netflix documentary. >

Not against it. HOWEVER (The reason behind it not being popular could be)… strays, typically, don’t possess the mental health and drug difficulties someone adopting a homeless would probably encounter. Less potential issues to remedy. >

A lot of stray dogs do have severe mental health issues, but the ways we are allowed to handle - and get rid of - dogs are a lot more permissive. And as you say there’s less in their lives to take care of >

I work in a shelter. Outside the shelter are the homeless who enjoy homelessness. I use "enjoy" lightly, but then again, they never seek actual help. Some are foster kids who are aged out of foster care. That's the saddest situation because the only care they received was from the foster system, and now they are in a place where they have no one, and it quickly leads to addiction.