Houselessness is an unpleasant topic. Those who do not need to talk about it prefer to not do so. No one has all the answers anyway. It is just too complex and too daunting.
Yet, for quite a while, it had been the primary theme of this blog. Only a few years ago, it was a much more significant social problem.
It is not so daunting now. It might even be less unpleasant to discuss than it had formerly been. However, there are so many more pleasant topics to discuss, such as how well those who had formerly been houseless are doing now.
If writing about the personal affairs of the formerly unhoused Community here were not so invasive, it might make a good blog. This blog could have transitioned into that theme rather than be discontinued.
Of course, regardless of the improvements, houselessness remains a problem within the Community. It may not be an important topic to as many as it formerly had been, but to those who are affected by houselessness, it is still a major problem. It is a topic that is never completely irrelevant. As those who are unhoused become housed, others become unhoused to replace them.
Sometimes though, it is gratifying to realize how fortunate we are to live within a society that is so sympathetic and generous with the unhoused, and that so many benefit from such graciousness. Otherwise, houselessness might still be as major of a social problem here as it is within so many other Communities.
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