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All homeless on the reservation would now have a legal mailing
address, solving the bureaucratic problem they have known in the
past, when they suffered the loss of entitlement and social wage
because they had no address. Kind doctors may tour or visit the
reservation.
The demographic population of these Homeless Land Reservations may act like a college campus, where most people do not stay forever, some do, and new people seem to steadily arrive in season. Some homeless people may prefer to network the National Reservation System, thereby appeasing the nomadic instinct and changes in climate and opportunity. Also, some will always need to avoid others. Social scientists may provide general services suitable for the environmental goals of the region i.e. water and sewage systems, roll-off dumpsters, minimal electrical systems, and coal and kerosene. Other goals can be funded by applications to foundations for grants to build a wide range of structures. The homeless themselves would have to apply for these grants. Tents may become popular, as may sleeping bags under tin roofs and shanties; all may improve as time goes by, yielding, someday to buildings. "In the interim, decommissioned school and city buses could be brought in for shelter" (Anthony Smith, Long Beach). The people of the reservations will own anything erected upon the land, along with any chattel brought onto it. They will need to pay a modest land tax for ownership rights, even if they have to pass the hat. [PREVIOUS] [NEXT] |