Longview residents demand city take action on homeless camp

[@BarnyWaterg8]

It’s a health concern. Can’t have people pooping and doing drugs in the streets. That’s not some super leftist or conservative political belief.

[@newtonia-uo4889]

Seems like law and order is a conservative belief, remember #defundpolice?

[@screenarts]

No you can't, so clean Porta potty should be placed and maintained by the city it's a health issue. Clean water needs to be supplied to the camps. This is an economic failure of neoliberalism not a moral one. Not everyone it above average and we shipped their jobs out and this is the result.

[@johnhenderson2548]

@@screenarts 😜😜😜😜😜😜🤏🧠

[@Beamin439]

​@ScreenArts Media so not only should the homeless build neighborhoods and jack off in the streets. Tax payers should be paying to maintain these shitholes. Meanwhile the city threatens me if my tree gets too big. Liberal utopia gets better every day

[@Beamin439]

@Bernhard Schwarz "the dow"

[@justinesnyder9677]

My husband is a felon. He has a very good job. He works in the granite industry and makes more money than I do as a teacher. We are not homeless. You know what he always did? Applied at places and explained the situation. Learned a trade a got really good at it so that the rest didn’t matter.

[@janhatcher6991]

that's right! That's so great about your husband. Yes my friend also has a good job and he has a felony on his record and he was in prison for many years so there's just a lot of excuses out there why people don't get help.

[@justinesnyder9677]

Thank you for that! And good for your friend. Jobs were never very hard for him to find, a place to live was harder….can’t use rental company types of places, have to find a personal landlord.

[@corineusa1454]

Think about it, the reporter picked the best in the camp. That was only a handful. Who's voting these corrupt people in?? U get what u vote for.

[@PlumbNutz]

When I worked in construction half the people I worked with were felons.

[@Da808Boii]

but but but what about my drugs i wanna do them more than i want help!

[@cryipticcreep5586]

I'm a felon, and have been homeless. But I never used that as an excuse to give up, it just made me try harder.

[@briansharp4388]

Keep up the good work.

[@garymckee448]

Outstanding

[@cryipticcreep5586]

@@briansharp4388 Thank You

[@cryipticcreep5586]

@@garymckee448 Thank you

[@surferx66]

Keep going, brother!

[@dusty7264]

I was on a jobsite, and a felon had a business, delivering appliances to new under construction apartment buildings. Had work, everyone he hired was a felon but it was a new start for many people

[@skunkbrave777]

Then get fucking your 🧠 brain 🧠 🙄 build tiny house for homeless and bring counselor therapy help those mental issues. What wrong with you

[@berlindaduran6799]

why not hire felons ,they have to make a living too

[@geoffreyharris5931]

I am fine with their being hired as long as they behave properly.

[@theresahaines2647]

My sister works in Portland and she said the homeless situation is out of control, and nothing is being done to alleviate the problem.

[@EmperorStarscream]

What's the solution, since it bothers you so much, come up with something to fix the problem

[@03PaK]

@@EmperorStarscream vote to criminalize drugs and inforce death penalty’s… sadly it will fix it but may end a few struggling people’s lives, but will prevent more from going down that path

[@bigvito9008]

@@EmperorStarscream Take the drugs and alcohol away and see what happens.

[@lorraine9242]

@@EmperorStarscream I have a solution. Move to northern Maine, Vermont or New Hampshire. It's too cold for homeless people. I can't solve the problem, but I can escape from it.

[@DogeLeague]

At least you guys interviewed both sides. Unlike Seattle newscasters, scared AF over here

[@aidancurran6729]

This. When I was homeless and stayed in encampments EVERYONE gave me the same advice: keep going, and get the fuck out as fast and as sober as you can. It’s heartbreaking having to give a woman Narcan and to have them tell you “please with everything in you dont do what I do” we are human just as much as someone who can rent or work. Treating the homeless like they are invisible is the first disconnect I see. When no one cares for you there isnt much effort to even think that you are worth a dime in a city full of money

[@kattycat3502]

Whatever, these idiots on KGW covered for Antifa, and BLM while Portland burned..

[@JesgateOnDown]

Yep. Homelessness is a societal issue. Not solvable by moving an encampment. People don't want to think it could be them so they don't want to look at homeless people/encampments. People need to stop making assumptions about the homeless & work to solve this issue. These "moves" aren't a fix for the "problem".

[@Suddenlyits1960]

@Just Real Truth, People are personally responsible for the decisions they make and the consequences they have. If you choose to shove a needle in your arm and become a junkie or can’t put down the bottle and drink yourself into the gutter then you should suffer the consequences of your actions. That’s nobody’s fault but your own. Society didn’t fail you. The vast majority of people are out there everyday doing what they have to do and taking care of themselves,not being burdens on society or playing “poor me”. You can’t fault decent people for not wanting this shit around them. Store owners and the public shouldn’t have to deal with the crime,feces, and needles and trash,being harassed for money,solicitation,etc. billions are spent on homeless outreach programs yearly. Bottom line is you can’t help people who won’t help themselves. It isn’t our responsibility to subsidize peoples bad decisions and handouts only draw more to the area. The ones who are mentally I’ll need to be committed to institutions and off the streets.

[@ArisaemaTriphyllum]

@@olecamohatmcgilicudy4256 I agree, landlords and property acquisition companies are to blame for all of it. Housing should be a right. I'm about one injury away from being in the same boat and I'm not a drug addict. Just a poor person that earns too much to get on Medicaid. For ppl like me - rent is 60% of my wages and I'm not living in luxury. My rent is prolly double the landlord's mortgage - which is why I say - ALL landlords are parasites. They use other ppl's paychecks to buy themselves more homes they can cripple ppl with.

[@cugrngneer]

Willing to work? The best way to prove it, is start with your home. Where ever you lay your head and dump your waste, is your home. If your not willing to take control and keep things clean, safe and maintained in and around your own community, and not even for the sake of yourself or anyone else; Then why should you expect conscientious citizens to accept your standards and provide opportunities? You have to prove your ethical worth by pulling your weight in any way you can to keep things clean, safe and healthy. Starting with yourself. Our self value is not defined by other people and their commercial/political mentality and social judgments. Our self worth is determined by how we personally chose to step up to the challenge, and what the results look like at the end of our efforts. Don't tell people you're different, SHOW people you are different.

[@sidehustletips]

You silly tiny house person. No compassion from you MAGAs and no compassion for legal Americans from the democrats. I feel so bad for these sad homeless people.

[@ca6177]

Amen to that! I agree! I see that same situation on a DAILY basis here in Austin, TX. And I'm sick of it! Enough already!

[@michelledryden4378]

Well said.

[@muskepticsometimes9133]

Once you let homeless problem get out of control it's really hard to fix, even if you have the will. Right now Portland does not really have the will. Unless there is homeless crapping in your yard most Portlanders would rather kick the can down the road. There are also crazy activists who support free range bums.

[@paulsawczyc5019]

The men of the community will not get together run them out - cowards get what they deserve.

[@johntruxal432]

That was the generations of dem city council , mayor and state govt that the voters kept putting in office....

[@mademsoisellerhapsody]

Yes, they hide among the bums.

[@CTF33]

The only real solution to the homeless epidemic is humane euthanization, but no one wants to make the hard decisions to solve the problem so it will only get worse.

[@michaelvance1118]

Fuck you!!!! Wait till you end up out here!! You need a dose of humility and a SERIOUS REALITY CHECK ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️

[@MrWaterbugdesign]

"Homeless" is very inaccurate term. Open drug use area is what this is. Has nothing to do with homeless. Given a home drug addicts will still spend almost all their time together near their drug supply and will take the drugs on the spot. They have little to no use for a home. Make drugs freely available and you will curb most drug issues. The stupidity of trying to force addicts to live in homes and kick has been tried for decades. We can't even slow down addiction. We could spend 1/10th the money and provide addicts with what they want...drugs. Give them some food too, they don't care how crappy the food is, just keep those drugs coming. They've taken the Blue Pill and don't want to stop. Accept reality. Create free drug centers away from others. Addicts don't care where they get high.

[@beholdheiscomingonthecloud5526]

As the gentleman stated "lawlessness" and these people love it.

[@briansharp4388]

Yeah, free drugs, that'll motivate them. Was put on methadone by Dr's for life.(pain management) Was addicted and damn near died. Went cold turkey. Think of that crap all.waking hours too this day. Free drugs, food, shelter, where is the incentive too get better? Why? Would have Everything they want, and wouldn't have to even do anything for it. Methadone programs don't taper junkies off it just makes them well enough too go get a fix.

[@briansharp4388]

Nobody held a gun to their heads and made do drugs. My favorite cousin Butch, got into hard drugs. Aids finally got him in prison. He told me " dont do as I do, do as I tell you. You go to prison and you will get your ass kicked in the morning and again at night, I got people everywhere and don't care what it costs me". I loved him so much I did as he said. He said he had excuses for using drugs, but they were bullshit in the long run. (He had dyslexia when they thought that you were stupid. He did a drawing how he saw things compared to what I saw. He couldn't read, but he was a great Harley mechanic. He would work 6 mos then go on unemployment 6 mos and just party. And wind up getting busted. But when not in jail or partying he worked. And when his kids started to get older he told his son the same thing as me. He didn't listen and is doing life without possibility of parole. No more excuses,

[@danieldaniels7571]

Not a bad idea. And as they all OD, we can use them as food for the rest of the colony to make them self-sustaining.

[@SunnyCarnivore]

In the Netherlands drugs are not illegal but being homeless is. You can do drugs if you can stay off the streets and many do; they are functional addicts that work but if you end up on the street you go away, not to a jail but to a long term facility. You are forced there and start out in an open bay, treatment ect. If you want better than you must prove yourself clean ect. Than you get a room with a room mate if you are clean and working and so it goes. If you mess up than you start over. You can be there for years if that is what you need and you know what; they are not on the streets. If you end up on the streets again than back you go. Most of these people can never be on thier own anymore and need constant care. We have had several homeless addicts been given vouchers to live in this complex, a family place with hard working people and children. These addicts bring drugs, filth, prostitution and violence. We got infested with bugs because of them. They hang out all night and make noise and the children have to walk past them to go to school while they are high, stinky and inappropriate. Than they eventually get kicked out but it takes awhile and more cone back. One even shot a gun and broke a main water pipe and flooded other apartments and those people had to move, not him because his apartment did not flood. Someone could have been killed. It took a year to get rid of him. Thankfully the complex stopped accepting vouchers and we have returned to a nice quiet family place. These people will never return to being a functional person in society. Keep them off the streets by making homelessness illegal and providing long term care facilities and for god sakes close the damn border; that's where it is all coming from!

[@lorraine9242]

I live in Connecticut. Some years ago, I contemplated moving down south after I retire. Not anymore. I think I will move further up north. Not a lot of homeless people up north because the winters are too cold.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

Give us a chance! Um I did. I hired 20 homeless at $15 to $20 an hour. It took them so long to do anything I would have to pay them $1 an hour just to make $1 an hour. 5 minutes after break 1 guy was ready for another smoke break. All but 2 quit first week. Most 1st day. Those 2 last 3 months before quitting and I could never get them to work more than 20 hrs a week! Oh and most showed up 4 hours late, worked 1 hour and went home and was quite happy with their $100 a week paycheck

[@kakuto500]

Yea I did the same. They are in no condition to any labor really.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@kakuto500 yeah thats why they homeless. they cant do anything anywhere to current min wage standards. maybe if we had a 50 cent an hour min wage they could bag groceries or pump gas half ass. or walk behind a push mower under constant supervision

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@kakuto500 1 day 1 had 4 homeless mowing yards. a yard i could do in 15 minutes alone we had 1 mowing front, 1 mowing back, 1 weedeat front, 1 weedeat back. should be 5 minutes tops! 1 guy made 4 passes on front with 36" which was half in 2 minutes, shut it off in yard, and went sat on tailgate. after a 5 min drive to yard! like mcdonalds not gonna let them take a 15 min break every 2 minutes! At $15 an hour yard time he made $20 that day. Rest day was sitting on break. He yelled at me 1st. Every yard despite 4 people took 4 times as long as i could do alone. Didnt even get half them done. I couldve done all alone that day. So what do they get paid? well nothing cause they owe me for the yards not done that i couldve done if not babysitting re tards. right? If not I paid to work for free. And who pays to work for free???? and thats my point. No one is gonna pay to work for free babysitting these re tards.

[@galegrazutis964]

They are PARACITES l am frankly surprised you got that much out of them. Easier for them to panhandle, or steal from decent people!

[@galegrazutis964]

@@kakuto500 That's fine but they shouldn't expect the rest of us to support them!

[@dee7353]

They are not all willing to work, to quit drugs and alcohol, to follow rules. They is why most of them are where they are. There are many resources and help for those who truly want to change and want help.

[@JG-lo1vb]

Yup, I wish those that defend these scum would go and talk to them in person. They'd realize real quick how much they don't want help and just want to get high all day.

[@xyzcowboyprophet2182]

Five years... THIS A CHOSEN LIFESTYLE...

[@johnshields6852]

It's not what people think, bullshit, it's exactly what people think, they're doing it in my city of Boston, I tried walking to a Drs visit not the entire sidewalk is covered by tents, I have cars blowing their horns at me for trying to walk because there's no sidewalk, if you asked people their if they want a job they'll say yes, but not really actually go to work, it's bullshit, I'm an old guy, in my day they would've threw the first tent out, once it starts it spreads like wildfire. It's ridiculous.

[@garybrunecz7785]

Well we killed over 40 million Indians in order to steal their land and resources so the European outcasts that were of no use to their countries, were put on ships and sent overseas and killed their way to the west coast to alleviate the over crowding. So who are we going to kill next to alleviate the overcrowding. Never mind. Biden already branded anyone who didn't vote for him as a threat to this nation. So I guess you Democrats are going to have to try to kill all of us who don't support your traitor government. If you can kill all 80,000,000 of us you will have plenty of empty houses and lots of elbow room until the over breeders and wave after wave of immigrant repeat the same old play.

[@travelnomad2128]

I live in Reno. We had quite a homeless situation in the past, worsened after the pandemic but not as bad as Portland or SF. But happy to note when we drove around yesterday that they're gone from places they shouldn't be. They were all scooped up & taken to the larger newly built shelter. No ifs and buts. All encampments were demolished! Kudos to our mayor and her staff!

[@oceanview2965]

You're one of the lucky ones.

[@jeanetteforister9295]

My ex is a felon yet he owns and operates his own auto repair shop. He learned a trade that people need and will pay money for. He started with pawn shop tools, back in the day, and gradually built a company. Being a felon is an excuse to give up!

[@patrickwalker4000]

Sounds like they need to KEEP electing that same city council.

[@kellybaumann1450]

They will as long as it has an R next to the box.

[@patrickwalker4000]

@@kellybaumann1450 Are you trying to say that the republicans are in control and their policies are the problem here?

[@Editnamehere]

@@kellybaumann1450 goes both ways R or D people are to stupid and deserve their city going to shit literally.

[@benredacted8468]

@@kellybaumann1450 yeah because democrats have a stellar track record of deal with these issues...moron

[@OMFGLAZERGUNPEW]

I used to live out of my car. I absolutely hated it. However hating that situation and working two jobs, flying under the radar gave me the motivation to get out of that situation. Most of us in the NW can see all the help wanted signs as well as most of these places are paying above minimum wage albeit not much. However if you don’t have any rent, bills or anything like that you could be out of that situation in a few months. This story just busted all the excuses they have. Don’t have a phone? That guy was collecting bottles and cans, use that money to get a prepaid one. Don’t have a drivers license? Don’t get a job that requires you to drive. And as some of grandparents used to say. “Walk five miles uphill both ways in the snow”

[@pdxtom]

I've logged hundreds of hours working with homeless outreach programs, have freinds who were once homeless and have had two family members who became homeless. EVERYTHING you just said is spot on. Not one single person I've known that was homeless was that way through no fault of their own; There was a whole trail of people...family members, spouses and employers...who begged them to change course and offered help. They CHOSE to stay where they were at. Those who pulled themselves out of it? One day they woke up and did all of the things you suggest and they were back on their feet in a short time.

[@garybrunecz7785]

Bull ship. I can work faster then any of you punks and I do day in and day out. Come to UPS and try to keep up with this old man. I will make you look like a turtle. I am a corporate slave who gets the crumbs and does more work them all of you. I would bet my life on that. So lets get this straight. I Unload at least 90 tons of freight by hand at high speed and I do not make enough to do squat. That is why I take advantage of an elderly women and live in her place. I will never have anything. All I do is exist. We have millions of desperate, starving immigrants who will gladly come here and work for peanuts and not bitch because they don't speak the language. The top management get all the money and throw us a few crumbs from time to time. That is why there is such a high turnover. But with 8 billion people on this planet there will always be dumb and desperate individuals willing to step in for a bit. You fools are only worth what it costs to replace you. Any of you punks think you can keep up with me. You are living in a fantasy world. So many of us have a reason to be bitter and want to give up. I will take any of you in this county on and destroy you. I am just a dumbed down slave for corporate america.

[@amyheadrick5083]

When you vote on a dream versus reality this is what you get, it’s harder to help people fight mental health etc. then make a quick law that’s just virtue signaling.

[@michaelmullin7941]

Re-build the asylums, put every bum in them and keep them there. Let the police move them on out of the county like they used to do.

[@spocksvulcanbrain]

Why is it that most people go straight to mental health rather than the most common cause - drug addiction - as the cause?

[@amyheadrick5083]

@@spocksvulcanbrain the root of drug use most often is mental health. Maybe you didn’t grow up traumatized but a lot of people have. You have to dig deeper.

[@spocksvulcanbrain]

@@amyheadrick5083 That's not true. I used to work in drug addiction. The most common cause of drug use started as experimentation due to peer pressure. Some fell into the trap of addiction. It's not mental health leads to addiction, but addiction leads to and sometimes uncovers mental health. You have it backward.

[@amyheadrick5083]

@@spocksvulcanbrain That could be true for some , but also unstable homes lead to searching for something to fill that void. It’s a way to cover up the pain. One fact isn’t the same for every person. I have been through experiences myself. If not drugs, sex, alcohol, food etc.

[@JR-gc8el]

Most of these people have problems that they cannot sort out themselves. That is life for them and that's all they will ever know. You can't help everyone.

[@free4all975]

Then they are a waste of life

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Let them go live with your ass then......why should a few be allowed to RUIN the neighborhood?

[@pinchebruha405]

@@free4all975 wasting their life yes, they are merely existing

[@jayblue5310]

Drug addict bums

[@junkyardhillbilly]

If you guys only have it in one area you guys are doing pretty good you guys should move to Portland you could really get some homelessness in then you guys would really have something to cry over we have it everywhere not just in one area you guys are pretty lucky you can't explain this to rich people because they already have a house they have steak on the table mashed potatoes they're well fed and closed yes they work for it but most of those are mentally not there the city needs to step up and get them some help like that lady said it takes time to get where you need to go sounds like she's been waiting for help for 5 years that's how fast our cities move the city council doesn't care the police don't care unless they can make a buck off to somebody they don't care what you need to do is defund the police defend the city council because it's it's very clear that they don't care it's this way in every city we need to revamp the government but they sure got their hand out for taxes and how they want to spend them and tax our roads it's just pay pay and nothing in return very frustrating right now everybody wants to screw everybody it's the new Biden way so get used to it buckle up we're going for a ride as long as we have this dick in office

[@simonh7954]

Yes…… if you commit felonies it impacts your life later.! That’s not anything new. However people who tried to make the right decision should not have to pay for those that at the same time made different decisions. Yes there are consequences for the decisions we make either now or later in life but consequences will come. Right now we’re making the people who did the right thing pay for those that continue to do the wrong! I also want to leave the city now because I’m over the homeless Garbage crime and overall grossness that has become Portland! I don’t understand how it helps the homeless to allow them to actually rob from everyone around them now with no consequences! How is their mental health better? Because the rest of our mental health is much worse… Yes the mental health of the people paying the taxes that are now leaving the state in droves might not matter to our leaders now but wait until they are gone. That’s Portland’s answer… Let’s punish the taxpayers that are making correct choices. Let’s make them pay for other people’s choices and let’s destroy their neighborhoods in the meantime. Great plan Portland and Longview. I’m voting out anyone that doesn’t support getting the homeless situation of crime and theft of our neighborhoods under control. Complete lawlessness is just the people in charge completely giving up!

[@briansharp4388]

I really have no pity on felons....if you care about how you are perceived get rid of the career criminals and clean up your camp. Felons don't qualify for much, whose fault is that? You commit certain crimes even after you pay you time, you don't get shelter. You knew that going in.

[@wildhorses78]

It is failed RepubliKKKlan policies which has caused runaway-AGW and homelessness.

[@wildhorses78]

It is failed RepubliKKKlan policies

[@wildhorses78]

which has caused runaway-AGW and homelessness.

[@wildhorses78]

It is failed RepubliKKKlan

[@samuraisaxon6800]

These are the type of residents who will take care of this problem themselves if the city doesn’t step up and do it’s job.

[@ajcarr1965]

Texas has state mental hospitals and drug rehab programs that require addicts to wean themselves off drugs (or go to jail) instead of handing out needles & crack pipes.

[@newworldconcepts583]

I say to hell with these complainers. They can shove it, and go back to their own box.

[@samuraisaxon6800]

@New World Concepts You should get off the keyboard and go tell them that

[@newworldconcepts583]

@@samuraisaxon6800 ikr, something tells me they ain't gonna listen. I think humanity has the capacity to solve its problems without the need of intimidation or violence.

[@jjberg83]

Longview residents chased a cult out of town back in the day (the Holy Rollers). I think they tarred and feathered them too lol

[@blueeyedwolf2205]

It never ceases to amaze me what we tolerate.

[@paulsawczyc5019]

My father and my uncles would have taken care of the problem. Amazing what a soy diet can do to men.

[@firstlast8258]

@@paulsawczyc5019 🙄

[@5DNRG]

With increasing overpopulation it will be worse before a solution shows itself.

[@sidehustletips]

@@paulsawczyc5019 you MAGAs are no better than the dems. none of you care about these homeless real Americans. Disgusting.

[@RickStorni]

This is happening all over the U S A

[@mikenagy938]

Wrong, only in democrat run cities and state. Can you add two plus two and get four?

[@davidsmith4363]

@@mikenagy938 New York, Texas, and Florida have more homeless that Washington, you dumbass.

[@luvlabso130]

Democrat run cities

[@maxsmart9116]

@@mikenagy938 Longview is pretty conservative.

[@mada881010789]

I drive around Dallas area very often . Dallas seems fine . There are a few homeless under the highway . I didn’t see any increase . I have been living here for 10 years .

[@Steven-rp8zo]

Huge kudos to Blair and the whole team at KGW!!! I'm not even living there but I do have family in OR and I'm hooked on your reporting because you report real news, no fluff. Thank you for the real journalism, something that is harder to find these days! 👍👍👍

[@kattycat3502]

No they don't. If you trust the local propaganda you've drank the cool aid.

[@swerne01]

Sad, because for the people in this camp, this is probably as good as it's going to get. Unless they can get and hold jobs, they're not going anywhere. Increased police patrols may keep their unpleasant behaviors confined to the campground more, rather than out in the surrounding areas, but there's no real reason for them to change. I believe those guys who live in the camp who said it's hard to get a job when you're a felon. It would be instructive to hear what their attempts were to get a job, what kinds of jobs they actually applied for and were denied, what sorts of jobs felons can get. It would also be instructive to hear from a social worker or jobs specialist who works with this population and see if they agree or not. I'm a little surprised just to see port-a-potties. I would have thought the city could build a building with bathrooms that included sinks and showers. Then some people could get jobs taking care of them. But you'd need a campground manager too and a few rules so that those facilities didn't immediately get trashed.

[@JK-co4lz]

Build a bathroom with showers in the middle of nowhere and in the middle of a drought? And who would be there to perform maintenance or prevent water waste? Great on paper, but very resource restricted.

[@swerne01]

@@JK-co4lz I don't think it's in the middle of nowhere. There's a community there after all, and probably city water and sewer, if there's a butcher shop right near there. Also, if you give people a little help with basic hygiene, they may be motivated to take more pride in their appearance. How would you like to live without being able to take a shower or brush your teeth?

[@simonh7954]

It’s not a campground… Those are public streets and sidewalks. Not campgrounds so please let’s not now say the streets in the sidewalks and the bike paths are campgrounds.

[@swerne01]

@@simonh7954 If you look at the the video the land on which the camp is located looks like one side of it is along a street or road but the rest of the plot is away from the street and there is a fence around it. It is not a thin strip of land along a street as you are describing.

[@simonh7954]

@@swerne01 I guess I’m putting them all in the same concept… On my street there on the sidewalks they’ve also taken over a vacant duplex. The police say it’s under the mayors purview and not considered a crime. I don’t know breaking into a place it’s not yours and living there seems like a crime. They also live on the bike paths near me. Like 1000 of them! I haven’t been able to use those bike paths in three years. They also camp right next to your yard if your yard is next to a business! So they are nowhere near campgrounds they’re on the sidewalks the bike paths in next to your yard. I don’t see any campgrounds near me because I live in a city but I see thousands and thousands and thousands of homeless living on the street sidewalks yards and bike paths. Those are not campgrounds

[@992001jeffr]

To your government, “taking action” means “encourage”, “support”, “condone”, “allow”, etc… Other states just say…”Move along, you can’t do that here, IT IS ILLEGAL”.

[@danieldaniels7571]

Move along to where, though?

[@992001jeffr]

@@danieldaniels7571 To wherever they won’t destroy neighborhoods and businesses. It works in other states because they don’t allow it to grow out of control.

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@992001jeffr That's really vague, and doesn't really answer my question. I was asking for a specific location.

[@stevehady915]

@@danieldaniels7571 Your back yard. Take their illegal drugs away every day and see how long they stay.

[@Mike-vd2qt]

@@danieldaniels7571 When they are hassled by police they keep moving west to Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco all the warmer easier climates.

[@valerieleidal7594]

All being done on purpose, yes support those businesses that are against the politically driven poverty. This happens in your neighbourhood, you can’t even leave because you will get nothing for your home!

[@americanpatriot8718]

I feel for them, And pray for them for a better life, Foster Farms needs 300 workers, why don't they try that if they really want to work, They start at over $20hr !!!

[@SgtJoeSmith]

My company needs 100,000 globally. 20000 @ 6 figure pay. 1000 at 7 figure pay. $30k minimum. $50k average starting

[@coomdoon]

@@SgtJoeSmith what company?

[@baitcrown9238]

@@SgtJoeSmith I have a SSN you can use if you just need an employee on paper

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@coomdoon cedar valley management

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@SgtJoeSmith do they hire felons?

[@PontiacS.]

Move the Homeless in front of the Mayor's and other city council members homes. See how long they last.

[@silveringots]

He collects bottles hoping one day he'll get out. 🤦‍♂️ great reporting

[@beholdheiscomingonthecloud5526]

You just can't make this stuff up

[@ATappin]

There is no bottle deposit in Washington. Gonna spend all the money he makes on gas driving to Portland

[@weebeevillaging587]

@@ATappin obviously you have never seen them going over the Longview bridge into Rainer Oregon loaded with their cans.

[@ATappin]

@@weebeevillaging587 in their stolen f150? Lol

[@weebeevillaging587]

@@ATappin no actually loaded up attached to their bikes or just carrying them on their backs. If you have seen and have knowledge you would not be giving a stupid response.

[@leegoddard2618]

1:43 correct, this is NOT helping, it is allowing. There IS a difference. Tolerance is not an answer, it is ignoring the obvious.

[@JK-co4lz]

Ahhh yes... being a felon seems to be a prerequisite for being chronicly homeless. What's sad is that most people would agree to help, if the homeless cleaned up after themselves, didn't use illicit drugs in public, and respected other's boundaries. Is that too much to ask? I guess so when fentanyl is $2-3 bucks a hit.

[@firstlast8258]

Not every homeless person is on drugs and unemployed

[@JK-co4lz]

@@firstlast8258 that's why I put it as "chronically" homeless. The ones that actually use the public and government support systems to pick themselves back up won't stay homeless for long. I've helped a handful of people myself - both felons and regular joes pick themselves back up. Only one person in that video seems wanting to get back to work (the guy fixing the generator).

[@baitcrown9238]

@@firstlast8258 Yes every homeless person is a junkie loser

[@ronaldcampbell2954]

I just don’t understand why we keep giving our money to other countries when we have very major needs right here in America

[@mexdrgagon]

We don't support illegal dumping!

[@garybrunecz7785]

You have no clue how many millions of ton of garbage my company of the past dumped into the ocean. Man does not respect the land and has polluted it beyond comprehension. Mother Earth will get the last laugh. Man is so sick sadistic and evil that he would destroy the whole planet in order to try to win a war. Humans are the virus and nuclear war is the cure.

[@lynnettespolitics9656]

And to think we came so close to buying a home in that town, it was such a nice little community.

[@SecondStage1983]

It still is.....one homeless camp doesn't make an entire city a crap hole

[@lindsay3793]

Yes, one homeless encampment DOES make it a shtthole. No decent woman or children want to live around degeneracy.

[@SecondStage1983]

@@lindsay3793 Jesus so anywhere there is homeless people is a terrible place? Welcome to 95% of the world m

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

The operative word is "WAS".....

[@lindsay3793]

@@SecondStage1983 No there isn't homelessness everywhere and many (non-democrat run) places do not tolerate the filth.

[@homesteadfilm3870]

Yet they can afford $9 a pack cigarettes.

[@galegrazutis964]

It's not just the cigarettes is the drugs and booze as well!

[@rainers.2080]

We have people who sit on the street and beg for money here in Sweden too. But they are almost exclusively migrants who have come here from Bulgaria and Romania after those countries joined the E.U some 15 or 20 years ago. The beggers are of Romani descent and are not interested in getting a job. They only want to beg. I never give them any money but on occasion I might buy someone a ready-made sandwich and a soda. The last woman I gave something to eat to did not seem very pleased though.

[@DoubleDogDare54]

When I was a kid they were called "bums" and driven out of a community by the authorities. If they were sick, crazy, criminals or unemployable, they were moved to a county institution or jail. If they were able-bodied, they were rounded up, dumped at the city limits and told if they returned they'd be jailed. You deal with bums by not tolerating their behavior or allowing their behavior to destroy the good communities they try to squat in.

[@boxerblvd3514]

That is the truth. I don't remember them ever living like what we see now.

[@GrnXnham]

I still call them bums just because I love pissing off the PC crowd.

[@clintcoop5717]

Maybe for those reasons on dealing with them those ways obviously didn't help the problems did it....

[@DoubleDogDare54]

@@clintcoop5717 At some point in time people who are able-bodied have to be held accountable for their own choices and actions. Those who are infirm or insane need help and should be removed from the streets, committed involuntarily, cared for and housed at public expense because it is the right and humane thing to do. But bums need to get their act together and stop bothering people. If they insist on being public pests, the jail or city limits and orders to leave town are what they deserve and where they belong.

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@GrnXnham I like the term hobo

[@JD_JustDoing]

I work for a multibillion-dollar international food production company as a Maintenance Foreman. Over half of our production personnel are felons making good wages at entry level. I refuse this excuse anymore.

[@garybrunecz7785]

Baloney. You mean slave wages, I bust my ass and am the fastest unloader of ups trucks five day a week and can whip any of you punks who have the balls to try to keep up with ne. I cannot afford a place and have to live off an older lady. So you must be living in Mexico or Indonesia. This is the reason we have a very high turnover, because people are not dumb enough to work that hard and not ever afford basic living expenses. With inflation and demand and greed we are losing the battle. So I will be on the street soon when my elderly friend dies and I outwork all of you with ease. Because I am the fastest and I a waiting to be proved wrong. So bite me. We are just slaves. This is the reason I can do what I want and get away with it because this slave makes his masters lots of money so I am the one who has respect and some power. Once a slave always a slave. Now that we are the world's number one immigration dumping ground I expect wages to stay super low and the cost of living will rise as the corporate masters enrich themselves beyond belief. This old man has been around the block and remembers how great it was at one time. The one's who do the least make the most. People who work are consider of no value. Now if you have a degree or technical training, then you will get paid much more and do way less. Fact of Life.

[@BooksbyAFoster]

Time to vote new people into office...

[@florencehenderson3707]

Good to see KGW actually going to these places and talking to both sides of the issue objectively.

[@FlixCreEightR]

sick of the homeless in LA.

[@John-ir2zf]

how about your dumbacrat politicians too....? they are what's really fking Cali up.

[@galegrazutis964]

I can only dare to imagine! The Utube videos l have see have left me disgusted and completely appauled. All l can say is l completely feel for you should try and change things to some extent by your vote!

[@trumpensteinsmonsters7890]

A one bedroom apartment in Portland rents for $1,500 a month. How much income will the rental company require it to make in order to qualify to rent that unit?

[@nathanial82]

This is the result of a society gone wrong.

[@methus57]

society gone wrong = drugs

[@mexdrgagon]

Put them in protective custody. 3 hots and a cot.

[@galegrazutis964]

I am not paying for that!!!

[@CTF33]

Jails are already over crowded. The only real solution is humane euthanization.

[@firstlast8258]

@@galegrazutis964 you are already paying with them being on the street

[@urielemmanuelpelaezhernandez39]

Interesting information. I'm following your News from Oregon and Portland lately. Regards. 👋🏼😯

[@uncledick9445]

why do you care what is going on in the portland/metro area?

[@michaelmullin7941]

@@uncledick9445 To learn how NOT to tolerate those bums?

[@baitcrown9238]

@@uncledick9445 Portland is a cultural spigot, everybody cares about Portland.

[@jamebrooke894]

Panhandler/ homeless guy asked for money to eat. I was a day shift supervisor at a manufacturing plant, so I told him come by and I guarantee you a job. He got very angry and said I don't need a job!! Ok then. As for felons, it is hard to find a job that will hire them. Even the company I worked for was against it, to which I said I'm not and I was a Prison Correctional Officer. Changed their mind at Corporate.

[@personnesenki4521]

And then people wonder why defensive architecture is a thing.

[@autumnstockley6175]

You get what you vote for! O moved out of kelso 2.5 yrs ago. Best decision ever!

[@KingSobieski]

$50+ billion to Ukraine yet we can't put some homeless people into shelters?

[@RandoBurner]

6 trillion in covid relief, much of which was stolen or misplaced(at least 30-40 percent). And these people have at their disposal programs that total per year far more than 50 billion. And the 50 billion in Ukraine destroyed more than 50 billion in russian hardware an advsersary of the US-so its profitable. On the other hand, programs for these people are just a way for bureacrats to get salaries and the trillions stolen in covid relief is obviously not profitable for anyone.

[@boxerblvd3514]

And then what. Now they live in a wood building instead of a tent. Where you park your ass has nothing to do with how you treat your saroundings.

[@sidehustletips]

Don't you get it? Dems ONLY care about welcoming illegals over the border who can vote. Felon real Americans can't, so they don't care about them. MAGAs are scared of the homeless because they know they could easily become one, so instead they judge them harshly. I loathe Brandon AND MAGAS so I can see how how neither group will help.

[@swerne01]

I agree what you're describing are not campgrounds. Ideally cities should be able to find some plots of land somewhere in or near the city that could be fenced and developed so the homeless have some place to live and yet not be so visible and intrusive as what you describe. Building apartments or houses for the homeless or converting apartment buildings or hotels has proven again and again to be unworkable or prohibitively expensive or both. I think finding them a place to camp is the best alternative.

[@briansharp4388]

Many tend too engage in street "activities", trash rooms given, move in people who shouldn't be there...because they don't want to follow rules. So building all these "tiny homes" will take up a space that they can fence in and monitor. But then they won't like That either. Again RULES they don't want. Save those that qualifiy...the rest....well

[@bug2011]

Like government work camps. EVERYONE needs to pay their way !!!

[@lindsay3793]

Mental institutions. Lock them up.

[@swerne01]

@@lindsay3793 They closed all the mental institutions 50 years ago.

[@lindsay3793]

@@swerne01 Yes, they need to bring them back.

[@rangerdeeds2391]

The saddest thing is they haven't even addressed all the murders and drug overdoses there in the homeless camp

[@galegrazutis964]

Who care let them get rid of each other!

[@firstlast8258]

@@galegrazutis964 the politicians only care at voting time

[@sheehy933]

This is more about people who choose to live outside societal norms than actual homeless people. ANY local, state, or federal government that allows these types of encampments to exist is a government that no longer works for the people who fund it. Doesn't matter if it's a small town or a major city, these moveable slums should never have the opportunity to take hold, because once they do it is much harder to get rid of them. Before you get all virtuous on me, Imagine this monstrosity next to your home. Your kids, your hard earned belongings, your property values, all in jeopardy because some people who f****d up their lives decide they are entitled to dump their shit wherever they see fit. Do your damn job government.

[@briansharp4388]

Ever notice how many of the supporters of these poor sorry people don't have them doing the fetynol crawl on their doorstep?

[@briansharp4388]

Help fix it dont bitch and live off the bones

[@cynthiatreynor1973]

Exactly. People paying taxes shouldn't have to put up with governments that do nothing for them.

[@chinookvalley]

sheehy933 Imagine if this was you, living on the street. Most homeless people didn't f*k up their lives, it was done to them, whether in a war or being abused at home, most of these people have begged for help but didn't get it growing up, in school, at work, or from society. There is a CAUSE for homelessness.

[@sheehy933]

@@chinookvalley Those issues are as old as the human race. Allowing these people to create lawless slums on public property is not solving anything, it creates more debauchery.

[@susanjaneterry1073]

Taxpayers pay for the streets, sidewalks , parks and beaches. So, no matter how many felonies you racked up, you don't have the right to live on publicly-owned property.

[@louiss3409]

I paid taxes for thirty years and lost my home in a divorce, it is nice to know the world hasn't run out of idiots though.

[@beholdheiscomingonthecloud5526]

Exactly. Just you or I or any tax paying, law abiding citizen try it. Oh that's right, we wouldn't even think about it.

[@joseole1117]

Then where are they supposed to live? don't say shelters, are you gonna arrest them just for breathing?

[@garybrunecz7785]

You are a cold hearted snake who could care less about anyone but herself. Now I see why this country is so dived and is going down.

[@1wildwackywoman]

KGW - do a follow up on this. You might be surprised.

[@SMOBY44]

They are like this because of the choices they made and continue to make. Being a felon is not a barrier to employment. Most of the day labor construction workers are felons. They just don't want to put in the effort and time to better themselves. Most in this particular camp are daily drug users (I live 4 blocks away from it and see and smell this shithole daily). There are many options for them, many programs they could utilize, but those require them to be clean and they can't do it. They would rather live in their own filth. There's my two cents.

[@earthsucks9555]

Yep Laziness

[@galegrazutis964]

Well l completely agree with your 2 cents. I think it's worth a hell of a lot more!

[@janhatcher6991]

The keyword in your post is choices! It's all about choices we all make choices every day whether they're good or bad you can get yourself out of this lifestyle I knew many friends who had felons I know a girl who was on drugs for 20 years so you can change but it's just a choice that you have to make

[@detectivebubblegum9777]

Owning a house doesn’t make you more of a person

[@thomasauslander3757]

Saw a homeless man eating grass in the park I asked him "Why are you eating grass?" He said "I am very hungry" I replied "Oh, okay then. Come with me." You should've seen his face when I showed him my backyard.

[@franciskurt4708]

Too bad he didn't bury you in your own backyard and have the bugs eat you. Scumbag. It's no joke.

[@dancook4993]

We can build animal shelters everywhere but not for people,We treat fellow human beings like nothing but care more for stray animals.

[@sidehustletips]

Democrats OFFER illegal border crossers everything because they know thye get their votes. These sad white felons can't vote so they don't care. Meanwhile the MAGAs hate them because they themselves are too close to being homeless druggies themselves.

[@covidmisinformation7481]

A wise man once said, "An excuse is just a reason stuffed with a lie." These people have dozens of "excuses" for why they're homeless after all this time. Everyone in Portland (EVERYONE) needs to stop the mentality that these people are victims. Understand, these people may not have had a choice in becoming homeless (although a lot of them did).. but they DID (and DO) have a choice in STAYING homeless. EVERY DAY that you don't get up and work like hell to get out of homelessness, is another day that you've decided it's what you want, and are 100% willing to accept as your life. If you're homeless: 1. You shouldn't have a pet. You can't even guarantee that you'll be fed every day. Why would you subject an animal to that? 2. You shouldn't own more than you can carry at a full run. Until you have a place to live (a tent doesn't count) you don't need more than clothes and hygiene. 3. A felony doesn't keep you from getting: Food Stamps, Section 8 housing, a job. 4. Not having a driver's license in a town with as much public transit as Portland is not a barrier to housing or employment. I have an apartment, and a job, and I haven't had a driver's license in twenty years. If you choose to live this way, then do it somewhere else.

[@boxerblvd3514]

Well said the excuses have to stop.

[@scandelicious764]

Do you even know where this is? It’s an hour from Portland. We’re not even in Oregon. Thanks for the lecture though.

[@covidmisinformation7481]

@@scandelicious764 Oh, so... because the nasty, filthy, garbage strewn, needle-ridden, bad-for-businesses-and-residences, noisy homeless camp is somewhere else, it's f*cking OK, right? YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.

[@sharonc6342]

I have watched several videos. Look into what city council is getting back for this. I would be suspicious about why this decision was made to put this camp here in a mostly conservative town. In other words "Follow the Money ".

[@chinookvalley]

If this is a HOMELESS camp let's see some compassion and assistance. I live in an old dilapidated area of rural Colorado that's a meth area. These people are old, disabled, poor, or just plain forgotten. If there was actual HELP for them, it would cut down on the conditions of homelessness and drug and alcohol use. THEY NEED HELP.

[@bellanniepickles]

They do not want "help". They want handouts!! Free housing, food stamps, free money and free dope!!!

[@bellanniepickles]

@@olecamohatmcgilicudy4256 - Truth hurt?

[@swerne01]

Before you get too worked up interview these people and see if they received or were offered help before and either didn't follow through or refused the help.

[@Tipperary757]

Govt should be paying some of these folks to clean up the trash, maintain some order. Tents need porta potties or you have human waste to contend with. Not saying to encourage them but it exists + is a cesspool w no maintenance. Lawbreakers need to be arrested. With no source of income + a drug addiction, they will commit crimes.

[@kevmodee1866]

The biggest issue for these people I think, is that most of these homeless people have either mental health or drug addiction issues, or both! I'm sure it is difficult to find a job with felonies; especially certain ones, and not having a physical address too; but making camp close to businesses or homes is just not cool! And there are some employers that do hire specifically felons. If the government can spend billions on rocket ships and wars, then they could certainly cut back in that stupid sh-t and help their fellow humans get off of the streets!!

[@sandraclick7812]

...and illegal immigrants too staying in hotels , really ??????/

[@joannbyrd6324]

America ,be part of the solution, love thy neighbor as thyself. Help them out with IDs , Jobs , drug rehabs ,, taking them to AA,NA , celebrate recovery meetings.

[@Mocaknight]

Who else is not surprised...

[@user-uy3eq5hg1s]

These are mentally ill drug addicts, many of them criminal felons, and city governments think it's okay to let them camp near elementary schools and parks where children play. These homeless drug addicts are the ones stealing our catalytic converters and cars and making everyone feel unsafe in their own neighborhoods. City government officials across the country should be criminally prosecuted for failing their duties as government officials and they should be punished by serving mandatory community service to clean up the needles and trash themselves. We must make street camping strictly illegal - either go into a homeless shelter or go to prison.

[@rchot84]

This is bad, but whats really bad is the homeless poeple you don't see or you do see, but just don't know that they're homeless. They work and pay taxes, but can't afford a place to live. Those people are growing in number.

[@2TROLL1]

Every homeless person I've ever tried to help turned out to be a thief: On the other hand, every CEO I ever worked for turned out to be even a bigger Thief; I guess the lesson here is: "The homeless need to learn how to steal better".

[@farmerbill6855]

Let me guess, the CEOs were stealing from you for paying your lazy ass what you were worth instead of what you think you are worth?

[@onespeedlite]

You are part of the problem. A better lesson is to not become a thief in the first place. Then you wouldn't end up not being trusted by employers who want to hire people.

[@briansharp4388]

People are people, trash is trash. People come in all shapes colors and sizes. Trash comes in all shapes colors and sizes. The trick is being able to tell the difference. Mr Obe Washington..july1980. Just before I left for service.

[@margaretwebb389]

Same thing happened to me!

[@IntriguedLioness]

*DEBAUCHERY, LAWLESS, PUBLIC MASTURBATION.* I think the sums it up. This is in cities all over the US right now and it's not necessarily homeless problem but definitely a drug problem. How demeaning for children who must grow up seeing this. This is not a lifestyle choice. This is criminal.

[@bonniedunbar6717]

When one woman was asked why she didn't try and get out she said she is on a "list". She didn't even consider getting a job. Free handouts are not the way to go. Anyone can get a simple job and open a savings account. And you can get an ID that just proves who you are. Everybody has a birth certificate copy somewhere if you request one. It takes a bit of effort but even a library can help you get the info. you need. These homeless are to young to just give up.

[@danieldaniels7571]

It can be next to impossible to get and keep a birth certificate when you're homeless

[@bonniedunbar6717]

@@danieldaniels7571 If you know the state or county you were born in just call county records dept. and they will mail you a copy. Done all the time.

[@sidehustletips]

@@danieldaniels7571 I live in a 750k house and my id lapsed during covid. It's nearly impossible to get a copy of my birth certificate even with an address! I literally have to sign up for a university class just to get an id to get my BC. I can't imagine how bad it is for these poor women. @donnie dumbar - that's not true at all. Everything you said is bs. Typical clueless maga.

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@sidehustletips I was homeless without any ID in Phoenix about 18 years ago. Replacing my AZ driver's licence was fairly easy, as the MVD office was able to pull up my picture and I was able to answer personal questions and pay the somewhat nominal fee. But the MVD doesn't accept an address of "none," so I had to lie and gave them the address of the house I'd lost in Tucson that was on the card I'd lost. I expect I broke a law doing that. Replacing my birth certificate was very difficult, and were it not for help from St. Vincent de Paul's homeless outreach services I'd have never been able to get it. I was born in California, and had to mail several things to Sacramento and get things back from them in the mail. People who haven't been homeless don't realize just how difficult it can be to replace ID or just simply to receive mail when you're homeless. And keeping these things are difficult as people will steal everything you have while you're asleep.

[@msgreen3135]

I wished the reporter would've ask which states they are from. Texas should give them a one-way bus ticket back to their home states.

[@ca6177]

I am totally in agreement with you! You should see what we deal with in Austin! It's outrageous and disgusting!

[@garybrunecz7785]

Don't worry the Ruling elite have big plans for America. Lets just say the herd will be extremely thinned in the near future. So all the one's left standing can breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy that elbow room for a moment before the over breeders and mass immigrants create the same old play. America is the front line of the next major battle and most of the dumbed down sheep can't see it coming. There is a time for war, peace, hate, love. to heal, cry and die. So hold on to your loved ones cause we are in for a hell of a ride. The government is fully locked and loaded. the coffins are in position and the train loads of shackles are close and the POW camps are ready for business. You people have no clue how much suffering lies ahead. We lived by the sword. Soon we will die by the sword.

[@jmanjman3916]

It is a DemocRAT run city, just like Seattle Washington, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, San Francisco etc. What else can you expect? Brain dead liberals enjoy living like this- it’s like a citywide Woodstock.

[@samanthaodegard4511]

Key word FELON. We need to start allowing some leeway on allowing people to get jobs with felonies.

[@jimijoe8353]

Stop enabling the homeless. Stop giving them needles and drugs Stop giving them tents.

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Bottom line - STOP ENABLING. I say hire a bunch of hoodlums to run their asses out of there. A good biker gang would do it for a keg of beer.

[@garybrunecz7785]

Are you the devil. Well you are probably just a demon. Why don't you give your government a call and have the homeless killed at death camps. I am a working corporate slave who will probably end up homeless. Come and kill me too and you can rest in peace.

[@azrael3758]

Tell them New York will put them up in $400 a night hotels.

[@LCx829]

I feel for the homeless but I also understand the violence, filth, rats, trash that the homeless bring. He situation is getting worst not better.

[@garybrunecz7785]

You Americans are super good at killing, after all we do have the world record for killing the most unarmed civilians since WWII. and we wiped out over 40 million Indians so we could steal their resources and have a country to call home. So why not kill another 20 million homeless and all you important people can live in peace. By the way I will be homeless soon once my elderly lady friend I live with passes away. Even though I work five days a week for a fortune 500 company and am faster then any of you punks in this city. Come and try to take on this old man as he unloads over 88 tons of freight by hand at high speed. Slavery is alive and well in America. The people at the top take most of the money and they throw us a few crumbs from time to time. I am sure you traitor Biden government would have no problem killing us. We are just a number. Only the rich matter.

[@JG-lo1vb]

Exactly, why expose our children to such danger and filth. Our kids are who we should be more concerned about, let's make the streets safe for them to walk on and these grown adults can do their business elsewhere. Not in neighborhoods and parks, it's disgusting.

[@robertgrays8790]

That first man sounds really engaged and involved. I'd vote for him if he ran for Mayor or the board.

[@fordmustang3265]

It's a drug abuse problem... they use, they abuse and they need to get drug rehab help

[@oltedders]

Mental health issues are a big factor in homelessness also.

[@fordmustang3265]

@@oltedders because of the years of drug abuse that they did over their homeless years made them that way

[@carlf.9035]

Yes a big percentage of it is a drug problem but regardless, they need to be in a shelter while seeking treatment. Keeping them on streets is not helping anyone including the drug addicts. It's a combination of steps that needs to happen. But officials and city aren't focused on solutions, they're getting paid without having to put in sweat for it.

[@fordmustang3265]

@@carlf.9035 It's not the public's responsibility to give them shelter or the government.

[@carlf.9035]

@@fordmustang3265 Yeah nothing new we know government isn't doing anything , look around. of course its not public responsibility but when it turns into a humanitarian issue as it has been already then it falls on city and government officials. You can't have sidewalks used for encampments and in front of homes and businesses. Nevertheless, your taxes are going nowhere and your neighborhoods are only getting worse. It's costing you to pay for the government to do nothing.

[@patriciamunro493]

We all need to get involved across the country

[@livequality4578]

These people are involved, but their leaders have plunged their heads into the sand.

[@Nonayabizness360]

My friend lives in Golden Colorado and she is fighting to keep her home in a trailer park that is very well taken care of but the homeless have moved into the area on the beautiful river behind her home and the fires that have been started are endangering her home and her life. This is absolutely ridiculous and yet they are just letting more people pour over our border and they give these people places to live for nothing!

[@Nonayabizness360]

@@omi_god . I never said that they were filling the homeless camps that’s our people. But the illegals coming into our country are criminals and people who have been released from insane asylum’s mixed into the actual people who need help. There are also gang members and I know very well because I have family who lives on the border and a friend who works for border patrol. They are also getting a Visa card with 5,000 and an EBT card loaded with hundreds of dollars paid for with our tax dollars and all while Americans are homeless. You think the hundreds of thousands of people who are coming are all being “ placed with sponsors “ ? 😂 you’re not to bright are you? They are being flown by kaletta air that’s based in Oscoda Michigan to every state in our country to any motel or military base that they can stuff them into and all while our homeless veterans and homeless families rot on the streets. You are literally living in a fantasy.

[@crimsoncontagion742]

*2 of 4* Cities are spending millions of dollars to open and run homeless bed shelters; that the homeless reject due to the many restrictions and lack of security. _Pallet Shelter's_ two person _Shelter 64_ cost only $7,000 and provides a dignified, secure sleeping base of operation. So for only $201,000 [$120 tents] a city can establish and run a *Homeless Shelter Village* [HSV] with 1000 shelters that can accommodate 2,000 people: 2 beds and belongings per 10'X10' tent.

[@ATappin]

JD collects bottles. There is no bottle return in Washington, he's gonna be homeless forever!

[@denisemayosky1955]

As long as people are being priced out of their homes, the homeless situation will NEVER get any better!!!

[@karlad4082]

lol! That’s happening literally everywhere. SF, L.A. Long Beach, Venice, Sacramento, Marin, etc. It isn’t a city issue, it’s an economic issue. Deal with that first, then you’ll deal with homelessness 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also, who asks a homeless person why doesn’t he work? 😂🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@pinchebruha405]

They absolutely need to ask the homeless why they won’t work. We need to know deep down what gets people stuck. Drug Addicts and the mentally ill need to be treated. We need to bring back workhouses and Mental institutions there is no reason they can’t work this time around, we know better! The problem is the law that allows those that can’t make the choice to fight for survival through help are letting the illness and drugs control their choices, the law as it stands is their freedom of choice, it’s really Freedom to fail, which I believe is cruel for the person, their loved ones especially the children of addicts, and society in General. What we are witnessing is the failure of Freedom of choice, there is a fine line between Helping and enabling, we are all paying for their freedom of choice!

[@carlf.9035]

It's the most logical question, the guy looks like he can walk and speak for himself, how is he going to survive without earning a living?

[@concernedcitizen684]

Awesome right!

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@carlf.9035 But who's going to hire that man with no address, no transportation, and no means to clean himself?

[@carlf.9035]

@@danieldaniels7571 They work in local spot where they are and they ask shelters for info on where they can receive new clothes and get clean. There are resources out there even if not enough. All they have to do is want to get better, it's not gonna be a desk job in a remote city. When you're living on the street in worse conditions you have to be willing to work any type of job. There are people who aren't homeless and are working janitorial jobs, gardening and the like. It's about taking the first step. And if the city cared into using it's money and resources they would offer certain types of jobs for homeless specifically. It seems so far cities are okay with not doing anything either way.

[@donlew8222]

Anyone can become homeless. Local governments need to take responsibility and provide services in designated areas for showers, food, donations, and other help designed to lift our fellow brothers out of the mess that they have found themselves in. This is what happens when we ignore those in need... Let's show love for one another. Cities should provide a budget that addresses all the needs of the hungry to get back on their feet and begin paying taxes again... Its a win/win. ❤

[@jamesdexter2072]

"We're on drugs and that's just what it is." and that's the porblem

[@garybrunecz7785]

Drugs are given to soldiers a great many times. So its OK to do drugs if the government gives them to you. Most of us do drugs to escape the hell of this sick evil planet.

[@jamesdexter2072]

@@garybrunecz7785 homeless people not soldiers ,

[@ronque23]

People who fall on hard times are not garbage. They’re not criminals for being poor. They’re not evil for not having a home. A lot of intolerance and vitriol in these comments. I pray you never lose your home. But if you do, you would realize you can do all the right things in life and still fall short. Take care.

[@troylee5273]

When you fall short get up and fight. Sitting in a city park all day guarantees situation will never improve.

[@garybrunecz7785]

Americans are pure evil and cold hearted and love to kill, that is why they glorify war and have the world record for killing the most unarmed civilians since WWII. So Come and kill us so you important people who matter don't have to deal with this problem. Or you could kill a bunch of people from another country like you did the Indians and spread out to alleviate the crowding.

[@oldschool1993]

90% of homeless are there by choice or bad choices. You cannot pass a fast food place that doesn't have a NOW HIRING sign in the window, but these guys can't pass the drug test.

[@thewewguy8t88]

yes i do agree most of the time these people are like this by choice.

[@renachapman7636]

Shameful. The politians should be held accountable. Enforce the law.

[@josephromero1798]

It is time for this people to recall , remove the local government!

[@CTF33]

But they're republican and there supposed to solve the homeless problem

[@xman9686]

My home town. Thank the Lord I got out of there. Texas is light years away from that cesspool. Wake up people!!!!

[@dendennis9060]

What makes a person homeless, felony that won't go away, back child support. As soon as they get on their feet someone's coming after them to collect

[@galegrazutis964]

Mabe they should of thought about that before they became criminals and junkies. And whatever else is keeping them in this situation!!!

[@boxerblvd3514]

Wow kinda sounds like the rest of us working folks. Got bills.

[@clintcoop5717]

@@galegrazutis964 ok mr.perfect 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@galegrazutis964]

@@clintcoop5717 VERY far from perfect. But if you consider perfect not being a junkie or a criminal and holding down a job perfect then THANKYOU!

[@LiliWhyte]

And? Your point?

[@DRAKKENFIRE22]

I understand interviewing those who are homeless, but you can’t expect a reasonable answer from someone who is mentally ill. Although there are few homeless in Japan, have you seen the ones who are? They actually clean up after themselves. That’s called “trying”.

[@baba98052]

They may want a better life; but you have to produce it with your actions.

[@Ryan-nn1kl]

Via fraud

[@garybrunecz7785]

No, You have to either know the right people or have an education is a field that is highly respected and critical in the corporate world. and in time you must become proficient. Dumb, uneducated people have to usually be slave laborers and don't make squat. You are only worth what it cost to replace you.

[@billyjobobb]

I want a million dollars. What am I doing about that? Nothing that will get me a million dollars.

[@thewewguy8t88]

@@billyjobobb thats exactly how i feel and i mean that is okay i am at least working towards other goals and one of my goals to not end up in a situation where i end up in place like that camp.

[@Talleyhoooo]

Actions like being born with money and opportunity like this clown @william ross

[@nataliedelean8201]

wow. just wow. those people really cant be serious? and they cant truly believe that theyre fooling any of us with those excuses.

[@sidehustletips]

Get off your high horse.

[@nataliedelean8201]

@@sidehustletips ok. i will, when they remove the homeless that refuse help and steal and terrorize the neighborhood and innocent people off of the street and out of our communitites. only then will i step down. lol you too, lady cant be serious.

[@mnro123]

Unacceptable For My Mother To Suffer From This Deadly Riots In 2020-2021

[@CowboyBillUSA]

If the city cannot fulfill its obligations, stop giving the city your money.

[@Nothing-fp7jg]

Better fix this soon or the woman at 1:29 will bring the shenanigans!

[@TrekPanda]

"I'll pistol whip the next person that says shenanigans" "Farva, what's that restaurant you like to go to?"

[@charlesm2437]

😆😂

[@brent4785]

Forgive felons ,let them work