Should people be criminalized for being homeless? 

WE ALL are one DISASTER away from being HOMELESS..

Criminalized homeless but can't even Criminalizing the damn Criminals. 🤣🤣🤣 America is hilarious.

They are homeless, have mercy.

Who should be criminalized are the people hoarding properties & apartments to bump up the cost of housing & commercial use.

No... homeless people are not to be criminalized..

600bil for others and your gonna go to jail for being an American.

Penalize the homeless? Who ever thought this up needs to live with the homeless for a month.

Criminalizing homelessness is good for the prison industry.😊

Why is this even a question or even a problem???

Can they say they are migrants and get a hotel room?

What if there is a hurricane like or any other federal disaster and people become homeless then should they be criminalized? I heard of a rich neighborhood in california that caught fire from a forest fire and burned to the ground. Then a lot of them had RV or campers or trailers sent to that location from Texas if im not mistaken? So once you go from being on top then being on the bottom then you can relate and are more. Also do you remember hurricane katrina? After they were evacuated some of them stayed in Katrina trailers and other places for a while do you remember that? It was all over the news.

Homeless people are not criminals. Where’s the empathy?

So homeless people are being penalized for being homeless woow 👁️👁️

The money to help the illegal immigrants we could have helped the homeless americans that wanted to help themselves. What a backward world we live in.

Being born in the US means you are LEGALLY REQUIRED to register yourself (SSN), pay taxes, attend schooling, register for the draft, and not allowed to leave the US without asking for permission and paying for a passport. Think about that. You are NOT allowed to leave the US without permission. So if we are legally FORCED to remain in the US and legally FORCED to live under a roof with a registered address (ie a roof/building that is being taxed), then the US should be LEGALLY FORCED to provide housing to those unable to afford housing. We don't get to choose what nation we are born into and aren't given the option of leaving without that nation's permission, then we are defacto prisoners of that nation - prisoners required to pay for their prison.

Such a disingenuous question.

People are home less for a lot of reasons,being homeless should not be a crime,,but if they commit a crime they should still be held accountable As for sleeping outside,i used to travel alot, slept in car,side of road when on motorcycle,where i work, alot people go to their car and take a nap during lunch,,i sleep in the car alot while waiting for my wife at doctor's office,

In early 1900 they were put in Asylums.

Sleeping on other peoples property, even occupying public property, leaving trash, poop, blocking sidewalks, doing drugs, is criminal.

This is exactly why a rich man will never be accepted back into heaven!😡 its absolutely not illegal to carry a whip

The answer to this question is yes, just like driving while black, bbqing while poor. You get the picture.

If they can't afford rent how they're Is going to Pay tickets

My friend makes around 8k per month and is homeless due to poor credit. There are no housing options once u mess up ur credit. He is sleeping in a hotel but it is devastating to think that he can be JAILED if he ever slept outside when he has the cash to afford rent but no rent options are available to him!!! This is insanity all around. Credit outweighs cash in hand. I see hotels filled with families these days. These ppl have slept on the streets before!

The government does not force companies to hire long term unemployed (people that have not had a job for two years or more). So until that law is passed, making homelessness a crime would be immoral. The laws reflect the US is a place for business and not very good for families.

the war on the homeless

I'm going to talk about homeless people let me put on my fanciest hat.

I live in a blue sanctuary city and not only are we fighting to keep plastic syringes off or our sidewalks but we're also experiencing fecal contamination issues from our tent communities that is causing an environmental impact on our water quality. It's so bad even our undocumented newcomers are absolutely terrified at what they're witnessing.

This is a baiting question. A few generations ago homelessness was not the epidemic it is today. It is criminal to do drugs, litter, bring down the businesses and property of hard working people of America. A lot of the homeless chose to nor be in a shelter. A lot of the homeless claim to be unable to work. A lot of the homeless choose drugs over sobriety. I would not want this for the future generations of Americans. People before social services was available did not live like this by choice. Americans have made it easy to be homeless. The hard working middle-class will be screwed to foot the bills to feed an temporary house and enable the addicts and unemployables. Yes, the criminal behavior that contributes to homelessness and lawlessness need to be prosecuted.

Criminalizing people for being homeless... it is as though they think people would rather be living on the street, where they are exposed to weather, uncomfortable sleeping arrangements, lack of privacy, personal belongings, and the the threat of being assaulted... rather than sleeping in a comfortable setting where all these negative factors are absent.

Neenah, WI. did the same thing. No help at all and willing to fine people that cannot afford a place to live. What a croc!

Stop sending $95 billion in aid overseas and take care of the problems at home. Build housing.

Why is Isiah dressing up like Inspector Gadget?? 😂😂😂

This woman looks like she has never interacted with a homeless person.

I have a suggestion, protests outside the mayor and governor's office. When the police arrive, tell them you are seeking asylum in your best foreign accent.

It's just like being treated like a criminal for getting married, so why not??

There is no love in america

If proven that they’re doing illegal drugs or alcohol, not actively looking for a job, yes, they should be criminalized.

You can leave the US without permission. You just aren't supposed to enter another country without that country's permission. What country will let you enter without either an ID or a passport?

What are we going to do is build more jails and not low income housing???????

They are homeless because of high price rent or some crazy new policy of city buying out the owners.... making renters nothing but victims, when they should make better programs of free rent vouchers. However, making affordable mini houses is more of a answer, for the homeless with on-site health care givers and case workers. That can assist them getting back on their feet finding jobs some can be assigned rebuilding abandoned buildings, old townhome area restructure them self support systems ( solar-powered energy efficiency combine with wind mills, water collected from rain plus water energy(future)made huge drums containers made that connects supplies entry area also security video cameras setup.

They already are disproportionately targeted and always have been. There’s nothing new here to see.

Yeah right,.....punish them for not taking up resident in someone else home and protect them while the law is against the actual home owner😳👀🤨 Know we are Definitely in the end time!! Jesus has to come back!! People just can't govern this world.... can't make that make sense!!! How stupid can you get!!!😳

My room mate wanted live outside on the streets. His only problem was his drinking and couldn't hold a job. He was a vet so help was avilable to him.

Yes.

humans lived outside and slept on the ground for millions of yrs so to make it a crime is looney crazy and even making the lawmakers a criminal in a system that does not have decent temp housing while job trained n placed n give lots good fast job training and life basics free in schools and churches one night a week and job placement help and decent min wage that gos u with the cost of living

Hell in Florida they have made it illegal for the homeless to camp in the woods. They dedicate the woods as state forests and say no camping

Before 1970s, homelessness was called vagrancy. Plenty of vagrancy laws and cops running the vagrant out of town. Did this to many ofbthebreturning veterans who couldn't integrate back into job working, home owning society.

No

Who is standing up for the tax paying working class who pay for these sidewalks and parks but can’t use them.

My opinion is that the various mayor's can arrange with the homeless and negotiate with them so that can they occupy the abandoned houses so that they will work and pay for the rent in a moderate fee.And the states should know that is not every homeless person is a criminal. Me for instances it pains me much whenever i watch such situations.

There are many places to go. But the shelters require you to be drug free and many so called homeless are drug users. I listened to a lady talk about how she had found a place to stay but they required she attend a Bible study one day a week and she didn’t want to. None of her atheist friends were helping her, but she thought Christians were supposed to help without asking anything in return. Can you say “entitlement” or “narcissist”? If you need help, the department of health and human services can assist. Get off the streets, get off drugs, and become what you’re meant to be.

It they won’t fight human smuggling 😂😂😂

Calling this "criminalizing the homeless" is a lie. Cities and towns have the absolute duty to keep their public places clean. When did it become anyone's constitutional right in this country to throw down a tent across the sidewalk, invite all your friends to set up camp next to you, spread out piles of trash and needles and excrement up and down the block, then dare any passer-by to get too close or you'll shiv them? I live in the Bay Area, and this is the nightmare that we have been dealing with for many years now. Judge Sotomayor is either incredibly sheltered or just play-acting. I used to consider myself a liberal, but after being told time and again by some young dude blocking my doorway, snorting something through a dirty straw or busy shooting something into their exposed buttocks that I'll just have to step over them "because you don't have the right to move me"...well, I don't subscribe to that label anymore. I mean...there is a block-long, city-funded shelter and drug treatment facility literally RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from me. When I mention this I'm met with silence or a smirk. I've had it! Enough already!

No, as long as they aren't on public streets or parks.

God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for multiple reasons, one was how badly the citizens treated their misfortune and poor.

The story of Johnny Appleseed could become a noir.

interesting hat there!

Typical fake news. They are not being criminalized for being homeless; they are being criminalized for camping on the streets.

no, however, they HAVE money for drugs..................................................................

why don't we ask: does being homeless mean being above the law and order?

lmao real subtle

Nobody wants that’s homeless should be treated as a criminal for being homeless they already down on their luck and or have drug and or mental problem that’s saying if you get homeless be in a field your going to jail like what year is this it’s like why jail them or ticket them it’s peddy and uncaring to try to help those homeless that want help

This all started with Trump screaming homeless people belong in institutions by the way!

Homeless people should NOT effect a person's SAFTEY, LIVILHOOD, and or QUALITY of Life. IF you want to be HOMELESS be HOMELESS outside of City Limits where BUSINESS is Conducted and People Need to be SAFE and UNABATED to conduct such business or POTENTIAL business... HOMELESS people KILL alot of BUSINESS prospects...

Thank you Ronald Regan

Its been too much for too long. These people need WHOLE LIFESTYLE CHANGES not to be given housing. I know homeless people who were LITERALLY given housing and what do you think happened? Nothing good. Time and money wasted. Pathetic

Yes.