Many years ago, there was a 'poor farm' in rural Linn County about 3 miles south of Albany, Oregon. It was on Oakville Road, which was called Poor Farm Road back then. There was a large main house that housed at least 100 people. It was a working farm with vegetable gardens, chickens, pigs, etc. A shuttle went into Albany about once a day, so that the people could do their business in town. Excess farm products were sold to local residents. It was a self-sustaining farm that also made extra money. The building is still there - overgrown with trees and brush. It's on the west side of Oakville Road about 1 mile north of the intersection of Highway-34 and Oakville Road. Residents worked on the farm as they were able. A couple of hours of farm work every day was completely within the realm of opportunity for most of the people. It's good physical exercise and gives one the feeling of helping out the others on the farm. It's good for the soul. Why this simple solution to the homeless crisis escapes the minds of the politicians is a complete mystery to me.
It's quite simple - they're making a lot of money. Huge homeless budgets they get to spread to their friends who pretend to help people. Homelessness is a multi billion dollar industry. They literally don't want to solve it because the gravy train will stop. They're there to make money, not help people.
If RFK Jr gets elected, this is part of his plan to solve the homelessness/drug issues nationwide. He posted a recent documentary on this on RU-vid. #RFKJr2024
A am a homeless woman with my son but even I get disgusting about the encampment. So many people are very trashy, druggies, and seeing Human waste😑You can become very comfortable being Homeless. Some homeless people are rebellious, lazy, and procrastinate😞 Sometimes I sleep on the street and I pick my junk up before 5:00am😏 nobody knows that I was even there!
@@TreeswithFlowers323 ofc not all homeless are like that. I'm a full time van lifer...Sadly anyone who lives out of any rig is being lumped in by hoRRible lazy, don't fix pRobs Rs!
You would be welcome around me, my dear. I don't dislike homeless people, I was one in my youth, for a short period. What I dislike is filth, trash, excrement, crime, loud obnoxious behavior and entitlement . It does seem that some people can't understand that it is not the person, but the behavior that causes others to turn away. I appreciate your attitude and predict that as life unfolds, you will find your niche and a life beyond the streets for yourself. I'm certainly wishing you luck with that!!!
Setting up a temporary tent and sleeping bag to stay warm and rest for the night, I don’t have a problem with. However, setting up a tent and staying there permanently, turning the area around it into a dump, is wrong.
what's a reasonable amount of hours to be able to park a passenger vehicle in a public parking spot? Isn't this supposed to be a free country? How Isn't it unconstitutional to say you can't sleep in your car while following normal parking rules for any other car?
Portland used to be a tech hub, how can they not have a database for open shelter beds. How are they going to implement the camping ban if they can't even say for certain there are open beds. Homeless keeping saying that no one ever offers them anything. Why are they not keeping track on how many refusals they are getting. All the activist are arguing the need for shelter, but we do not even know if the homeless people are actually accepting it and how long are they staying.
Major problem is that most shelters that do exist are *First come, first served* & Only provide over night beds. Each morning you must leave and must take all of your possessions with you. There are few, if any, extended stay shelters where the person can start to establish some stability and plan for moving off the street.
Homeless claim - nobody offers them anything. Who owes people something? Those who work and pay taxes - are they expecting people to "offere them or give them "something:?
“Where are they supposed to sleep” NOT IN PUBLIC, SHARED SPACES and make it your dumping ground for garbage and needles. Why do they have more right and ownership of public spaces?
I'm homeless and I don't dump my garbage on the ground and don't have any needles. What you're saying is prejudiced, and evil. I think you're a bad person.
Not your call those ARE EVERYONES shared space not “your” shared space. You jealous go set up a tent next to them. This is what happens when you disregard the 14th amendment.
Being homeless is not a crime - the real crime is our failure to produce a social safety net that catches these folks who fall on hard times and ultimately turn to drugs and crime to sustain themselves and their families after society has been allowed to forget them. What happened to caring for our fellow Americans? Or has it turned into "I've got mine - screw everything else"? We need to support others the way we'd want others to support us if we fell into hard times. After all, almost 2/3s of Americans are one missed paycheck away from catastrophe.
You're assuming people fall on hard times AND THEN turn to drugs. Although that may be the case in a few instances I'm fairly certain it's mostly the other way around. Addictions first which inevitable leads to inability to handle the responsibilities of keeping a job and place to stay.
Yes, the I've got mine syndrome and screw you is rampant. I have a new list in my location having seen how cold and cruel some people can be. My list is "DNR"....Do Not Resuscitate. They could drop in front of me and sadly, I would just step over them. Having been in health services for over 50 years, have seen so much. In past few years, I have seen more and more self centered,self absorbed,greedy and dishonest people than ever before.
Tell that to the red states sending them here, they aren't our normal locals, what a load of BS. That's why you se a major increase in the west coast because of the other states sending them here, cry to hose inbred states.
# 1 Go to the processing center . # 2 Let em see just who you are . # 3 Go back to the homeless camp . # 4 Three years later when you get harrassed and woken up tell the cops You're on the list for houseing . # 5 Go back to sleep .
If you can’t provide for the citizens and you take in migrants you have nothing to complain about clean your own yard first.. these people deserve safe spaces and access to food but criminals need to be off the streets
If punishing people for resting, sleeping on public lands is legal, why don't they reason that debtor prisons have a longstanding history in this country and in English Common Law, as they did in the Hobbs case?
Multnomah county and the city should have digital billboards. With a rolling tally like the National debt clock. How much spent. How many served. Kinda like McDonalds. Of course that's a number they will never want you to see.
the cruel and unusual thing is to allow junkies and tweakers to destroy grants pass's once beautiful parks. allowing homeless crazy drug people to walk the streets screaming and smashing windows. Homeless people have ruined grants pass, this used to be a beautiful little town with amazing parks. the parks are all brown grass and tents now- its totally sad. the homeless need to camp outside of city limit. thats all its fair. no more homeless camping inside grants pass city limits anymore- I live here- we need a change-
Tell me Jason, if they’re homeless and broke how do they afford drugs?🤔Do you just parrot back the trash you hear from your sociopath friends? The homeless have about a 26% addiction rate. No more than the general population.
I find the lack of empathy APPALLING; however, you will probably "claim" to be a "Christian". The only "Christian" is the HATE. If you are a true Christian, then you are definitely not following the Sermon on the Mont and the 2 GREATEST COMMANDMENTS! Always remember.. YOU COULD BE HOMELESS ONE DAY!
@@JonathanB138 How is it cruel to not allow a few people who don't want to do right to ruin everything for everyone else? If they want to live outside - many of them do, then do it somewhere else, not in public city places that are meant for everyone to enjoy.
Congratulations Grants Pass.You got something the rest of us in the state only wished we have. Unfortunately my city is eugene. And this is one place that will never change
Im a 57 year old working homeless Gulf War vet. I am not fined because I live in a cargo van that blends in. No rain or snow, no insects, just free rent. Im not an addict- I can pass any drug test. I have a clean background record. I just tefuse to pay the greedy property owners as thry laugh to the bank. Rent and mortgages will continue to climb. Many folks could go homeless in fews if they lost their jobs. 💰
Gentrification of multiple neighborhoods by greedy corporations and house flippers has ruined the housing market in Oregon. vast streets of newly remodeled overpriced houses, townhouses and buildings, sitting empty. give back the land, give back our neighborhoods and towns. The individuals who are predatory and came here to avoid prosecution in their home state need to go back home and take care of their business. DMV needs to do background checks when doing licensing so if someone is wanted in the USA anywhere, they must fix that before licensing, no insurance, no license is a tow. that is how it was and needs to be again. Oregonians do not throw trash Gentrification should be a criminal offense with providing the people displaced with housing equal to what was stolen
Uh...Goldwater Institute doesn't quite have it right. 'Housing First' doesn't mean no strings attached. It means housing is the priority because once a secure shelter/home is established, it is easier to fight other issues ike addiction, unemployment, etc. It's easier to find and keep a job when you have an address and don't have to worry about where to sleep every night. It's easier to focus on addiction recovery when you have somewhere safe to do so. (even if it is in a recovery center)
Wow that’s really helpful. The problem with “red” voters is that they literally NEVER think or speak about solutions. Just complain and whine without contributing anything to the conversation.
It has been a very, very long time since the Supreme Court bothered to follow actual law. Following a Supreme Court OPINION equates to listening to a toilet flush, at this point; meaningless. Government and other corporations (aka artificial fictions) do NOT have lawful authority to regulate/control living, natural people. Period. The Supreme Court USED TO recognize that in their OPINIONS, as well as other high courts. "Where do we put them?" No one has the LAWFUL authority to "put" them anywhere. These unlawful laws and ordinances ban poor people from all public lands, which includes out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere forests. Public property is property owned by a government, which is banned from owning most of it by law. No government has rights to own land/property above natural people, including claiming to own people. Natural people are homeless, poor, and/or struggling, because governments and other corporations are unlawfully stealing land and resources from natural people. By unlawfully putting lawful owners of the land and resources (natural people) into concentration camps to be killed off or worked to death solves the theft problem for these criminals. The T-man said in an interview that the first thing he would do when he is re-elected is put all homeless people into camps, where they cannot leave or refuse medical treatment. Prison. That is called prison, and they are not just going after homeless people; the global "elite" have stated that they will take ALL property on Earth. Wealth will not protect you. Being a government employee/goon will not protect you. The timing of WHEN you and your property will be taken/disposed of comes down to strategy, not anything you do or control, unless people turn to torches and pitchforks. It looks like people are waiting until AFTER they are destroyed and less able to fight back. That is not a winning strategy.
We as a people should face this dilemma head on on our own... homeless parks should be built on public land and designated parks for homeless... BECAUSE FLAGRANT DRUG USE AND SALES ARE HAPPENING IN FRONT OF OUR CHILDREN....
With some many malls empty, why not use them as shelters? They could easily set up a couple of empty stores with workers to help the homeless get on programs to get work, help with mental health issues, and on housing lists. I know here in Salem there are a lot of people who want who want to stay homeless. Our downtown area alone is not what it used to be. There are some places where you cannot walk on the sidewalks due to tents and carts taking up space. I wish there was an easy and fast fix!
A lot of homeless will COLLECT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION LIKE A BIKE, CART, WHEELCHAIR, SHOPPING CART. FOR EASE OF TRANSPORTATION OF PROPERTY. THESE WILL NOT FIT INSIDE A TENT.
It doesn't matter what rulings or new laws that are put into place because they won't be recognized anyway. Things will continue just as they are. If you don't want to be around the homeless, you'll have to move east of the cascades. You won't see homeless in eastern Oregon or Idaho.
Greed Flation starts at the (State) level there is no low income housing, only New construction Expensive available for the wealthy ( We need Low income housing)!!!!! The abuse has to STOP! 🛑
Watch out ! Some will migrate to more rural and "hidden" sites. They start fires. Believe it, I know and was fortunate enough to have fire service very close by THREE times.
this is how the government is reacting to states legalizing weed. states are finding it harder and harder to fulfill their contracts with the private prison companies because cannabis isn't a cash crop for the prison industrial complex anymore, so they've started stuffing homeless people into the grinder.
What upsets me is we have homeless people here in America, and they are bringing in illegals and giving everything to them instead of helping our own people
Well let me just that this is the coldest evil I have heard of being played against people. What is this crap ? Children ,babies, mentally ill, veterans, face it these targeted people are broken , penniless, with no options. At this rate we will eventually all be homeless except for the evil, rich, Karen's who don't like looking at them, thinking about them, worrying about them. I will pray and ask Jesus to help you all to see the err of this and correct it God bless the homeless because one more hike in rent ,or cost of living climbs higher as it is , we'll all be in the same boat .
Can you take your dog.? Can opposite genders stay together because most places don’t allow families to stay together because the fathers and the mothers are different genders. Do those shelters allow you to be yourself as in? Are you now forced to be a teenager living under the rules of a superintendent? Can your girlfriend stay with you? The problem with shelters is that they give you prison like rules to live by. You don’t get to be a free person. You have to give up your animals. People would accept shelters more if they could be human in them. Instead they’re going will give you a place to put your head at night, but you can’t be a person. And most people would prefer to sleep on the street and take their chances no longer be allowed to make decisions for themselves. So I think this is cruel and unusual no matter what. Either get to live on the street as free people or they get to live in captivity force upon them no matter what. Both of those cases are outlawing being homeless. I imagine every prior generation being told it’s a crime to be homeless. Freedom in America will be completely gone at that point. Not even free to be homeless.
This is reason why it is important to remove the conservative judges. There arrogant is intolerable. Homelessness can be anyone of use. Look at what happened during the great depression in 2008-2010.
Wasn't the basis of First Blood (Rambo part 1) that some small Oregon town didn't want Rambo, some random, homeless drifter, hanging out in their city? They tried to run him out of town, locked him up and tortured him. Didn't turn out well for that police department.
@@kjpcgaming9296 dafuk? "news from Hollywood"? Stop dabbing, dude. Melted your mind. My comment makes one remember a classic movie with profound scenes and social commentary. Your comment reminds us all of how badly our public education system has failed us.
@@kjpcgaming9296 first of all it was a book first, inspired by the real experiences of Viet Nam vets. And if you'd actually seen the movie or read the book, you would realize its a very apt comparison.
This is the cruelest group of people holding power to ever exist. They are corrupt, they are greedy, they are angry, they are self-righteous, they are evil, they are vengeful, and unprincipled.
Well, if you criminalize homelessness, The taxpayers of the state will pay the bills for taking them to homeless shelters, jails, and drug rehabs. And if you put the homeless in jail for not having the money to pay their fines, the taxpayers will also pay the bills for the free housing, free food, and free health care. and also the salaries of the prison guards. ( Go for Oregon make it illegal). I hope all you who live in Oregon Like your big tax increase your going to get.
I'd like to speak to what one man said, to the effect: 'TREATMENT B4 Housing!' So i don't think he's ever spent a picosecond with a Single Homeless Person, let alone a Community of them?! It should be HOUSING 1st! With wrap around services & a Case Worker assigned to each, until its determined they don't need one any more! Treating someone for a drug addiction & then sending them right back out into the streets is a fools folly & a complete waste of our Tax $$$$! What incentive do they have when they are still going 2B in the same vulgar lifestyle, & with all the temptations they will endure?'d I believe that HOUSING 1st, with all the aforementioned - would be the best plan?! I also believe that alot of the 'mental illness' we see, is from a drug problem that went on too long sans treatment therefrom?
Shelter first, as part of the program towards housing. Whether the program would be getting a mental illness under control or a drug addict off drugs, these programs should be mandatory for all unhoused people. Shelter first with the goal of housing after they’ve completed the steps.
@@jennifergraham2325 - I made another post about this as well, that practically word for word - agrees with you. I hope it didn't get deleted, as many of mine do?
How dare you!! The ignorance and hateful words spewed across this page is embarrassing!! Why don’t you fix you, which you clearly need and quit pointing fingers and acting like you have a grip on what’s going on here?? You can’t fix your brokenness by breaking someone else and hate only creates more hate. Is that really how you choose to live your life?
@@avenue8822 ya, ya. You mean paying to sleep out in tent. Federal lands with dispersed camping will follow, then it will all be pay to play. Camping is now illegal in America.
@@kyddshine No, I mean that people who go camping usually dont camp in a City Park, or a sidewalk in front of a business, leave their needles all over, crap on the sidewalk or accost people walking by for spare change. If you feel so strongly about it, open up your back yard to the homeless.
@@avenue8822 I am very aware of homeless. Please don’t soapbox issue. We need to address problem directly, fentanyl and housing, but profit is too important and doing well. This will only force homeless into areas that are federal or state owned. Encampments will stay past regulations there too. So Federal Forest and BLM will make changes, because it is already happening. Just city folks won’t see it. But rural folks and recreational users will, creating more issues down road. Since well addressing it would be like work and take community effort.
@@avenue8822 I do agree your average scout troop or family camping is not going to go to a city park and shoot up. Leave needles around, with half dead bodies they are camping with because of poverty, drugs, circumstance, or whatever’s.
@@ecclairmayo4153 The bill didn’t say “don’t use sidewalks as a dumping ground”, it said “you can’t sleep ANYWHERE in the city, no matter if you’re clean or not”. That’s unconstitutional.
@elietheprof5678 - Where would a person sleep anywhere in the city that is fit for purpose other than a hotel room that they paid for? Or their own dwelling? So, the bill is clear. People can not sleep anywhere they want in the city withiut ppermission. How is that unconstitutional?
@@ecclairmayo4153 Because if all land is “fit for a purpose (that excludes public sleeping)”, then by definition, this criminalizes *anyone* who can’t afford whatever it costs to sleep somewhere. And the cost could be arbitrarily high, depending on the market. The solution, at the very least, should be that cities be required to leave enough land suitable for public sleeping, such that no one could be criminalized for simply BEING homeless.
@elietheprof5678 - Local governments literally have a place designated for sleeping. They are called shelters. These shelters are free of charge and can be accessed by the public. Which belies the original point.
Amsterdam wants to actually fix probs...Republicans here in the states get more tRaction b3ating them up for political gain, same with most minoRities. Gotta vote them out!
What if they don't require Mental Health services or Drug rehab services, they may only need a safe place to put their tent for the night? How does this help them? I personally think that a law saying, you can't put up a tent before 8pm and it must be down before 7am the next morning would solve both problems.
We should have a right to affordable housing. Black Rock will own all the properties by 2040 at this rate. All they need is a few economic shutdowns, spikes in property taxes and a few other factors that they are working like hell to achieve, then you will own nothing and be happy.
The homeless, people already down on there luck,, gonna get fined, yea Iam sure the city gonna see a check in the mail for that, 30 to 60 days after a ticket is issued.. Maybe our federal gov should stop sending billions overseas and use the money towards helping out and taking care of people here on u.s. soil…
Surprised ! Good for the judges !!' They deserve a pat on the back. 👋👋👋. Tired of these homeless zombies, drug use, pissing and shitting in public meandering around naked in public. We need to bring back poor farms.
@@tessmoore3762 They were called asylums. They provided help for those who could not adjust to society and its regiment. I know. I lived near one that had a placard that explained it's purpose.It wasn't to house those without money. They had no money because they had trouble mentally and physically making it in society.They were self sufficient for the most part and were modeled after religious communities that did not rely on or depend on American capitalist methods and structure.
@@tessmoore3762 The one I was speaking of was built in the Gold Rush Era in an area that still has the same issue of homelessness and mentally ill. There are always going to be this situation where people ignore history and refuse to admit the lessons of the past where for a time they understood and took action. We lack will and moral compass to do the right thing today.
@@alexmanns9658Be careful, you just might be a paycheck away from finding out what it's like. So many people sitting on their high Horses, you just might find yourself on the ground one day.
@@UltimateWaifuXD They have not been doing that. It is the obvious, most important step to clearing the problem and they won't do it. That is a problem. Corruption by drug traffickers is behind it.
@@williamryan9195 Biden let them in Years ago we had a law that forced drug addicts into rehab We also had laws about vagrancy and loitering DNC removed all those laws and here we are
This honestly just feels like a way for them to profit off of homeless people instead of actually helping them. What happens if this succeeds and becomes normalized in other states? Yes we could argue about the people who find complacency in homelessness but theres actually people who just cant because theyre stuck in the cycle of the restrictions and requirements of housing. Add on criminal charges, and it becomes even harder wtf. Stop trying to refine a law to be profitable and actually have consistent resources in place for people who want to use them. This also stems from the housing market to but thats another beast. A topic that actually makes me want to see some real change about.
People are WORKING POOR AND LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK ARE NOT ON DRUGS, DRINKING, THEY BECOME HOMELESS BECAUSE OF JOB LOSS RENT RAISED OVER THEIR INCOME, AND BIDEN INFLATION . Being broke doesn't make you a drug addict it just puts you on the street because you bank account is empty and you can't replace it.
The homeless NEED HOUSING. The broke NEED MONEY. I hope the a...hole who is more worried about blaming the unhoused bc building shelter is "impossible" winds up unhoused and being preached at and about, so they can actually understand the issue.
Helping those who are homeless is the intelligent way to go. H e lp with appropriate housing, jobs including free medical care is the humane, right, moral approach to take. Punishing homelessness is stupid. It is inhumane. It does NOT solve the homeless problem which is a human problem. Punishment makes it worse. The resources exist to he lp those who are homeless. Government officials at all levels just have to apply the resources already available towards removing the homeless ever growing problem. Homeless people need understanding and help, including compassion. Homeless people should NOT be punished because they are economically down and out. To adopt that stance is inhumane and does violate the Eighth Amendment of "cruel and unusual punishment." Solving the homeless problem is not difficult. It just needs the will to do it .
Here's an unpopular idea: The homeless advocates should house the homeless in their own home if they care for the homeless people so much. The homeless issue will disappear if all the homeless advocates out there adopt one and house them in their own home. Taxpayers deserve to enjoy the public area that their tax dollars paid for without putting up with the filthy & dangerous conditions caused by homeless encampments. Instead, the homeless advocates just take the grant monies from the gov to pretend like they care about homeless people while laughing all the way to the bank. Homeless advocates just want more homeless people because they profit from them.
Yes, and authorities need to take record of which ones are refusing shelter snd housing simply because they don't want to follow rules. They can't say they aren't getting help if they refuse to work with the help they are given. Lots of entitlement
@streamawake2871 - Yes, but we are not talking about just "anything". We are specifically talking about crimes and threats from the homeless right now.
Why doesn't the city simply enforce the Public Vagrancy laws? Build bigger Jails and Prisons and Secure Mental Health Facilities. Some people refuse or unable to participate in general societies.
So, someone gets arrested because they are homeless... What happens when they are released? Is an effort going to be made to help them with food, housing and getting a job? Is an effort going to be made to find friends and family who can help them get back on their feet? Are we going to institutionalize work houses for homeless people that were locked up? You have a job that probably pays minimum wage, you have food and shelter, but the chance of being able to get a normal job and housing will probably be almost impossible. This is a setup for businesses or so called charities to rake in big bucks by exploiting people who have few or no viable options. And a major win for the prison industrial complex. Are we just going to dump these people back on the street with almost nothing and then arrest them again? You have to have money to rent an apartment or buy a house. If homelessness is going to be criminalized then the federal, state and local governments need to regulate the housing market. Housing shouldn't be treated like an investment. Part of the reason homelessness is such a problem is because of how expensive it is to buy a house or rent a tiny apartment. While there are ethical religious charities, it should be the duty of the government to provide services and support to homeless people. People shouldn't be coerced to attend religious sermons or risk being thrown out of a shelter ran by a religious charity.
You have to also pass credit checks, Background and criminal checks, post damage deposit and first/last months rent. Much of the decision for rental acceptance is done by algorithm.Even if you were clean and had 7k for the rental deposit you could be denied.Let's also remember that almost all have very definition mental and physical issues that are getting worse living on the streets.They may never hold down a job again.What's the plan?
@@williamryan9195 I totally agree. There are so many problems with criminalizing homelessness. Because of getting arrested you now have a criminal record that can be used against you in the job and housing market. - Are people at risk of being arrested and locked up if they are living out of a RV or vehicle? Does this count? - If someone is homeless and they have a dog, for example, what happens to the dog? - How do you deal with families that are homeless? The parents aren't bad they are just too poor to afford to put a roof over their heads. - Minors and young adults who are homeless because they have no place to go and the home they left isn't safe. Lock them up? Send them back to their abusive and negligent caregivers? Put them in the over burdened foster care system if they are a minor? - If a husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend or couples are arrested and sent to different jails or prisons... They just simply have to accept that their marriage or relationship may be over because of the difficulty or impossibility of staying in touch? In dire situations having a pet, friend or significant other can keep you alive and keep you going. If couples get broken up because of this it will be harder to transition back to something resembling a normal life outside of jail. - If we can't build and staff enough facilities to jail people for being homeless, it's just going to become another revolving door with people cycling in and out and police may just give up and not bother arresting homeless people because there is nowhere to take these people to. - I don't know what percentage of homeless people are elderly or disabled with special needs... But this also constitutes a serious problem. I doubt security guards have the training and skill to deal with fragile, older and disabled people who may need help going to the bathroom, need modifications to their bed for medical reasons, among so many other things. - Is the state going to provide care or services to people who are psychologically disturbed or impaired? Are we going to treat everyone like they are a nail and beat them into place with a hammer...just throw everyone in prison without any regard to their unique needs and circumstances?
Yes, there are shelters. There are jobs available, but many of them don't want to work. Many of them like living on the street, or in the local park. Many are drug addicts and don't want to change.
@@jennifertennent8319 The SCOTUS decision left a lot of unanswered and serious questions. The majority who rendered it were old men from a bygone era that doesn't exist in America anymore. Most were highly educated, white and wealthy with no idea of the trouble that is happening on the streets. I think only one justice asked the question of what we do now and mentioned the moral issues with penalizing the poor and destitute.
@@tessmoore3762 Jobs require applicatiion and background checks as well as prior history of steady employment. Credit checks and references. Saying I want to work doesn't make it happen in reality.You do not know how addiction works. It is not a choice/It is a compulsion.
@@UltimateWaifuXD Police don't arrest homeless for anything. They are super citizens above the laws. If a fentanyl dealer looks like a homeless, he is a super citizen, too. All thanks to woke policies.
In Ohio a pastor got 18 felonies counts for violating zoning laws, for opening a warming center, in a blizzard, and sub - zero temparutures, and let some people sleep overnight inside.... This is what bullcrap this is, treatment is your bank account, during housing not handcuffs, in DC, ten people with section 8 vouchers, died, because they couldn't find an apartment, and after 18 months during covid , still couldn't, besides no fault evictions, for the sole purpose only to DOUBLE the rent
What is needed is for the state to make available empty land to build more homeless shelters and camping areas for the homeless. After 2020 Labor Day fires in our area so many lost their homes and many are still homeless. Medford is so bad, our kids can't even play in the parks anymore. And Bear Creek Greenway is harboring so many drug addicts, it's not safe to walk the greenway anymore. So sad
We need new leadership and a new direction. The City of Portland spent $1.7B on affordable housing development and other services in 2023. Gov. Jay Inslee and the Legislature have put more than $2.4 billion dollars. (Total of $4.1 Billion dollars in TWO years). In Oregon 20,142 people experienced homelessness during the count, 13,004 of them, or 64.6%, were unsheltered, (Dec 15, 2023) Summary: $203,554 has been spent on every homeless person in Oregon. Democrats explain this?
