Homeless camp in east Columbus raising concerns; city says it can stay for now

[@capitalismisdivisionofevil8322]

Columbus Ohio is too expensive! A safe and clean 1 bedroom apartment is over $1,000+/Month. Most people cannot afford this on the crappy wages! Wages would have to be $25/Hour and up for any job to keep up with criminal rental gouging and inflation!

[@jagpilotohio]

Well, gotta feel for them but the second you put in porta potties and a dumpster you’ve essentially said it’s going to be permanent

[@marciawade9101]

Yep. BAD idea! They'll NEVER leave and will draw others to that spot.

[@sandib4234]

@@marciawade9101 Right, they need to move on.

[@marciawade9101]

@@sandib4234 Absolutely. Besides, from the looks of it, all they did was bring their junk to that spot like they would at another homeless camp; pissing on private property, dumping trash in someone else's dumpster, yet talking about how they don't like being at the shelters. What kind of shit is that???

[@robertdog]

Subsidize something and you will get more of it. This is also a problem at Fifth and Olentangy, and there are probably close to 500 (!) people camped between South High Street and the Scioto River from 104 to 270. You can't keep importing half the Third World into Columbus for votes and then act surprised when the housing market prices out the working class.

[@strawberry4079]

maybe make affordable housing there wouldn't be so many homeless people

[@lethaladiamondspeaks781]

All the money they have they should help them no one should be living like this

[@Avaddon911]

they choose to live like this. at least that's what the lady they interviewed claims.

[@Christian_Girl120]

@@Avaddon911 There are good reasons these people don't want to go to shelters. The shelters have turned into very dangerous places to be. Gangs often rule it, druglords, etc.

[@lynnehoover5078]

The camp is one of the cleanest I have seen. If sanctioned camps like this were provided trash receptacles, portable restrooms, and access to showers it could solve a lot of "bad neighbor" issues.

[@leolee5907]

one thing I noticed is most homeless people are Christian’s because the Muslim Jewish Asian even Hispanic people help each other where did the humanity go ???

[@dianewilkins4418]

You can’t drink or do drugs in the shelter.

[@capitalismisdivisionofevil8322]

I have lived here since 2008! I was able to keep up with affordable rent of $400/Month on 35 years of low wages forced on us by greedy employers! It is now 2023! I cannot afford to be independent anymore since base low cost housing is now over $1,300/Month yet wages have not gone up. You either are lucky to have family take you in, living in your car (severe loneliness and misery), or homeless! Housing wait lists are over 8 years+ long! Shelters full of people with shattered will power! External beauty of a city is NOT a realistic perspective of how dire and cost ridden our city is! Crime is up everywhere! Education is 12 years behind to keep up with technological changes most people cannot afford.

[@tchrisou812]

What did you do for a living? How old are you now?

[@kevineble6822]

Was that really a church pastor talking down about someone who is down on their luck? How crappy to complain about paying for trash removal! Step up to the plate and HELP THEM! Isn't that what Jesus would do?

[@schawnettarobinson8584]

Religious people are funny 🥰

[@cameron9292]

imagine if they could be integrated into the church. Collecting donations, volunteering, street preaching, they could do so much good if they were shown some empathy and guidance

[@TheBeautifulOne_Charmaine]

​@@schawnettarobinson8584non religious people are funny 😂

[@schawnettarobinson8584]

@@TheBeautifulOne_Charmaine Religious people are supposed to help the poor with compassion.

[@dariwhite3630]

we have this issue in all city's not just Columbus the president needs to do more to help most people are not living this way by choice

[@dixiepittenger3960]

NO ONE in OHIO should be homeless with all the help OHIO has

[@insanebeatjunkie]

the tents is the help lol but columbus dont wanna share the money

[@Monst3r614]

Why was the “collected trash” that they “collect” only in that one shot? But the location you showed it in was seen several times from several different angles before and after you said that

[@sorry11303]

Originally I thought churches was supposed to help the unfortunate homeless what we don't do that no more I'm just saying 🤔 or do I need to go into scripture or did y'all forgot it's one of the other.

[@morganmorgan884]

One thing is, we don't know why they are homeless. For some people it may be just an unfortunate situation. For some maybe their own fault.

[@cameron9292]

It is too bad. Jesus spent his time with those in poverty, the downtrodden and sinners alike, so for this pastor to show a lack of empathy is sad to see. Considering how well adjusted these homeless people are, they could even contribute to the church if they were embraced and cared for like they should be.

[@marsenniawalls406]

You wouldn't want that in your back yard

[@InTentsDream]

Our neighbors disagree with you! If 10tv comes back they'll see we've got a lot more support than they showed here 😁

[@AAM29290]

But republicans have said homelessness only exists in Democrat states 🤔

[@Avaddon911]

did this lady just say "porderpotter"? 🤣🤣🤣

[@roshelltannen9698]

You know she meant.🤣🤣🤣 Sistah wants them gone.

[@henrywebb8426]

Wow so now city wants give them portable pot and dumpster I can’t believe where this country is going

[@BanjoNoob2]

You're right we should just execute the poor and then we won't have this problem. Thanks for opening my eyes Henry Webb! I bet there aren't any homeless camps on Stockbridge road.

[@oldguywisdom2904]

You mean treating people with respect? How horrible

[@angelicyetts9481]

I myself am about to be living in a tent. That’s how I found this looking for a place to go. I don’t have a car and I have no family. I can’t go to a shelter because I have a cat and I’m keeping my cat period.

[@BusStopProductions.]

Most, ppl that are Houseless choice to be there

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

Why isn’t the US-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership being held accountable? They promised shared prosperity. We got the opposite.

[@WendyCH23]

Why doesn't the city provide infrastructure for them? A restroom and a dumpster can't cost that much.

[@leolee5907]

Once they put a restroom and dumpster there basically saying there going to be there permanently and that’s going to be a bigger problem

[@billybaisden2310]

Maybe as a so-called church you should do what Jesus called you to do. It is shameful that your not helping. Maybe your church needs new God fearing leadership.

[@kellyripleycunningham4042]

Totally digging her PJs. Surprised the news editor didn't blur it out LOL

[@stephaniethomas2223]

THEY NEED JOBS AND SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!

[@codiwonkanobi9788]

It's getting to the point where people can't take care of themselves with a job. The cost of living has increased more in the past two years than it had in the previous 10. In 2003 when I was 18 50,000 a year was a good living now it's barely poverty.

[@firstlast-yn4qg]

@@codiwonkanobi9788 then you get roommates

[@marciawade9101]

Yep.

[@InTentsDream]

THEY HAVE JOBS!!!!!!!!!! Between camp work and offsite employment, all our people put in labor. The Columbus housing and rental market is outrageous as compared to 10 or 15 years ago. Having a job doesn't guarantee you have a place to live here

[@americafirst6492]

Minimum wage hasn't increased in 45 years! The cost of housing has quadrupled. Not even the Churches will come together to speak up?!

[@dauntlessdev9n499]

That will mean it is a community dumpster meaning I can throw stuff in it .. as long as it is not a body😈

[@Coffee240]

Sad those buses full of immigrants are coming in Columbus Ohio. Seekers. Where are they staying. Sanctuary city, well they are keeping it clean, thank goodness they are using the dumpster. 😊

[@tracieblackston9586]

If you read your Bible there's no such thing as a woman preacher that is against God's commandment women are not to be preachers that is not right she's supposed to be a Christian and she said she is she needs to help these people God blesses stay strong

[@noturaveragehermit6958]

You know with all the land especially in OH where I am from and also everywhere else why doesn't anyone let them stay on a plot in the woods teach them survival skills,hunting,foraging,gardening,fishing,.Make a self sufficient wilderness commune with a number one rule of no drugs.Oh I know all the stupid man made laws that you need a license for this or that and that is what holds back much progress or the ability to help others or even themselves.You have to have this or that ID,social security card, etc,money money money.You expect these people just to get up and say yes I am going to go to a money tree and get what I need to start over?.Teach them some life skills and teach them how to become self sufficient living off the land. Being a drug addict and throwing one into some job is nothing but pressure and stress and possibly a cause for relapse.In the wilderness one can learn peace while learning to survive in it you don't have much time to think about your next fix. If you do relapse a deer is not going to give you a needle or a crack pipe.The first thing I would teach them even before teaching these skills is a specific type of meditation to shut down certain thoughts then move on from their.I lived on the street many years ago,I have also been incarcerated 17 years ago and I can tell you just with those two things good luck ever getting a decent paying job even 17 years later. In society we are told we are always making progress but actually we are in a state of de-evolution.The Native Americans had it right but look what we did to them.We put them on reservations and destroyed the ability for them to live the life that harmed no one.All in the name of progress and the new found god called money that everyone puts before anything or anyone else.I was also an addict as well and I was capable of quitting everything cold turkey and still till this day 7 years later I am clean with no relapses.Their are plenty of people such as myself that can teach these people how to overcome things but the laws and the system makes it so that we barely can say a word edgewise.Oh and this is coming from a person who has had nothing but bad experiences with people in general most of his life and still I say the things that I do and would surely help someone if they wanted it. Once again their is plenty of land and wilderness across the U.S. we are not overcrowded like we are told just in the cities and thats exactly what they want.Take a drive,take the blinders off and look around outside of a city and tell me different.

[@loveistime8418]

Cmha closed down one of its buildings. Drug are everywhere

[@mikemiller551]

Hell, the kids have to worry about what these teachers are doing to them in school, little lone they might see a homeless person taking a piss. Makes me sick!!

[@lukem9246]

luckily columbus gets drastically hot and cold so hopefully it doesnt get as bad as seattle or out west

[@matthewlobban6236]

What an inhumane perspective. "Luckily the weather will force unhoused people into desperation."

[@trusaunders5331]

The CHURCHES we're commanded to help the poor, not the Government. It is the Churches place to help them. There is over 380,000 churches in America. Over 1500 mega Churches which make over a million every week. Over 600,000 homeless across America. The FATHER said to help the poor. The LORD said help the poor. The LORD JESUS said nothing about tithing but yet they lie and cause people to tithe. Take that money and get homes for these people. And stop complaining about what they are neglecting. This is the job that the Church is suppose to be handling.

[@AAM29290]

But republicans say homeless people only exist in democrat states 🤔

[@trusaunders5331]

@@AAM29290 homeless people are everywhere. Maybe not in those small towns that have 2500 and below but the Cities and others towns. Yes they are over flowing with homeless. I don't understand why this is. There is more then enough money to house and feed everyone. The Church put it off on the World Government when it's actually the Church responsibility to help the poor/homeless. They take in well over a Billion yearly collectively. Those Mega Churches take in over a Million monthly if not weekly! It's GREED AND SHELFISH!🤨😡🙏🏿

[@sarbantz]

Homelessness is not as big problem in conservative cities, but there is an explanation for it. The main reason for homelessness is fentanyl, and other drugs addiction believe it or not. If you do not believe me, you can find Michael Shellenberger's interviews here on KZbin. Liberal cities have laws that attract homeless because addicts can support their addiction there more easily. The main one is you are allowed to steal from stores for up to $950 in Cali, and no one will bother you, police will not even come even if they had an officer available. In my town the law says you can steal up to $500 worth of items, and that nothing, so there are no as many homeless like in Cali but we have almost as good camping weather as southern Cali. I go to Texas, and they do not have such law that you can just steal from stores as you wish, so their addicts migrates to the west coast where they can simply support their addiction. Stealing from stores, they call it boosting.

[@dymahsa]

Columbus is known to be San Francisco of the Midwest, if that explains anything.

[@Mr.LytlesClass]

Be a better person. You're disgusting

[@AAM29290]

Lmao that is not the reason someone is homeless 🤣🤣🤣 When someone becomes homeless in another state I’m pretty sure their first thought is not “I’m moving to california to steal $900”

[@sarbantz]

@@AAM29290 it's much easier to support fentanyl addiction lifestyle in California than anywhere else. Social workers buy bus tickets, so for vast majority of homeless, it's free to move wherever they choose to.

[@rseasyguidesto]

Homeless people are so spoiled in America.

[@ShaneJessie-tj6nz]

I seen my nigha big baby🤣🤣🤣 #3east side baby

[@vickidoulton]

Some Christian.??

[@camrynschooley5697]

Amazing work being done to keep themselves in a well maintained clean environment like that. I think the guy who is talking about kids walking by and seeing a guy with his pants down is nuts, that’ll never happen get real. A good church would be reaching out and and assisting their brothers and sisters, that’s what Jesus would do!

[@marciawade9101]

Hell, if they're pissing outside, why THE HELL wouldn't a kid see it? You're out of your mind if you think that wouldn't happen!

[@camrynschooley5697]

@@marciawade9101 I would imagine they’d have the decency to do not it where everyone can see them. These are human beings with humility too. Maybe instead of complaining the church should just make a porta-John appear there.

[@robertdog]

You look and sound like the kind of guy who likes to get kids alone.

[@deuteronomythirtytwo777]

While at work an incident, Lady at homeless camp inside 🎪 right by the train tracks near a junk yard, were they kept old Cooper pipes, scream out loud, then repeatedly say it hurt as the Crys faint lower by the passing of the Train, I thought she got hit by the train ( So made 911 call gave locations) me trying to see just were she is in the woods, to help, a voice shout out, only to hear a 2nd Person man say shut up Sarah just take it, its almost over,( I then called back 911 told them it was someone getting raped, they said 👮🏼‍♀️officer is near so i continued to search for locations as much as i could the 3nd guys voice said he doesn't want to deal with it, any more, 🤨after he's basically finished, and used her crying🤬 out in pain as an excuse to not pay 🤬the 1st man for letting him rape the Lady name Sarah 🤨cause she does matter, Sarah again sayed it hurts, 3rd 🤬guy whom raped Sarah, leaves headed down the tracks, talk out loud complaining, by that time I'm flag the Lady👮🏼‍♀️ Cop, we, go in to the woods, Lady headed out down the tracks crying, sent unit, that way, the 2nd guy goes into tent, there's a creek in between the woods and the train tracks and the 🎪, etc, So yeah its some Illmalice people inside of those 🎪 also. So Life Heals and Death Heals Choose Wisely.

[@jagpilotohio]

Seattle actually isnt that bad. About 1000 people and they are making plans to house them all by the end of the year. LA county had 66,000+ homeless in 2020. They didn’t count last year because of Rona.

[@firstlast-yn4qg]

Hahahaha!

[@robertdog]

What are you talking about? Seattle is an open sewer. Even the moonbat Boomer trash there are complaining about the used needles and feces everywhere. That doesn't get into their "diversity" problem.

[@Pig845]

😼

[@bobobrazil1973]

Democrat cities

[@AAM29290]

Lmao as you blindly look away from the homelessness in Republican states and cities. Louisiana wants a word with you.

[@robertkocher1925]

Show some pride in yourself and get a job!

[@heyitsthatdude17]

What a garbage comment

[@Mr.LytlesClass]

Be a better human being.

[@bfranklin4302]

Jesus I pray that this man; through your power gains understanding and empathy

[@usa-empireis-dead227]

Give the homeless livable wage jobs Robert Kocher the dooshbag!

[@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz]

Get a job and have humility But you didn't say that People are obsessed with Pride That's what brought down Sodom and Gomorrah