Comments on: Homelessness – A Matter Of Choice http://montrealserai.com/2009/09/26/homelessness-a-matter-of-choice/ Bringing the margins to the centre... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Paula Friedman http://montrealserai.com/2009/09/26/homelessness-a-matter-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-2004 Paula Friedman Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:41:46 +0000 http://www.montrealserai.com/wp/?p=1199#comment-2004 This article will be a classic; though I was in very poor housing with my second child, twenty-some years ago, and very aware of the danger of homelessness even then (and had a number of homeless friends), I had never put the issues of housing and homelessness together into the global economics as Miller does--a brilliant essay. I've not finished reading the rest of this issue, but it's one of your best. This article will be a classic; though I was in very poor housing with my second child, twenty-some years ago, and very aware of the danger of homelessness even then (and had a number of homeless friends), I had never put the issues of housing and homelessness together into the global economics as Miller does–a brilliant essay.
I’ve not finished reading the rest of this issue, but it’s one of your best.

]]> By: Boyce Richardson http://montrealserai.com/2009/09/26/homelessness-a-matter-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-1975 Boyce Richardson Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:37:24 +0000 http://www.montrealserai.com/wp/?p=1199#comment-1975 Mr Miller, I have been replying for years to the people who say we can't afford this and that by telling them that is because we used to have some collective control over the wealth produced, but now it is all commandeered by the private sector. Your terrific article on housing illustrates how it has all happened.As Eric Hobsbawm pointed out in his book on the Short Twentieth Century, the argument that we can't afford public services even as good as those in say, 1970, when as a nation we are making more than ever before, is self-evidently absurd. Still, millions have been schooled to believe it. As for the invention of affordable publicly-funded housing, wouldn't the Swedes have precedd the British? But that's a mere detail: your argument is sound, brilliantly argued and presented, and should be widely distributed. Boyce Richardson, Ottawa (once of Montreal) Mr Miller, I have been replying for years to the people who say we can’t afford this and that by telling them that is because we used to have some collective control over the wealth produced, but now it is all commandeered by the private sector. Your terrific article on housing illustrates how it has all happened.As Eric Hobsbawm pointed out in his book on the Short Twentieth Century, the argument that we can’t afford public services even as good as those in say, 1970, when as a nation we are making more than ever before, is self-evidently absurd. Still, millions have been schooled to believe it. As for the invention of affordable publicly-funded housing, wouldn’t the Swedes have precedd the British? But that’s a mere detail: your argument is sound, brilliantly argued and presented, and should be widely distributed.

Boyce Richardson, Ottawa (once of Montreal)

]]> By: Scott Weinstein http://montrealserai.com/2009/09/26/homelessness-a-matter-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-1969 Scott Weinstein Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:04:28 +0000 http://www.montrealserai.com/wp/?p=1199#comment-1969 This is a great article that takes the pieces of the homelessness puzzle, and arranges them into a coherent picture. Miller explains how neo-liberalism has had an enormous negative impact on housing, as it has on current thinking, culture, politics and economy. Thanks! This is a great article that takes the pieces of the homelessness puzzle, and arranges them into a coherent picture. Miller explains how neo-liberalism has had an enormous negative impact on housing, as it has on current thinking, culture, politics and economy. Thanks!

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