Dallas residents say city has to do more to address homeless encampments along Central Expressway

Some people who live along Central Expressway in North Dallas say the city must address the spread of homeless encampments and everything that comes with that in their neighborhood.
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[@jeremymedford2990]

They need to investigate that group called The Dallas homeless solutions they're not using the money for what they're supposed to be

[@keilaG97]

I live around the area, it’s not people who can’t afford rents it’s people abusing substances that are living on these streets. I grew up off of 635 and abrams, the homelessness has never been this bad. The crime rate in this area is crazy.

[@like.lauren]

100%

[@Freddy_Confetti]

Duhh 99% of ppl in the streets are on drugs

[@keilaG97]

@Sany Tubdoor You’re welcome, I am a democrat. The difference between you and I is that I actually want these people to get help and not for my city just to “look pretty”. Not everything has to do with which political party you claim, people’s mentality is a very powerful thing.

[@214dude2]

@Sany Tubdoor I wouldn’t totally blame democrats this time. Dallas has a shitload of services for the homeless. Many refuse to take the help. We need more mental health facilities for these people. That’s where they belong. The state doesn’t fund mental health services like they need to. So, it’s both sides fault in some way.

[@vadessacamack1049]

All addiction is rooted in trauma

[@bryanspilner7370]

Stop handing out your hard earned money

[@NEUWRIGHT]

I agree, make pan handling and camping illegal and they'll leave, back to Cali.

[@ThomasBlinuxguy]

@@NEUWRIGHT they didn't come from Cali so why would they go there?

[@worldsdumbesttrumpturd....3143]

No. It's constitutionally protected freedom of speech to ask for money. Are you fascist?

[@camiii4261]

you absolutely cannot allow people to live in tents. it just sets an insane precedent for skid row type of environments that become unwalkable and dystopian. if you think that that is compassionate by letting them do so, its not. youre enabling the destruction of exponential lives and literally every other hardworking person or child going to school/etc. i lived in seattle for a bit and that scenario is absolutely unacceptable.

[@VakanzMusic]

Why has no one just suggested adding more public trash cans, like you have them lining the streets in shopping districts

[@87jello]

We're facing the same problem in Portland OR. Sucks. Good luck to you Dallas.

[@maizeni7817]

Make rent affordable again, then the homelessness will reduce.

[@feffygracie]

That's the thinking that solves nothing.

[@LuisFernando-kw4yz]

oh yeah so they can afford more drugs?

[@powerband5235]

I doubt that will fix it.

[@r-dell5517]

That's simply not true. Addicts don't want help. They want drugs. Wake up.

[@JuanRamirez-md7pj]

Yes PLEASE, let's adress the encampments. Not the financial hardships of the people living there. Having a home IS a basic human right.

[@LoriL010]

Like the man said...they have to accept the help and many don't want to change.

[@worldsdumbesttrumpturd....3143]

@@LoriL010 there is no help.

[@mrpoolplayer6379]

@@worldsdumbesttrumpturd....3143 It is impossible to help so many, at one time, cause everyone wants help RIGHT NOW! It ain't a possibility....

[@6636j]

Imagine referring to another human being as an "eyesore"

[@nicolemartinez4879]

I think that this is wonderful that the residents are trying to clean up and get things done and cleaned because the city and police don't have this stuff taking care of... You are correct about having to except the help to get off the streets... My husband family and I have been on the streets with no where to go and working with the Drc office to get help to get into a place and I have been working with them over a year or more and still no help yet and I have been on the housing list for over 5 years and still no help with housing. You have to want the help to get off the streets and I do want help for my family and my self

[@thomas45081]

With the millions/billions of dollars that have been spent in cities across America on homelessness over the last decade or more, technically it should have been totally cleaned up. What I suspect is happening, is much of the money is going to people running these agencies and overhead, like 90+% of the money, and not much of a damn thing actually being done to house the homeless. And we know this happens, especially in America, where we have everything from corporations to charities skimming and milking funds, it's CORRUPT! 🟪

[@paspax]

Surely there are some unused military camps where these people can be housed, securely.

[@pinkscorpion3295]

This is so sad . I lived in and around this area , all my life . Anybody knows that if you lived here all your life. This is not how this area always was .It’s sad how drugs are one of the main reasons . I mean , panhandling has gotten worse over the years. McKinney and parts of Plano By the college.

[@mstapell]

The remedy to unsightly homeless camps is homeless camps that are designated, and serviced by the city of Dallas. We need 14 of them one for each council member district. They need to have a community center where the homeless can receive services and counseling to be pointed in the direction of mental illness treatment and drug rehab a community center that has kitchen facilities, full bathroom facilities, laundry facilities, Internet. These camps should have sanitation services every week just like I get in the back of my house. Once these city designated camps are set up then it will be easier to move camps from underneath bridges and highway right of ways.

[@terrymckenzie8786]

Can,t we just blame this on San Francisco….😅😮 Even though we are a red state.

[@terrymckenzie8786]

@@boofert.washington2499Dallas is a Democrat city??? Republicans point to San Francisco and its homeless, but 3 of the top 5 homeless are red states. Not to bright are you. As well as the top @0 poorest states are red states. Are sure you don,t get those communist unions in😂

[@eziahjohnson167]

I’ve been by here and I never see DPD or city workers offering assistance.

[@marthamartin119]

Proverbs 31:9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

[@kristinsargent9163]

Maybe they shouldn't have closed tent city. Build a small community of tiny houses for them to live, if they want to. it's really sad that people are complaining about what it looks like but what do anything to help them.

[@chynabarnescb]

All this land ….. no one should be homeless…. Smh

[@ezrapolk2145]

Yes 👍 it true I figure no one should be homeless that is of the human race. Fix the issue is a major deal because it involves property management area that will house people and along with this working rules and guidelines to keep area well maintained.

[@nancywilliams5349]

Community First Village in Austin Texas is a great model for a solution.

[@remohor]

This is really sad.

[@feffygracie]

Get ready cuz El Paso is sending busloads to Dallas.

[@wageslave387]

Hope so.

[@justajokemayne5589]

And Dallas is about to send them to NY and Chicago lmao

[@jerryramsey4236]

Nothing wrong with helping the homeless, but how many actually do want that help? The prices of everything has gone up and will continue to go up. The city does have to do a lot more and show progress in making these places much better and getting those people off the streets.

[@Freddy_Confetti]

I don’t. Get rid of em

[@tracyzarate340]

Put them on a bus to San Diego so they can live in the hotels by the beach with all the rest!!!!

[@Patsygurl333]

Why not hire the homeless to clean it twice a week. They will have money and it will be cleaner . 😊

[@mrpoolplayer6379]

Good idea...

[@Caveman-js1kc]

I have been homless over ten years. I just arived in fort worth looking for work but without an adress no one wants to hire.

[@eddyeroyal6024]

I went to gym, and it sad, I help one because it was a veteran that lost his way, but later he was back out there, so I didn’t stop anymore, and later I moved to Mansfield.

[@jonnieromainethomas9791]

Give them a room in your home.

[@tsam3676]

They need to build a humongous homeless facility that people need to be rounded up if they are living on the streets . I know it's Orwellian .. dont hurt them just place them in a nice homeless shelter and that'll create new jobs to maintain such a facility.. then should have an opportunity to be able to leave the shelter when they are ready for society. Damn I know that sounds so horrible cause then it sounds like they are being held against their will but what can they do on the streets but cause everyone trouble? I don't know I don't want people who don't deserve to be in there to be in there. Maybe have ways for family members to come and get their loved ones ... This sounds awful. Anybody with better idea?

[@jimrockford4968]

There's no shelter between downtown dallas and mckinney

[@jobsearch5871]

these folks might want to rethink their living arrangements , not the homeless but the home owners. No stopping the train now you voted for it for progression and their progression is not ending anytime soon. I would expect it to grow 5times over before it even thinks of slowing.

[@214dude2]

Tbh the homeless camps never went away. They just now aren’t as hidden. Southern Dallas have had homeless camps in the woods for yearssss. The city should do more to clean it up, but many of these ppl refuse help and panhandling makes it easy to live like this. People continue to give them money.

[@camiii4261]

"helping" the homeless should require them get treatment. i would say 80-90% have some type of addiction which right now they have to seek help for voluntarily, yet a drugged out person would never consent to getting off drugs. its simply unacceptable to enable this, whichever way you look at it. that guy is right, most people wont accept the magnitude of help that would actually get them off the street and it sadly makes an unsafe environment for themselves and everyone who encounters them.

[@worldsdumbesttrumpturd....3143]

No.

[@garywoods6649]

Pay the Homeless to pick up the trash 🗑, Some of those ppl do have something to gave in that area.

[@87jello]

Then they'll be corrupt to deliberately litter the streets, in secret, to save their jobs

[@user-mo2xh4op2j]

A 1 bedroom apartment gors for 1120.00 a momth..... What?

[@mfrshm1998]

Is Dallas trying to be the next skid row of Philly?

[@justajokemayne5589]

We got people coming in from Cali and up north lol Dallas never used to be like this

[@nancywilliams5349]

The #1 reason for homelessness is lack of family support. The private sector can be quicker and more proactive than the government. Again, look at Community First Village as an effective solution. They are not providing mere housing but a community and purposeful living which most homeless people have given up on. They are stuck in hopelessness! Let's give a hand up!

[@wayneroberts6642]

They have the freedom to do anything they want it's called the Constitution freedom lover..

[@2111dman]

If everyone would stop giving homeless people money, they would leave.

[@Tast-1934.]

what's wrong with giving a homeless man a few bucks to help them

[@yu-gi-yooyu-gi-yoo1405]

What if I told y'all I was homeless can anybody help me?....I have no felonies,I'm not a pedophile, I don't have a drug problem,I'm not lazy I just don't feel like walking a (1000 miles) just to get to work!!!!..if I decided to get help from the shelter....Dallas is going to put me in a Bad environment (Section 8)

[@wageslave387]

Drive for Uber. You should be able to make $800 a week profit on 40 hours.

[@Nicdangershouse.]

Relocate them to California

[@josiealvarado2296]

That’s ok their Texans you keep them!

[@Nicdangershouse.]

@Josie Alvarado💜 no we don't like lazy drug addicts that don't work but apparently California does because they have the biggest population of lazy drug addicts and child molesters,,so enjoy life in Gettofornia.

[@jjean7730]

Dallas section 8 is also part of the problem they are horrible human beings working in there.

[@claudiagomez8821]

Homeless problem is growing so much because all this homeless don't want responsabilities of nothing,and plus city or police don't work harder to work w/ them all.that is sad , some cities look dirty full of trash.and they're the one the should clean up

[@tsam3676]

Dallas should do more so they don't turn into California

[@justajokemayne5589]

How when Dallas plagued with people moving from the west and north

[@tsam3676]

@@justajokemayne5589 do more because of that

[@geraldhenderson8474]

Might be time for a rent cap

[@user-rg9xd9mu5r]

When you think about it, the whole concept of property and ownership is rooted in violence, or the threat of violence. How can someone claim a piece of land as theirs or otherwide charge others to exist on a piece of land? 😂 I hope rent continues to increase dramatically in DFW. Want to see some real fireworks, LA or Seattle levels. So far this is all nothing.

[@singlefather01]

Has anyone found out why homeless camp out where they are?

[@worldsdumbesttrumpturd....3143]

They don't have a choice. They're homeless dummy

[@Needglory23]

This is what you voted for Texans😂

[@justajokemayne5589]

It’s in the city of Dallas dummy not texas it’s self Lmaoo

[@like.lauren]

It’s true

[@jeffreymartin6369]

100%

[@romeo8334]

Welcome to south Dallas in north Dallas now you worry when it's at your door they won't be homeless if the rich build them house's.

[@peanutbutterinterior8512]

Homeless have been here since dart train. Nothing knew.

[@jobsearch5871]

yes

[@jobsearch5871]

@@peanutbutterinterior8512 of course its nothing new. What is new is that it has grown b 500% in the last ten years

[@romeo8334]

@@peanutbutterinterior8512 your thinking about politician's

[@romeo8334]

@Sany Tubdoor ooh someone didn't take they're meds today maybe they're ex crackheads or l don't know maybe they lost someone and fell apart you sound pretty tore up or ate up.

[@That-Wanderer]

If we had more people with compassion instead of greed, there wouldn't be homelessness

[@jeffreymartin6369]

The same Paul Fielding that went to prison for accepting gifts for votes. He is embarrassing

[@jeffreymartin6369]

@Sany Tubdoor KICK BACKS to him from a business, and he was sent to prison. Yes I didn't explain it well but dense is not googling the story as well, right?

[@FaezMCH]

Newsom

[@user-ng2hp1uy5i]

These comments are trash

[@GFUSLF]

Start by SHUTTING DOWN THE BORDER

[@worldsdumbesttrumpturd....3143]

They aren't mesicans

[@HIAHomelessInAmerica]

🙏🙏🙏

[@miamiwax5504]

You would think republican states had no homelessness, drugs or crime. Lol

[@johnporemski5871]

I agree Dallas is California

[@johndoles3713]

Dallas is the Ghetto

[@NEUWRIGHT]

Make pan handling, and camping illegal and they'll go back to Colorado and California.

[@ThomasBlinuxguy]

They didn't come from either of those states. People tend to stay put in places they know best when they have no place to go. That means they likely were raised around here.

[@214dude2]

The vast majority of ppl that are homeless in Dallas aren’t from the city. Many homeless do come from all over the country too due to cities bussing them.

[@ThomasBlinuxguy]

@@214dude2 Most bussing of homeless tends to happen first from suburbs to cities and then from "conservative" to "liberal" areas. The remainder are side shuffles

[@worldsdumbesttrumpturd....3143]

Pan handling is constitutionally protected.

[@josiealvarado2296]

Sorry their your problem!

[@powerband5235]

Send them to California.

[@josiealvarado2296]

You keep your own homeless their Texans after all!

[@KC-fb8ql]

How else can we make the Californians feel at home if we run them out of the streets?

[@josiealvarado2296]

Sorry they are a Texas Problem!

[@gilbertzilla6770]

Quit treating them as equals. Merely show them the homeless are welcome they will leave.

[@user-po3my4kk6z]

💚💩

[@kblifestyletv6273]

This is not a police problem!

[@wageslave387]

Californication.

[@johnporemski5871]

No the help is not help. How about affordable housing?? ???

[@louissneffler4105]

Turn the homeless into tires

[@fcuktheseyoutubers]

So what y'all want the city to do, force them to migrate to the southern, eastern section of Dallas