From Los Angeles to New York, homelessness is reaching crisis levels in major cities around the country. But in Chicago, the city’s aggressive and comprehensive response to the problem during the pandemic prevented a surge in numbers.
Really, Biden gives 65 billion to Ukraine instead of using that money to house the homeless. Our politicians are corrupt and do nothing to solve this homeless problem.
The cost of living is two high. They want you to make three times the rent amount just to get in. These jobs aren’t paying enough to accommodate that… sad!!!
Chicago has some of the highest sales tax, property tax and gas taxes in the country with another 5% in income tax and you think its wages. Maybe elect politicians who don't steal your money.
Shit what u talking about target in the chi paying 25 an hour thats over 50k a year, shit with no education or training u shouldnt even get 50k consider yourself lucky
No one should be homeless in America. Police ran up on me when I was homeless and I asked to go to the hospital. I was in there for months untill I figure things out.
It sounds like you can’t take responsibility for yourself, so you let other grown men care for you. Do you ever feel ashamed or embarrassed when you’re the most broke, saddest excuse for a man in a room? When all the other men have full time jobs, wives, and children-do you ever wonder where you went wrong? Or do you just play another rap song in your public housing unit? Very curious!
I live near Tent City. The reason nobody goes there is fear/anxiety. To my knowledge, there hasn't been any violent incidents, but it's a wealthy neighborhood and nobody wants to risk it. The fact 25% of these homeless are working and still can't get a home, is the problem. My great-grandma grew up in Chicago during the depression and told me about the hoovervilles/tentcities and I don't want to regress to that time.
I call B.S. If these individuals are in fact working (full-time) and are still unable to afford a place, then I have a feeling we're not getting the full story. Because I live in Chicago and I make _minimum wage_ -- and I can afford my rent just fine. And I don't even have any roommates. Chicago is not Manhattan or San Francisco. Rents here are actually affordable.
@Sean which part of the city do you live in? Do you have roommates? After taxes, I don't make a lot when rent and budgeting are factored in and I'm in an entry-level position that pays much better than minimum wage.
@@sean2015 a roach and rat infested slum lord studio or 1bedroom between 550 and 750 where half the appliances don't work correctly isn't " living". You're either lying, not telling everything, or you have very low standards for " living" because you definitely can't afford DECENT housing here by yourself with minimum wage pay " just fine" unless you're going to practically sleep in whatever McDonald's or wearhouse you work for.
@@sean2015 and just remember there are homeless out there who suffer from mental illness, have some type of illness or handicap,they might be displaced and not be able to get back to where they are from.
Hmm I wonder if red light camera tickets, speed camera tickets, 10.25% sales tax, gas tax, city stickers, registration fees, plastic bottle tax, street sweepers tickets, amusement tax, and every other tax or fee the city can come up with has anything to do with it.
I'm currently homeless been for like a half a year and looks like I will for another half a year due to my sister in law crashing my vehicle. She had hers reprocessed and need to get to work. Knowing I was homeless and all my belongings in my car she crashed it said the breaks went out (which I just had it inspected, new tires, new engine, fresh oil change). Now she and my brother won't let me stay with them just threw me out on the street literally right after they crashed it. I say up watch out for your own family because they are the one's that make up 90% homelessness. Family will do you more dirty than anyone else would even knowing your the more nicest loving person in the family. Homelessness will make you stronger if you don't let the your mind feelings take over, don't think about just grind. Affordable housing would be nice, or more rest stops or more make places like hotel pods/cubes like in japan where you pay 11$ for a 3-4hr stay, then just add a laundry mat too it and add like public pool showers too the pod stays as well 💡 Thank me later Chicago ❤️🙏🏻
@@RahYisrael99 My brother called me on Sunday asking me too come up so I could do his family a favor a watch their kids on Monday that Monday morning I didn't notice my keys were gone or car because my car was all the way in a visitor parking spot in there apartment complex. I got a phone call from my brother saying he had too leave work because his girlfriend drove my car too work and crashed before she could get too work. I didn't know until later why she took my car without my consent it was because her 2021 kia telluride was reprocessed the Friday prior too the crash.
@@GahnaroTv well she stole your car. You need to have your insurance company sue her, for the car and items inside. I hope that you have insurance? You can also take her to small claims court. Contact one of the TV shows, I am sure they will take your case. PS the show pays for your losses, but only up to $5,000.
That won't happen because some landlords would say a cap on rent would prevent them from paying the mortgages on those buildings. The only thing that lowers the price of rent is people refusing to rent the apartments at their current prices.
@@ironaddicted or a cap on government rewarding people who make one bad life decision after another at the expense of people who do things the right way.
>>>> HELP THEM !!!! - - Y E S !!! - - - Build them tiny homes ! - - Real nice tiny homes !! - - restore their pride and self worth !!! - -- Tax those filthy rich and you can build a HUGE tiny home community !!! - -- \ - It will be modern and clean....and offer jobs to these people... - maintaining the property and land in area etc. - ---- We have to start somewhere !!! - ----
In theory, that’s perfect and I agree! However, the reality is, a much larger problem. Example, many of these people are homeless because they’re mentally unstable. Many can’t take care of themselves, let alone a tiny house. Many are drug addicts. Being homeless is just one way to combat structure. That’s why many don’t want to be in shelters. They refuse to follow the rules of the shelters. Not to mention, many of these shelters are being ran by shot callers (mini gangs) within the shelter and they get extorted.
Local news station across this country are releasing these similar types of docu series on homelessness such as Seattle is Dying. Same vibe across them all. No solutions yet.
A man in Las Vegas had what seems to be a workable solution but the city undermined it. He bought land and put tiny homes on the land. The city said the area was zoned for single family homes of at least 1200 square feet. The tiny homes didn't qualify and were removed.
given the figures of $240 million for 56,000 that is just $45,000 per person, my little city once had public transportation until after an audit showed we were paying $330 per rider per ride. Closed the public transportation then instituted a free ride program at an anual cost of less than $200,000
F of Parts A-F The homeless-shelters are powered and heated with butane and solar-panels, depending on how well the infrastructure held up, which are integrated into the construction of the *temporary* _homeless-shelters._ Which are a dry, clean, safe place to sleep, and store their stuff. People from the city drive out to the *Homeless-Shelter-Villages* [HSV] to pick up food bank food; because that is where the food banks and free-ice machines are located.
Excuse me But what happened to the Fed voucher and Section 8 programs? Are those set aside for Illegals only? What about people who have section 8 voucher numbers that Housing refused c to look up. Something us Desperatly WRONG!!!!!!
you have 3 groups of people that are homeless, 1, people that are just simple down on luck many of these are willing to live in a shelter of temp housing. 2, people that have mental issues due to an accident or drug abuse, most of these people will not stay in any government shelter as of the rules. 3. People with current alcohol and drug abuse. again most of these will not stay in any facility until they get clean up. as they don't want to follow rules. I say help those that want it and provide a zone for the rest to set up their tents that don't want to follow the rules. I have met many homeless that want to be homeless and don't want the responsibility. I have talked to them on the street to try to understand their situation and the number one thing I found was many did not want to follow rules, don't want responsibility of any kind, and did not want to work, they just wanted to exist. For those people, the cities need to find an undeveloped lot on the edge of town and set up a clinic, sanitation stations, and a few offices/security personnel to monitor and let them move there. give them a 10x10 or 15x15 square with a number (address). we see this with migration camps all the time, yes not the best idea but it's fast and easy to set up. and allow them to come and go as they please. this is the main reason these people don't stay in shelters. rules
Some politicians are responsible for this and they benefit from it too, remember Nancy pelosi is worth over 100 million strangely from government job🤔🤔🤔
I an so sick of the toxic American culture perpetuating this. Thank you to the hardworking politicians that put these policies into place, and also HELPED me during the most difficult times in my life.
4 thousand on the street ??? Why not use all of the abandoned buildings, or warehouses throughout the city ??? Have a feeding truck come 3 times a day. That way it is an All-Stop-Spot, where you can send your social workers and counselors, businesses/employers that want to help them. Wait, didn't they house all of the homeless in hotels all over the city, during the lockdowns ???
Most Homeless people are Lazy looking for a Handout.... And most of them are Older/Senior Citizens... It Ridiculous Old People haven't Learn to Manage their Life and Finances.
@@taylorlopez643, most homeless are NOT old. Most start in their 20's, and they just stick with it, because they have either found a way to get paid for doing nothing, having no bills, etc......or are drug addicted. They are lazy though. However, that is most humans. Our bodies are "built" that way. They acclimate to not having to use as much energy as previously.
I used to be A drug user, and Haymarket took us lower Wacker, and said if we keep doing Drugs, we could have it hard, ((((NOT THAT EVERYONE IS ON DRUGS)))) THATS HOMELESSNESS, EVERYONE THATS HOMELESS IS NOT ON DRUGS,
D With subsidized for the homeless electric-cargo-bikes at all bus stops from companies like: _Wheels, Lime, Link, and Veo_ in the city and at the homeless encampment; so the working homeless can get to work. *Which are large 1,000 people disaster relief centers.* With trucked in water. Shared laundry, toilet, cooking, and shower-facilities. With restaurants, post office, and stores; just like a large campground. PAR E of Parts A-F In the on-site factories the homeless population's workforce is used to make more homeless shelters from plastic-waste taken from the oceans and government subsidized Styrofoam; and electric car conversion kits which cost only $3,600 because _The Defense Production Act_ was invoked. _Which does not include the cost of batteries and installation._ PAR
I advice if you see someone homeless during the cold. Call the ambulance and ask for them to get people off the streets before they die. They can stay in a hospital or a mental hospital or sent to a senior citizen place chicago can transfer people to the burbs hospital too.
Ambulances Are for emergency Services just because they’re in the cold does it mean they need medical attention. The majority of people know where though hospitals and shelters are. that it’s a waste of the fire departments resources to send them to a random person you just saw in the cold if you care that much pull over and talk to them yourselves and see what they need don’t just call the Fire Department
60,000 homeless 120,000 empty hotel rooms, rooms in houses in city foreclosures, shelters, Detroit, etc. Something is not making sense, but I think I know what it is: "Here's $10 in financing." City admins and their buddies: "Great! We'll need $9.99 of that to 'work' on a plan." What the USA needs is a financial audit of all funding programs. Or, better: a Universal Basic Income of $1,000 per 18+ year old per month. End most other programs.
With all due respect, I would offer the suggestion of placing a formal governmental cap on rental costs throughout the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois and start the practice off in the city of Chicago, IL first, and then branch the practice outwardly overtime in a customized manner as time passes and only within certain areas of the city yet on all four sides of the city where it is needed the most as to avoid areas where it is not necessary so as to not step on the toes of those neighborhoods that are healthy and strong and vibrant and for the most part are seemingly independent and self sufficient of them selves and so as to ensure the caps useful and not being shoved upon those whom feel that it is not necessary for there particular neighborhoods,. The rental caps should be block by block and not community by community, so as to ensure that it's more useful and not at all bulliesh, and old large apartment building's should be tuned into permanent transient/treatment shelters and rehabbed cheaply in reference to labor by way of physically able body homeless potentials looking to reside,. Utilizing city tax shelters and discounted but sound professional skilled rehabbers to do the complete work of all the potential shelter sites,. Surely the civilized amongst us all can see that this is an hellish site and it needs and should be addressed in an most expedient manner and not just swept under the rug sort of speaking, less it becomes worse and worse,. Like some of the other cities in our great country,. Let's remember whom we are THE great city of Chicago, (THE CITY OF BIG SHOULDERS. THE TRULY EXEMPLARY CITY ). LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER AND HEAL THIS UGLY WOUND IN A MOST COMPASSIONATE MANNER. I LOVE CHICAGO 😁❤️
Rent caps do not help cities, sure they protect people who are already renting but for people who arnt already renting many of these businesses men would not install any furniture in there apartments and could even add extra fees which makes the renting problem even worse
Chicago is horrible on homelessness and housing. Its not a priority there. This story normally comes up once or twice a year. It's a year round discussion in the West coast.
I agree with the government buying housing. It is the only solution. You have to keep very close tabs on these individuals with rules, medications and follow up mandatory.
*Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.* Deny instincts to be cruel. *Think before you speak and choose to be kind.* _Choose to be charitable._ *Know that there is a Holy Trinity. So be brave. Have faith. Be humble.* Find the courage to grasp a *real-man's* first obligation; *to protect his family and our Mother the Earth. From being injured and killed* _due to the bottomless greed of Satan's minions._ Amen.
I am a Chicago Native. But I live downstate. I have seen all the smaller cities are embracing similar laws and are on the same trajectory as Chicago. Peoria, Champaign/Urbana, Bloomington/Normal, Kankakee, ...etc. The problem is growing Statewide and yet I hear no one wanting to address the real Issue of increasing taxes. Property Taxes, Sales taxes,, Gas Taxes, Hotel rental taxes...etc. Government Deregulation from the Federal, State, County and City levels is the answer. As long as you have to depend on a Government program to live you will never be able to afford to live on your own as a free citizen. Study the migration patterns of Working People migrating in and out of certain States and it all comes down to affordable living and sensible laws.
I ve been homeless. I learned alot successfully people have been homelessness. Jim Carrey, Halle Berry, LL cool J,etc. Apartment solutions helped more then the Journey s homeless shelter frfr I was working two jobs.
Affordable means people who have a little money to be able to pay something a person that's homeless or in transition has no money so the only housing that they can afford is just plain out free housing which would mean that it would need to incorporate some sort of training program that would allow them to obtain some sort of position that will allow them to pay for affordable housing but the initial housing would just have to be free housing just free and then that in itself would need filters and a lot of oversight to make sure things weren't being stolen or poorly manage and people weren't damaging property
This is so much cleaner than the way it is in downtown LA. Skid row is a mess. Hope these people in Chicago can get somewhere to sleep before the winter months 😔
In Chicago it's even hard to find apartments for rent even if you have a good background it's insane I was homeless with my 4 kids for a good 2 months hopping through motels it's crazy and staying in my truck camping out with them going to my brothers full apartment with 6 of his kids it's hard alot of the apartments for rent is not kids friendly is what I always get it's stupid like wtf is happening
*In Europe* rent increases are limited to 2% above the rate of inflation *ONLY.* _In Mexico it is illegal to raise anyone's rent more than 5% per year!_ In the civilized countries of Canada and Europe guns are outlawed, citizen cannot be made homeless due to an unexpected $500 medical expense, free college educations are provided so predatory student loan debt does not make people homeless, and the global w@rming that is causing the destruction of housing, leading to 40% rent raises; is being addressed.
What about the duty and the responsibility to make sure that it is safe to live in who's going to be accountable for that I do remember when the Chicago Housing Authority overseeing various large structured Building Homes and they were infested with crime and drugs and arguing and shooting and bodies and everything like that so what is it to say that this is not going to be different
*Paragraph 4 of 4.* 89 million Americans is 27% of the *working* population! Or a $50,000 a year stipend for 40 million American families of 4 making less than $15 an hour; *so that they are NOT made permanently homeless.* Am
C The FEMA homeless-communities / encampments are _close enough to the city to work;_ *and far enough away from the town to be out of sight and mind.* Established on land now vacant due to the extreme weather events which is creating the housing shortage. Due to the catastrophic-runaway-anthropogenic-global-warming *[CRAGW] that Republiguns deny exists.* PAR
It's not a job you like but it's definitely real. That's like saying " this movie isn't real because I'm watching it on a VCR" No it's still a real movie regardless of the quality or how it feels.
There no middle class anymore you either rich or poor no more in-between and no one wants to rent unless your credit really great and everyone wants money like if you make 100k a year
The ones in the long term homeless are their because of their choice. With so much help from private and public help. They need more then a roof. they need mental treatment, drug or alcohol or just life skills to hold a job. things that where lost or never had in their current situation.
This approach will only work when available printed money is continuously shoveled out on a regular basis...and once the homeless from other locations hear the good news about chicago, more money/subsidies etc will be demanded...at one point is wont be sustainable/doable...but for now all is well!
P B of Parts A-F The B!den administration has proposed *Christian, compassionate,* homeless solutions *but Republicans* do not want the FEMA homeless encampments within their cities; which *have the highest number of homeless families.* The solution is FEMA coordinated homeless communities a 30 minute bus ride, 24/7, every 20 minutes, from the FEMA established homeless shelters; to the city. *Established on land made vacant due to global-warming extreme weather events; that no one should rebuild on.* P
*This is the cause of the national homelessness epidemic, which can be solved; not drugs.* _Hurricane Katrina_ August 29, 2005: With maximum sustained winds of 175 mph the storm killed a total of 1,833 people and left millions *HOMELESS* in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Catastrophic-runaway-anthropogenic-global-warming [CRAGW] destroys homes, which causes rent increases, which creates more homeless people making only $11 an hour with no healthcare or dental benefits.
Yea this is sad but also please don’t act like there is no hope for these people. A year ago I was homeless sleeping from couch to couch. I finally got out of my depression, got a job, got my own apartment a few months after that. Been living on my own for about 6 months now. It’s truly not an issue of resources bc Chicago has many. It’s an issue of learned helplessness. I have talked to many homeless people. Once you get their story it becomes clear that many of them have accepted their life for what it is. Being sad about it will never change it. You need to move your ass and make a change! I work my ass off everyday of the week to live on my own but rather do that then sleep outside everyday.
*Paragraph 2 of 2.* Going forward the Christian way to meet the need to house those made homeless by no fault of their own. Is to live like Native Americans who would pick up and move their entire village to follow the buffalo; or in the year 2024 to avoid runaway-AGW caused home destroying events. This means either building _Pallet Shelter's_ homeless village shelters and component on trailers. Or because they can be put up and taken down in one hour. Taken down and hauled away on trucks to avoid the floods that will be 3 feet higher than they are today. Amen.
When Monkeypox hits the homeless population, there will be more $$ to throw at the homeless situation. Here's a suggestion: Pair up compatible homeless people that are employed and get them into shared housing. That's a start.
How can anyone call this a comprehensive push to address homelessness without even MENTIONING addiction and mental illness? Why are funds WASTED on fancy finishes on large units? I CAN see buying "beat up" buildings with tiny efficiency units, cleaning them up and making sure they are functional and using them to house folk.
P Unfortunately for millions of Americans in order to survive, those made homeless, *due to failed Republican polices,* will have to lower their standard of living dramatically and live in modest accommodations. Such as _Pallet Shelter's_ *Shelter 64* which sleeps two in a private cabin. Placed in combination with _Pallet Shelter's_ other components: *Community Room,* Bathroom, and Services Office; to form an entire *Homeless Shelter Village* [HSV]. Where the rent paid to FEMA for the 2 person shelter is 10% of net income; and 20% for the four person shelter. Which goes to providing _one free meal a day_ and *childcare* so that the working poor can go to work: in the Community Room. Amen.
