Comment by btreecat

> Ok, I'll bite. What is having empathy for the homeless?

Let's start by changing how we think about housing and shelter from an investment to basic rights.

Or maybe stop criminalizing being poor.

> Is allowing unconstrained immigration to increase competition for entry-level positions empathy?

That's not a thing.

>What about restrictions on construction that make housing completely unaffordable?

Which ones? Some like quality and safety standards add cost short term but save long term.

However SFH rules hurt density, and cause grater strain on infrastructure and resources, while also driving up costs.

> Is leaving the drug-addicted portion of the homeless out on the street to battle their addictions on their own empathy[1]?

Medical safe injection sites could be part of the solution. But this requires thinking beyond "drugs are bad mkay"

Investing in diversion and rehab is another good use of resources.

> Saying nice words (not having disdain) is not the same thing as helping someone.

But if you can't even say nice words, your brain is so broken that you look at the unhoused with fear or contempt, how will you ever support investment in those same people?