@@johnnyc.3261 : I came back to Denver. Denver is dull for me in old age, but it's sunny. And I'm selling this house like I did the Portland place and I'm just about to take off in my RV for a recon trip to find a more rural place. I'm retired, I just want some quiet and nature. I went to Portland in '09 thinking I was going to be with my people (Liberals). Didn't take long to realize "my people" hated me. Portland is one giant cult. Portland made me a conservative.
Just visited Portland for the first time...I was shocked with how many homeless camps there were. Ive been all over the country, and havent seen such a big volume of homeless people. As an outsider of the city it shows me theres a problem with the people on the top not managing rent/ housing/ shelters and god knows what else.
@@Aethelbeorn I grew up in Salem and now reside in Pennsylvania, Watching all the Craziness in Salem and Portland makes me sad...When I go home I find myself spending more time in Bend....always home sick for those mountains...Grew up riding motorcycles, cyçling and snowmobiling in the Cascade MTN's...Good stuff..
Something needs to be done about the rents continuing to climb up, increased $300 since the fires. Property management companies are raking in too much money. It's obscene!
Something like 30,000 people lost their homes to the fires and had to flood the rental market leading to less supply and more demand. Its the same with gold there's more demand than supply so the cost goes up.
On the ballot is an Antifa supporter, and an Antifa member. Does it matter? Too bad the people have no real choice to fix Portland's problems. I will not be going to The Grotto, The Nutcracker Ballet, Peacock Lane, PIR lights, Pittock Mansion, or any other Christmas activities there this year. Sorry, Portland is not into Christmas this year. Christmas and riots don't mix. Thinking to see what Bend or Sunriver, or Inn of the Seventh Mountain have to offer instead.
@@kodykindhart8230 Feedback.. Had a great time. Had Christmas in Central Oregon and enjoyed the country and the snow. Enjoyed the lights and decorations instead of graffiti, boarded up windows and the trash.
Put the homeless to work building and maintaining their own shelters under the supervision of an Urban Conservation Camp. Mandatory fitness classes. Mandatory mental health classes. If they refuse to participate .. no government assistance or welfare.
No excuse for allowing all those tents to be put up. They need to be rousted out and all that garbage removed. Those freeloaders have no interest in having to get a job and support themselves.
I live in the Gorge (Hood River Valley) and I would love to take my wife and kids to downtown Portland but there is no way I would risk it unless and until serious changes are made. Im very sympathetic to those homeless folks who truly have no way out of their current predicament, but visiting there is just too risky at present.
I lived in PDX for a number of years, and I remember my studio apartment on NW Thurston was $240 / month back in 1979, so I feel I can speak to this issue. Tolerance and enabling does not equate to compassion. In 1977, I found myself in the woods of bear creek, near Medford, wet, cold, dirty, hungry, and miserable. Back then there was no way you could set up a "homeless camp" and get away with it! There were plenty of "ho-bo's" drinking and whooping it up, staying dry under bridges, but guys like me who were just trying to survive and stay healthy and high, didn't have many options. Because it was so rough, I said screw this, and went down to SOS packing house and got a job, and a cheap apartment. If I was able to get away with "urban camping", I would have avoided the responsibility and kept on living the "free and easy high life". Human nature is to take the path of least resistance. Portland needs to show some "tough love", and stop killing the "traveler" with kindness! When mental illness conflicts with survival, 9 times out of 10, survival and sanity wins. Bottom line, either a person has a legitimate residence (even if that is a shelter bed), or they are "just passing through". In the words of Marshall Dillon, to the drifter "I think it's time you got outta Dodge." That is what true compassion looks like, for everyone concerned, town folk included.
I get ready to swap, you will give me your citizenship of usa. I will give my house + citizenship in Russia) But no one homeless wouldn't live in Russsia. USA so free for homeless, I know immigrant without any document can make more then 10k$ per month. Why homelesses can't? I think they are so lazy. Almost all of them, exсept mindproblem ppl
I moved to Oregon to be near family that has settled here and our mother was born and raised in Hood River, God bless her soul, so I had a good reason to come hear. It is unfortunate that the state and in particular the city of Portland, are run by hypocritical do nothing politicians who pander to the wrong people. Mayor Wheeler never takes responsibility for anything until after he has let his inaction cause kaos. Then he plays the victim and makes a myriad of excuses and passes the buck. So does Gov. Brown. I don't know much about Wheeler's opponent, I hope and pray for the best, yet fear the worst.
I was a visitor driving through the city and seeing tent camps and graffiti it looked very third worldish. I kept driving. I guess it is an Antifa paradise.
You just figured this out? Try riding the MAX trains or buses. All you see is encampments. Its worse in the SE parks and off 205. Do some investigative reporting for once. Ted Wheeler has to goooo
Using a lot of words and saying nothing, that is what politicians do. Al these people are doing is looking and being mayor as a step on the ladder of their political careers. As for the homeless they are out in surrounding communities now.
I was driving East on Woodstock and hit 52nd going north and I saw a dude riding a bike and carrying a bike. I’d drive ahead and pull to a side street and let him get ahead again...I knew right where that bastard was headed..the same bike chop shop they showed here. When I think of how many people were either stranded or heartbroken over their bikes being stolen..scenes from Casino come to mind.
It’s obvious there’s a housing crisis, someone is raking in the inflated rent dollars. Too expensive rent combined with shit jobs that don’t pay enough to live. Add in a few hard knocks and this is what you have.
It’s not a housing crisis when people don’t want to work but to sit around all day and get high off hand outs. The Amount of employed homeless people is almost less than a percent who can’t afford housing. The other 99% have some sort of mental illness or drug addiction or don’t want to work.
Get up , get out, and get something! We can't spend all our time tryin to get high. Do I thing a day. . . . And before you know it you will work yourself into all that resources you need.
Looks like the more free food, healthcare, and housing you provide for them, the more homeless are on the street. When they started building subsidized housing to get them off the street, we had about 1500, now, after 1300 units built, were up to 2000 on the street. Maybe some of this is a lifestyle choice?
OMG! I lived there I left in 2012 I remember homeless and some aggressive panhandlers but holy crap this is astonishing! All those tents! I live in Australia now I think I’ve seen 4 homeless wanderers in almost 10 years and they were the same 4 people every time I saw them😳
What's concerning is the fact that there are way more than just 2 Thousands homeless individuals currently living on the street right now. What's even more disturbing, is that there was no real awareness of the homeless issue extending beyond Downtown? I HIGHLY suggest they start their journey from the Epic center of Downtown and head East! Keep going past 82nd, keep going past 102nd, keep going past 122nd, keep going past 142nd, 162nd, 181st and I think you will have a clear idea of where the Homeless came from, that are currently camped out in Downtown Portland and also clear out here towards TROUTDALE!.... Just an FYI!.... 🙄
Airick, how right you are. All the way out to the sandy river. Just follow the trash. There are good homeless folk out there. This I know. And there are some very very dangerous ones.
Homelessness is fundamentally an income problem. As incomes fall and housing costs rise, homelessness also rises. Capitalism has failed the low and middle income working poor all over this country. We need a new housing dynamic, even if it is tiny houses, converted office buildings or warehouses with mini apartments. The government bureaucracy needs to come out of it’s slothful state and come up with solutions NOW. Put those to work those who are able; build the needed dwellings and guarantee than no American will sleep on the street all across America. Rent can be charged but it should be no more than 25 to 30% of income. I am ashamed of our country when I see the dire state of so many. FDR ultimately put 8.5 million people to work in the 1930’s so people wouldn’t starve and could afford shelter. Can’t we do better today?
It's always like this, liberals destroy a city with their progressive politics and then blame capitalism, Portland is now ruled by Antifa, which the mayor allowed to take over, and they still blame Trump.
Uncle Chuckles Are there any services for the homeless where you live? Do the police roust them out? Are there jobs? Most homeless become homeless after losing jobs or seeing rents escalate over time and their wages do not go up. Before the Virus, a lot of homeless people worked and lived in shelters or their cars, going to gyms to shower. You are lucky to live where rents or so low and very affordable. Here in So Florida I know people paying $1000 for a studio apartment and they are the lucky ones.
Los Angeles has converted some buildings into apts. Guess what? None for the homeless. None our low rent .intended for people who can afford $2000 and up rent. Cali and Oregon seem like twin states. Local gov stinks
Mary these people don’t wanna work there’s all kinds of jobs in Portland every corner store has a help wanted sign up they don’t wanna work they don’t wanna follow the rules they want to do whatever they wanna do you’re never going to help them they have to help their selves
Salem was very affordable up to about five years ago. Once word got out that rents were reasonable and people began flocking here, landlords couldn't jack up the rates fast or high enough. Disgusting.
We don't have a plan with specific metrics....- Ted wheeler Do you really think someone that speaks like that knows how to fix any of the Cities problems?
@Trish House that 16 acres per person isn't developed, its timber, its mountains, its farms. You act like land is just land but its not. And you are ignoring things like property rights, infrastructure and funding. Besides a lot of these homeless people are homeless because they can't function in society for whatever reason, just throwing housing at them won't fix it. They need to be taught how to be citizens or removed from society. If you feel so fucking bad for these people why don't you let them move into your place? Im sure they will be great house guests.
Have we asked ourselves why the homelessness has increased? Adding resources on top of what we already allocate to help these people seems like a half witted bandaid. It will likely end up not solving the problem, and still leave the question of why people end up on the streets in the first place.
Did I hear that right? There are an estimated 2000 homeless in the county? There are over 55,000 homeless people living on just one street in Los Angeles. Your problems, Portland, are just beginning.
When your government people have a painting of an EMT who's file was marked 'never to be hired again' and was mixed up with drug dealers in the background? You know you're halfway up sh*t creek and they're probably going to sell the paddle. lol the genius at 2:10 whining to the cop about rent being cheaper 30-40 years ago.
They need to clean up and beautify Southeast Portland which is affected the most. Localize them in downtown or move them to West Portland so they don't spread.
Portland taxpayers need to rally and peacefully protest to show Mayor Wheeler and council that we are fed up with the due nothing policy concerning the rioting and homeless situation. As a life long resident in the Portland area I've seen this once beautiful city ruined. Graffiti every where, homeless camps trash every where. This is a major health hazard. I wouldn't be bragging about 170 beds, thats a drop in a bucket. Mayor should publish every days work schedule to show the public what he is doing.
I thought it would be cool to live in Manhattan so I packed my bags, loaded up my car, and then I realized I couldn't afford to live there so I didn't go.
See any low income or starter jobs out there?no? No hope for the little guy? That's because they want you gone! They are not looking for ways to help you , and the proof is showing up camped along a street near you!
This is not just a Portland thing. Go to San Fran and almost every city in the US right now. Homelessness is far more complicated than those who assume leaders can easily solve this with simple policies. Its Portland's expensive housing cost that has created this.
It seems like everyone is more concerned with how it looks than why those people are living in tents. I have been without work and was lucky to "make a comeback." Lucky it didn't happen during a pandemic and mass unemployment. I hear promises about what is "going" to happen to help them, but never see it happen.
Not a housing crisis. I'm no republican but the city has exploded with people living in tents, no bathrooms, nobody picking up the garbage. Stop feeding them. Give the most vulnerable housing even though they are drug addicts. Our city is dying.
Why not section off the land around Columbia Slough set up temporary area for tent sites, limit the amount of items and debris. Then setup portable units to help people get placement and mental assistance. Monitor the area by Security footage portable towers. Then notify the displaced people down town you will need to move to the section area as the city will removing all tents and debris. A lot less expensive then trying to build affordable housing that will never exist. Elect some competent people to get something done.
Mr. Wheeler, there are people who don’t need mental health services, drug abuse services or domestic violence services. Have asked social workers for housing assistance, but is told the waitlist is over 5 years long so they aren’t putting new names on the list, was told this 6 years ago and one year ago. ... the problem is money. Massive rent hikes, not enough housing and an influx of people have left little to no options for them. Stop ignoring the actual problem. .. the services you mentioned are important but not the whole picture, other massive roadblocks prevent a sober, disabled person surviving on like 900 a month, from even being accepted into an apartment.
This is just one idea...lower rents in low income housing. Government controls what rents are in low income housing and during the pandemic they have done nothing but add the no evict which does nothing to actually help, it is still owed eventually. I am in low income housing, and my rent is over $900. a month. It is not right. We are in a pandemic and not even our local government has the sense to lower our rents to avoid homelessness. Portland is in full blown crisis. STOP MOVING HERE. That’s the primary reason our rents got crazy.
No matter how much money you throw at the problem, beds/food/mental health etc etc HOW do you get people to take advantage of this stuff when they don’t want it? Of course some do but not NEARLY enough. And then what?
If I was homeless in Portland, I’d move to a place that had a job for me and do whatever it took. Don’t tell me it can’t be done because if you can sleep in a tent when it’s 35 degrees you can do anything.
That is the thing 95% of these people don’t want to work they want to get High. I see dudes with all their limbs my age just laying around all day doing nothing and you see places all over looking to hire. Housing is not the issue it’s drugs and the mentality
People need apartments not shelters! Shelters are dangerous especially durning a pandemic. Something is clearly wrong in that sanctuary city and the others like them.
How are less places to go and increasing the number of people using one porta poddy safer than just keeping bathrooms open where they can also wash their hands unlike at a porta poddy.
Homelessness is a growing problem. Americans need decent jobs, access to mental and physical healthcare, and stop jacking up property taxes. Otherwise more will end up on the sidewalks. 😵
what happened with all the money and promises to put homeless in hotels and build homeless housing and even buying hotels to get people off the streets?
Pretty much all of eastern portland outside of 39th is forgotten by local politicians, NE and SE. All you ever hear about is revivals in north and St. john's but its really just the old guard being pushed further and further east by rising home prices and taxes.
Thoughts and Suggestions: (INVESTMENT IN THE HOMELESS) Rehab.Centers + Jobs + Homes = State, City, County, and Federal Revenue long-term and all person's volunteer cleanup team for downtown Portland and the surrounding areas of Oregon. Oregon needs a facelift :).......just sayin
pay to move them all to North Dakota, rent is about 1/2 as here. Hey, why not! If its really a housing price problem. But, I dont think thats the issue.
And Dido! I did not come out here with any drug habits. Just dealing to live is like a must have to cope out here. Just if even knew the things these loved ones out here go thru.
