Same old story.... garbage eveywhere around these homeless camps. In my hood one camp that got started the city put out a dumpster before it grew so big. It just grew and grew. All the junk, trash, needles, pipes where all over the grounds and roads yet the dumpster got very little use. Being homeless does not give them the right to turn lots into mini city dumps all over the place.
You have to realize the homeless aren't doing this, it is the corrupt politicians keeping all the billions allocated for the homeless causing this, "they" give all the resources to illegal aliens and none to AMERICAN CITIZENS!! Our government is no longer representing the people and it is time to remove the rot that is the corrupt federal government!!
@@Emmy-JThey probably have rules to abide by to live in one of those tiny homes. Many turn down established places to seek shelter because they don't want to follow the rules.
If people kept the area clean and tidy this might not of happened, doubt the city will give them an unused area too, they'll have to keep moving, it's sad for those that were clean and respectful.
My Son in Law is a Counselor and has been trying to help these individuals to get out of the street. These individuals will not leave until they are forced. The y would rather live on free subsistence, DRUGS and use the street as Bathrooms than face responsibility and refuse help most times rather than become part of society again.
@@craigvogel2935 you are incorrect they need to get off their ass and get a job AMYWHERE! Look at the foreigners that are entering your country, they can't wait to get a job however these drug addicts want only to beg.
@@craigvogel2935no. They’re right. I was helping a homeless person as I could with water or a snack. One night last winter I saw him and it was cold so I felt bad for him even if he caused it in himself. But then I felt disheartened when he told me he wanted to be homeless because he didn’t want to work anymore because of the drama and I guess something to do with his drugs. He also said he’s rather be taking his drugs. Not have to worry about getting in trouble with his work place.
After participating in this society for 25 years I don't blame them. I work 12 hours a day just so I can afford a place to crash. Then I do it again the next day. It's fucking depressing, I dream of the day I can finally die and be done with this crap.
Here in town (Kalamazoo, MI), like anywhere else homeless gather, they refuse to pick up after themselves. Even when dumpsters are provided for encampments, they don’t use them..
@@Null-o7j propane heaters are common inside tents, along with arctic sleeping bags. You often see sympathizers donating and dropping off propane tanks vs giving money as money can be spent on drugs or alcohol.
To anyone who's a contributing member of society, to anyone who respects the law, to anyone who is not a mentally ill homeless drug addict, it's the sound of progress.
I was homeless in 2021-2022 And always threw away my trash and kept my site clean Took showers everyday. We are not all the same Like the sympathy of strangers is required. Rent prices are the problem and well paying jobs.
@@uradragon It isn't about being homeless, I have seen plenty of people fallen on hard times, it doesn't mean they should be producing a waste center with no hazardous waste control. In some of the poorest countries,the dirt floors are swept, kids have on clean clothes and they have nothing. Stop making excuses for squalor and disease infestation. If they can buy drugs, they can buy bread. Priorities. The rest of us have to adhere to that. Gross.
I'm homeless, but I don't throw my trash in the streets and cause problems. You would THINK that they would keep it clean so this doesn't happen but when they trash streets with their garbage and then wonder why the county is tossing everything in a trash bin. I'm sorry but I don't feel bad for them. Again, I'm homeless, but I don't throw my trash in the street or woods. That's not only disrespectful but nasty
@@alucardhellsing666 Obama phones, I have one that's how I get my internet most of the time they give them out for free here they are at my apt complex every week
I’ve lived in my car for years and never trashed places like this. This woman saying it’s not garbage, but all people have is bull. It’s terrible they do throw peoples belongings away as well, but the majority of that was trash!!! Tweakers and mental cases love to fill up shopping carts of random shit they find. Just because we are homeless doesn’t justify being trashy hoarders.
Yeah same. Actually still am living in my truck. No one would know unless they looked in the back. I throw my trash away. I work a full time job and fight fires in another state in the summer. I love the freedom and extra cash I have. I'm more disciplined and routined in my truck. This lifestyle is awesome for me and eventually I'll be going back to college with the money I've saved to become an EMT. These people here make people like me and you look bad and it pisses me off.
A few years ago I watched the town commons of my town go from one or two tents to an infested dumping ground before the city banned everyone. Pisses me off when people do this and then make a huge mess for other people to deal with. Leeches
I spent quite a while, homeless in downtown Dallas at no point did I ever feel like public property was mine or did I ever feel entitled that other people had to take care of me and help me…
@s.s.chapter2219Those homeless individuals need to have a little empathy themselves. Just because living in filth is ok with you, you don't have to inconvenience everyone around you.
Some of us don't live like that some of us work full-time jobs and still have to live in our vehicle for whatever reason all of us aren't like that do you understand
Homeless people need to get themselves together, take a shower, go to work. Rent or buy a home, trailer, condo, shed. Support yourself. I lived with 4 of my best friends and we all split the bills. It was no different in the late 80s or early 90s than it is today surviving in this world. There were very few jobs from 1988 through the early nineties that didnt pay diddley. Jobs are everywhere now. Get out there and WORK!
My girlfriend grew up in the Dominican Republic and you don’t see any homeless because they all work !!!!! And don’t blame their issues on the government. They don’t have time to bitch . Poor country but they work to survive or make their own work
A descent place to live comes with monthly expenses and responsibilities. Would have to be cleaned and maintained. Probably would have to get a Job. So.... probably not.
@@nancysaso4380they probably arnt stolen they are probably all just beaters that never ran and he was just parting them out. Still doesn't make it okay though
The 8 vehicle owner is probably pretty enterprising , renting out a few of those vehicles as shelter to homeless, filing the proper paperwork with the IRS for income received, running depreciation calculations etc..
Love the way they try to make people feel bad for these people. If I was to trash the home and yard that I own half as much as these people, I would be swimming in fines and probably lose my house. Just because you're homeless doesn't give you any more right to trash the city where I live, too.
✨😳✨ There was no other choice but to clean up this criminal mess. There are other places for them to go. They were given options and months of advance notice. ✨🙏✨
IF CAPITALISTS DIDN'T LIVE FOR EYE-DOLLAR-TREE.... THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY HOMELESS PEOPLE BEING DENIED THE RIGHT TO THE BATHROOM, OR, THE RIGHT BE SECURE BECAUSE THEIR WELL-BEING IS WHAT'S OF WORTH !
It looks and smells like a land fill down there. I know, I worked at a waste transfer station. These people have lost all sense of reality and the enablers are responsible for these conditions. These addicts can not make decisions for themselves. Just look at what they subject themselves too.
I am so tired of everyone feeling sorry for these homeless. I was homeless here in Portland with a serious drinking problem. Losing everything and living on the streets woke me up to my condition and was willing to do anything to get my life back. Portland does offer shelter and housing to people who want to stay sober and work hard to get their life back. They got me into a Womens shelter and provided me with the tools to get a job. Once I got a job they gave me a list of low income apartments to choose from. They paid my first months rent and from there I took over. I’ve been employed for 6 years and still rent my apartment myself. And I’m still sober! So there is help out there but so many don’t want to get sober or put in the effort.
With ample posted warning there is no legitimate claim for loss. Many did move to another location but with full knowledge that their new location was not legal either. If I park my car in a posted "No Parking" area, I have no legitimate argument if my car is towed. These "encampments" create a serious impact to home values, loss of business, and public safety. Illegal drug use is rampant among the homeless and those drugs cost money. Where does that money come from? Legitimate work income is 'rare in there.' We need to address a path out for those who want out and controlled supervision for the many who refuse to honor the property rights of others.
@@soaring1 It might be interesting to know how much our own government encourages the crisis that they receive funding to address. Like those on federal subsidies, helping them off federal aid reduces the metrics that equate to power and finance of their office.
@@BulletproofPastoralot of welfare programs arent going to fund enough to rent $3000 rentals. They probably dont work and the places they are offered they refuse to use due to how unclean they are. Drug use could also be a problem. Why dont you find out the truth. These bums are living like this and not try to improve.
property values are a bubble propelled by trillions in printed money. which of course priced thousands of people out of housing. that's also an addiction, they can't quit printing money to "make loans"
the funny thing is all we have to do is tax the rich to pay for social programs needed to get these people trained and employed but its too hard to fight the rich. So we keep picking up a mess that gets bigger each year.
Let a homeowner allow their property to look like this, and they'd be fined in a heartbeat. The city has to give them notice??? If the city really wants to get rid of the bum's, quit giving them money, food, and tow all of their vehicle's, after putting up sign's, that are in the same spot for over 24 hours. Just think how much $$ they'd save by not allowing the trash to build up in the first place.
These folks get offered help but don’t want it. They don’t want to follow the rules or live under any rules. Why is it okay for those of us who pay taxes and work our arses off to support our family and have to pay for auto insurance and registration . I grew up in poverty in south central LA. Being poor is a mindset and I chose to work hard, serve my country, and educate myself. Now I am forced to pay 1% out of my hard earned money to a homeless tax in Oregon. I used to give to the food bank until it was forced out of my check. Now I am planning to move to TX to avoid these state taxes. Why do I have to pay for others bad decisions in life? It’s BS and it’s about time we clean the street and start working on the mental illness problem!
How does that one guy have all those vehicles, a trailer and a motorhome? They need to clean up the streets, but they need to find a better solution or it will just happen again in another location, over and over again.
@@karlabritfeld7104 has absolutely nothing to do with the state of being poor and homeless. The poverty and homelessness are products of life choices. If there is a solution to be found, it has to involve taking personal responsibility.
@@karlabritfeld7104Act like a feral beast, get treated like a feral beast. They’re “poor and homeless” because they chose substance abuse over work and normal life. I used to be compassionate but they’ve worn away any sympathy I once had.
I love how the "it's like being hunted" line was obviously the reporter's line and not the man's. How about trying to report the news instead of creating it?
Oh and I'm sure that he had all those cars registered with legal tags and insurance also legal titles and a current driver's license. Yeah right, I'm sure they're stolen
Here in Las Vegas they even trash up the bus stops. I left work to head home and this homeless couple took up the whole bus stop blocking people with the strollers full of junk and dumping their trash from Panda express on the ground. Then I saw them both taking up another bus stop on the other side of town doing the same thing. I get that some people are on hard times, but the ones who aren't doing anything with themselves and turning their surroundings into a dump? I don't feel the least bit sorry for them.
American freedom at its best here in Oregon! I can't imagine anywhere else in the industrialized world where you can be a homeless hoarder if you choose... USA!!!
Our house is worth more than 12 times what we paid for it in 1981 and we have two old vehicles, 40 years total for the two of them and both in excellent health . 🙂
@@tvdinner325 you mean their traditionally low income housing and jobs that are given to illegal aliens? I hope they take your job so I can call you a bum.
The police, sheriffs, state patrol have hunted me like a animal for legally sleeping in my car, YET A LING TIME HERION AND METH DEALER WALKS THE STREETS FREE AS A BIRD, IN NORTH BEND, WASHINGTON
We have people willing to walk through Mexico, then the southern US desert to sleep on concrete floors with a mylar blanket just for the opportunity to work in this country. There is no reason these folks can't go to a shelter.
If you're American, you must fend for yourself. If you're illegal the state will provide, warm busses, clothing, food etc. You're not illegal, you get nothing.
Yep. I'm a trucker and I see the busses stop at truck stops and fifty well dressed Mexicans with new clothes, new shoes, invade the truck stop and they are in there buying food or whatever so we must be giving them cash too. This situation is going to end up bankrupting the ssi system. I could almost bet that's where all this funding is coming from.
There are plenty of social programs available. Public housing, section 8, welfare, food stamps, SSI, etc.. The rub is going to rehab and getting off drugs. I understand addiction is extremely difficult, but there lifestyle is punishing the rest of the community that is productive and didn’t dapple in drugs in the first place. Also mental health is a big factor.
My sympathy has all but evaporated for people who "CHOSE" to live like this instead of trying. Just trying to clean yourself up enough to accept help, treatment and a place to live. Deal with your sh!t like everyone else has to.
There are not enough affordable places for the poor to live. Nor is there enough funding for the social services needed for all the poor to get their live together. This f we want to end homelessness, we need to make a big investment in housing, social workers, and services for the poor.
@gracieofgod8899 do you live under a motor home? Here in Washington State, King County. We've spent millions upon millions on purchasing hotels and using them as shelters for homeless housing, millions on services and social workers. Know what the end result was? They didn't want it because they would have to stop doing drugs and enter treatment if they took it. Then you got those with arrest warrants, alimony, child support and owe people money. They don't want to be helped, they just want to stay off the radar. So if you're homeless, you're choosing it. I got one of those hotels down the road that sits mostly empty. So I call BS.
@@Dawn-zo2ny SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE. The very few homeless that want help I'm all for them and wish them well !!!! The others that don't want help well that's on them. Trust me I was homeless many years ago and No I didn't get to sleep where I wanted,throw trash around etc. When the police would come to my very small encampment I had to leave right then and there !!! No 30 days notice,no Social Worker's and you know what it worked. The police made being homeless Not fun, and not too much sympathy from them either. Tough actions are needed today not tomorrow !!!
Come over to Wilmington, DE and get these people out of the small pieces of tree lined woods here. Just taking abandoned vehicles and saying "they're mine" doesn't mean crap unless you got a license and insurance on them all. Otherwise it's abondoned vehicles that don't run or move on their own power. And a serious fire hazard. Plus the rats, mice, lice, feces and urine.
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Dude owns more vehicles than I do. If this report is designed to make me feel sorry for them it ain't working.
After cleaning up and homeless return, the Governor needs to get some balls, enforce the law, and listen to voters. ,Politicians work for the public and the public is sick and tired of tent cities, needles, trash, feces, urine, drugs, in the streets and being washed down storm drains to our rivers. Homeless need to get jobs and contribute their fair share to taxes, Medicare, etc.
You would think they would get together and clean up the garbage. I have never seen a homeless encampment that wasn’t piled high with garbage. When I think about homeless I see garbage.
This is good 🎉 not everyone is homeless because they are a shitty person but a good majority is and it’s time stop letting people turn roadsides into trash dumbs and drug markets. Mad respect to the guy who said “I don’t need help I’ve never asked for help, I can live with this”
The guy is basically saying he's refusing help and will continue to live on the streets. He will continue to live in squander until he is forced to get off the streets (like most other homeless). He's mental and needs help, not "mad respect". The guy that wasn't able to get help (even though he wanted it) deserves respect.
Its called progress. We need infinitely more of these clean ups. This news clip is borderline sympathizing as if they have a right to clutter the streets
The ones that had shelters were living rent free. surely there is a location in ALL of Oregon that could be used for Rent free living just not in neighborhoods where others pay rent. Point being public property is not actually public, the people pay rent in the form of taxes. If the homeless/jobless want to live rent free then put them in the Forrest. I was homeless in Oregon once, as a vet, and the only requirement for a job was to have residence, clean urine test, and I.D. . So give them an address on public lands, and let them work.
People who use our public lands don't want them ruining our state forrests either. As a matter of fact I would rather have them squatting in a neighborhood, preferably the wealthiest one in town.
A remote section that is not on the beaten path. Eventually those that live there will figure out how to make it work. Why poke at the wealthy, just poke at those that squandered all the money that was suppose to assist them properly. Every human has a purpose, taking from those that do the work and make money should make the decisions on what to do with those that do the opposite. Not bureaucrats that squander the funds and stop the progress for success. @@Steve-ev6vx
They had some living in the forest. They ended up starting a forest fire. These people are fire bugs, Seattle had one camp that started a few large fires by the freeway before they forced them out. The homeless moved right back in before the ground went cold each time.
After all the rules of normal forest living have been broken, then they will be right back at the doorsteps of the taxpayers who rent. How does the cycle end? @@Fragmented1436
Let the public see how much money state of Oregon has spent on our homeless situation and audit how much of that money has actually gone to that cause vs how much money was uselessly pocketed by state actors......
Blair- You should check in with RV camp run by Salvation Army and see if they still have empty spaces. Seems like a no brainer for them to referred there if they are spots.
True. The news stations keep reporting that there is no where to go, but are really checking? All these homeless people talking about there are no alternatives. The news needs to verify it. Is there no where to go or are people just not wanting to take a shelter bed/ camp spot.@@DerBingle1
The two go hand in hand. Often the mental health issues can’t be treated properly until a person has a stable, safe place to live. Providing housing and a social worker to each unhoused person is the best way to keep the camps from shifting during sweeps.
They were warned well in advance to clean up or move on, they did neither. The look of surprise on their face when the City actually backed up what they told them would happen if they didn't comply! Have some PRIDE people!
When I grew up as a kid in the 70s I used to look at the Guinness book world records to see who the richest people in the world were. At that time there was a handful of billionaires. Today we have thousands of billionaires and more homeless than ever I think the problem is intense greed by the ultra-wealthy yes there's some lazy people out there some mentally ill people out there and there's people who have problems who would be homeless regardless but in my opinion it's the ultra-rich and caused this just like they did 150 years ago before we had broken up people who owned everything.
Omg it's a trailer park on the side of a road!! I've been homeless, but I stayed out of sight from the haters, you can't do this and expect the city to bring you cake and milk
That guy accumulated all the cars and vans and RVs but did nothing to fix them sell themto get his self off the street. Got no hustle priorities whatsoever. Just enjoy the losing. They are only volunteers.
