Pasco County Florida Homeless Camps 2023

We went into a homeless camp that even the law and city officials are afraid to go into.

[@JessicaC.]

Pasco County was hit so hard with the oxycodone epidemic.. There were hundreds of pop-up pain clinics with doctors writing prescriptions with people lined up around buildings back in 2008- 2009 and this is what it has grown into! Akin a test to it because I lived there in Pasco County for 10 years. Believe me 10 years too long!

[@LamarMeans]

8 months and I was out! I had no idea what was going on. Absolutely nothing.

[@LamarMeans]

I had treatment for my alcoholism. One day at a time.

[@elenorrigby100]

I was here in 2008 or so (pasco) i knew a lady who did not weigh 100 pounds. She was getting 600 yes six hundred morph~ine, 640 xan@x yellow bars, 400 ox¥contin, and all she could musture fentyl patches. She only had 2 doctors one for physical and one for mental. I watched those doctors kill her within a year. That was between 2007-2009. I remember so well and i could tell some stories because it was almost like-- you werent cool if you didnt have your blues. And i still live here. I been here since 98 but i have family here soninbas8cally grew up here but indont know too many people. Omg bro, is that off sunray and darlington? Is there a lake there? I would go net dishing for gobies and newts.there was a camper on the other side of that lake. They can see you long before you see them they know thier way around these woods. I catch people sometimes on my driveway they like to hang out in the swamp on tue edge of my property. I make them leave because its all private property and there are signs all the way down my driveway which is a 1/3 of a mile long. I used to have people coming through the woods on the other side of my yard and i just dont see how they can do it. The swamp is full of water mocassins mosquitoes and wasp nests hang in the tree the size of your head. There is also patches of quicksand. How they navigate through is is beyond me, i wont even go behind my barn at night, shit scares me... Okay so you need a can of off, some pants and long sleeves, no navy blue it attracts deer flies. Sunglasses. Do not touch anything, you seem to have to toich things so get yourself some protective gloves. And try to wear boots to protect against snakes if you gotta go into those places, or you might end up sick or dead. I can talk to you if you want. I am not homeless but i have been around pasco for most of my life. I can show you places and give you a view from more than one standpoint. I remember my neighborhood had an orange grove where the kids used to smash wild watermelon on the road. That was back in like 80. I would have never thought i would own part that orange grove but here i am. If you r interested in talking to me, let me know and we will go from there. By the way, my name really isnt elenor. Its beth

[@vimarynation371]

How Do it Get Here ? 😮

[@juswavvy9634]

Ive been homeless off and on for the past 4 years being homeless doesn't give you the right to trash an area when ive had to live out my car i didnt trash a park or parking lot i didnt beg in the streets i had a job many homeless people dont wanna work and whatever money they get they take it to the dope man or liquor store

[@chk3700]

What king of car you gots.!??

[@chk3700]

What king of car you gots.!?? Not sent by me but I guess I can edit 😆

[@Christopher-xd5in]

@@juswavvy9634rough times happen, but if people if bad times living outdoors kept their area trash free and crime free I'm sure there would be way less problems all around. Too many times I've heard people say homeless is easy no bills lie rent and always party time. It isn't any of that. It's just as hard as having a 9 to 5.

[@debbeet6309]

I was homeless with a child for 2 1/2 years but the area that I set us up in we always kept it clean, just because we were homeless does not mean you have to be dirty

[@maryfonti6114]

I agree. They should find a way to dispose of trash, no matter what it takes. Trash attracts animals and can be a health issue making things worse for them in the woods. Other than that may God bless them for finding places to stay off of the cement. In Los Angeles, the homeless majority encampments are on cement.

[@lindageiling5922]

Keep bringing awareness to this epidemic . Most have no clue . Good job. Stay safe

[@TheHotdogman48]

The one where you talked to the one guy at least pick up the garbage😢

[@robertgalloway452]

Bringing them water is great man. That's God's work brother.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

if i had brought crack.. they would have liked me more .. but water helps i guess

[@Mike-ew9zn]

Not only in Florida!!!

[@Frayedfairy]

I blame inflation you cant even afford a room for rent anymore. Maybe jobs should pay a living wage. Places to live there are new york prices with Alabama wages

[@debbeet6309]

I lived in a two-bedroom apartment $2300 a month not including utilities I was only making $2,400 a month. Finally I moved out to the country I paid now $1700 for 3 bedroom home thank God for good people still that knows a lot of us are struggling

[@edwardranno7119]

Dude you need gloves!! I had no clue how many homeless people there are! thanks for posting this,it’s good to hear what the actual homeless people have to say

[@ReadySetAutismFamily]

Your absolutely right about people being shocked. I'm driving thru Pasco everyday and had no idea it was that bad!!! Most of us know how bad Western Pasco is.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Even behind those nice new homes its camps. and INSIDE those homes, those who AHVE today but will be homeless tomorrow are brewing with domestic issues and use. its a sad region.

[@yadiramendez.]

​@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGSWOW 😱😨

[@jtlbz]

Awesome video on the problem. But one suggestion you need to wear rubber gloves when handling stuff out there it might be laced with fentanyl or some other drug that will kill you..

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Yes true

[@vimarynation371]

​@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGSExactly 💯 gloves 🧤 Pls

[@rodseller9936]

You are doing the job that mainstream media is supposed to be doing. ❤ Once again you've vindicated me.❤Oh and Be careful out there. ❤

[@suzannecoe4347]

Everyone who wants to blame other people (politicians, etc…) usually are looking for an excuse to not do anything THEMSELVES to help these people. Thank you for doing this. I live in South Carolina and your bravery into going into these camps and actually HELPING is very inspiring and I am trying to find a friend who wants to help here like you do there (minus the cameras). You are doing a world of good even if sometimes it doesn’t feel that way.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

the camera is what pays for everything, without the camera even I am homeless these days

[@LamarMeans]

They're embarrassed bro! You're exposing how they live. Keep up the real work.

[@zaad5273]

Keep doing these! Also im late but huge congrats on surpassing 100K as well! Much deserved!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Thanks

[@dancarey2302]

I don't think there is a cure for homeless, some people are just down on luck, others cant get away from addictions. It will always be an issue. All we can really do, is just check on them, maybe. You can pass laws, but it is what it is. As long as we are on the Earth, there will always be homeless!

[@ariesempresstarotandguidance]

Great documentary Jose, draws a vivid portrait of people who are trying to stay alive and survive in a hostile world. These massive places in the woods covered in old camps whether deserted or occupied, the woods of Florida never used to look like that. No one wants to face this problem in the eye, they ignore it and look away, as if that will make homelessness disappear somehow. It's a huge problem and must be addressed by the state, how much longer can people look away? What would it take to get some attention to these souls lost in the woods and barely surviving? I love Florida it is my home state and always will be, but this homelessness epidemic is ruining the sunshine state, and casting it instead in a dark dirty cloud of deliberate ignorance and a horrible travesty to humanity as more and more folks are pushed into a life without a home, a car, basic shelter, and daily needs. Thank you for the work you do, it matters in a huge way for both the future of Florida and of humankind in general.

[@deekim8164]

It's not just the meth-heads, it's the developers.

[@michelleredmond4450]

Good for you, thank you for the informed information keep it up we're totally with you.

[@drph.d353]

Ons brave street smart cameraman just goes beyond danger to bring us the good audio ,video and the very important coments on just how it is there even the smell. Thanks so much David here living in my tin can on my mining site in the Daniel Boone Nation Forest, kentucky age 83.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

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[@Noonecarea45]

Just foind your channel appreciate your incite

[@Marchhare80]

You're right- the political connection to our Board of Education is a GREAT CONCERN!

[@celestesenters1052]

build tiny house communities where these encampments spring up eliminate ridiculous zoning regulations

[@Maintenance63]

We have to start spreading the money. Invest in our community. Invest in our people.

[@thelivingbranch]

i was homeless in the mid 90s i lived in a 85 t-bird - i had problems readjusting to normal life for years - i have ptsd from it along with my moms murder in 88 - at 58 and disabled i fear still today the street - this is a crime in fla and god will judge this

[@designedsilence117]

Bro I don't know how anyone non-homeless lives in Hudson or Holiday

[@GenghisKhan311]

There are alot in Sarasota also. No one can afford rent which is making it worse

[@CDsLayS]

Yes Sarasota & Mantee county has countless camps like these & people laying & lining the sidewalks near the Salvation Army's. Teuly sad.

[@abcloft302]

This like National Geographic be careful hermano

[@nonamemanson]

Some dig the holes and cover themselves with blankets or palmetto leaves to fight off bugs.

[@LisaUdkoff]

Ty Jose and Katie for interviewing me My name is Lisa in Holiday Fl

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

🐹🐹🐹🐹🐹🐹🐹🐹🐹

[@scottyjeffreypearson680]

Welcome to Pasco county the homeless capitol of Florida USA. and the city government does not 🚫 care PERIOD !!!

[@lastshallbefirst5516]

City, state, country… all don’t give a damn. If y’all haven’t noticed, the people in charge of the USA have completely given up on its citizens. They’ve stopped investing in proper care for the sick, homeless, or imprisoned. If you’re not healthy, financially stable, or have a good support group to help.. then you will be purged.

[@BeltFedBanditt]

Doesn’t help that the cost of living is going up daily.

[@shaydog7218]

You do help people hats off to you

[@Maintenance63]

Perhaps, instead of guys riding in 300 million dollar yachts , they should put some money back into their communities.

[@ExploringwithBud]

Some of those people are legitimate army veteran Marine corps etc and they're living on the street that's quite sad it's sad for everybody in those situations but for me at least it's a little more of a sensitive subject when you have homeless veteran

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

They prey on your emotions

[@asielmilian38]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS the ones that pretends to be homeless and army veterans.

[@richardtyree9384]

Thank you for the Reality of the situation...your channel beats the Swamp people channels....by far.....

[@LoLoLifeinFlorida]

Have you ever been scared going into these camps? Or have you had anything really freaky happen? I hope you stay safe out there. It's very good that you're bringing all this to people. Pasco is kind of scary stay safe out there!

[@kathy_beauty1955]

If they bury dead, why not keep their garbage buried??

[@ReadySetAutismFamily]

Peter Santello just recently did a video on drugs in the Appalachians. I think you might really enjoy that video if you have time. By the way your video quality was really good in this video for some reason.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

not even using a stabilizer or microphone. i go in bare minimum to not attract attention

[@lastshallbefirst5516]

I’m gonna check that Appalachia video out. The history of the Appalachian people is pretty messed up too, especially what the American government did to them in the coal mine strikes.

[@ReadySetAutismFamily]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS impressive just goes to prove you don't need all the fancy equipment to have a very successful KZbin channel

[@asielmilian38]

The People of Appalachia are nice hard working people.

[@Joe-yc4fs]

So Life, i wanna see a stealth camp video!

[@Maintenance63]

I have family members who detest walmart workers. I'm like really? But they get up and go to work everyday. They are upstanding, law-abiding citizens. We need to treat people better.

[@MC-uj4co]

Go behind big lot's on State road 52 and US 19

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Yeah that intersection is bad

[@drph.d353]

Shared to my Faxebook pages~!

[@bangkapihappy8295]

I just spent 2 years in Thailand . Lots of poor people but they really don’t live like this . Even a shack on a putrid canal will have people who try to live with dignity . ( I was in Bangkok) . I did see homeless but just seemed different than this to me. I don’t think we should spend one dime on foreign aid … military or otherwise … If we have Americans living like this .

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

By choice, on drugs mostly. A few disabled ones too thats very sad. The constitution requires military spending but not caring for the old

[@shadoobie]

I lived in New Port Richey back in the 1980’s. It wasn’t too bad back then. It was just starting to get crazy. I got the hell out of there before things got too out of hand.

[@garyhayes1262]

I live in Tulsa Oklahoma and we have a lot of homeless camps like this

[@Christopher-xd5in]

I seen this kind of abandoned camp sites in other states.. nothing wrong with bull dozers to clean it out but won't solve the basic thing homelessness happens for all kind of reasons. I try to be a part of the solution not the problem. ... So what are some organizations that go out to clean the land....

[@ExploringwithBud]

To be quite honest I do not blame them for attacking anybody if they're coming in and cutting up the only home they have

[@lstev7489]

It's not their property...it's trespassing

[@garyhayes1262]

I live in Tulsa Oklahoma when we have many homeless camps like this

[@danieloconnell6074]

I made the mistake of moving here .the tax rate if u own home taxes high in this crap hole

[@capribrat829]

@SouthernLife I'm not sure if you're even going to see this or not but I really need you to reach out to me if possible, my dad's been missing since last year and because of your videos I have now found him, and this particular video I've located him at the time stamp 38:45 in the blue shanty town, can you please tell me if you're going out there anytime soon??

[@capribrat829]

If he's the old one that chased you off I am so sorry!!! He's got a brain injury and untreated dementia, he's actually a really good man 😭

[@kathy_beauty1955]

The trash is one of the reasons people don't want the homeless in their area. I know there are homeless people who live outside but live quietly and cleanly!!!!

[@christopherschmidt4657]

Hello from Germany 🇩🇪

[@Tweh92]

Gootentag😊

[@Mike-ew9zn]

Why not give them shelter in all the vacant buildings???

[@lstev7489]

Cause they trash the places...and do drugs

[@ItzCitrus.]

I’m from here, shit is so crazy!!

[@yadiramendez.]

Doesn't the state of Florida have housing authority to apply for low income and affordable housing?

[@jimmyjohnson6248]

U gotta be careful bro you gotta remember some of them homeless folks are detached from the world and just feel no love or remorse from their situation. Not every homeless person is that way but some

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

unpredictable, unstable than add substances

[@MC-uj4co]

And they are not doing anything to fix this problem. Keep posting

[@tennajones1251]

Alot people that were homeless here did work, they just didn't have enough money for rent, slept in car or motels off and on....

[@Maintenance63]

The homeless crisis causes communities to become depressed. Psychologically, it affects people. Living in your gated neighborhood knowing you have to leave and drive through the homeless areas.

[@GonnaBeMaay]

Well done brother 👏

[@CynthiaWord-iq7in]

I agree with you and think the over-patriotic stance is a front-protection device, understandably. I aksi think it gies al8ng with a littke bit pkeading..mit must be somebody's fault, attaching their non-compassionate, abandoned people situation to some authority, whatever is popular in theur group. The president, the mayor, the govt. You know, just trying to make some kind of sense of their devastating living conditions. So sad. So tragic.

[@DanielleCapichano]

47:40, it's schizophrenia, paranoid drug-induced psychosis and meth, morphine and opioids. Other substances too, but those are the main conditions and vices they deal with. I've seen it more than I care to admit driving rideshare for a while now, and I keep Narcan in the car specifically for anyone in need because of it.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

wow thats scary!! and yes, he got mefed out and flipped

[@Maintenance63]

There is an old saying, you can pay me now, or pay me later. But one thing is for sure, you will pay me.

[@cnabren]

Whenever anyone helps homeless people, they should add garbage bags to the list of what they give them.

[@kmclark315]

And … I suppose to feel sorry for that. Just because someone is homeless doesn’t give just for being trashed and leaving areas destroyed.

[@eagle6702]

Compassion is fine but if these people want help then they cannot dictate the terms that they are willing to accept. As a property owner I can say that we do not want to see these things in our areas as it destroys the value of the property that we work hard for. When cities allow for these things and say that the homeless have rights (they do) , they are in effect taking away our property rights . Government can use resources to build homes, even through eminent domain if necessary, but those who want these homes must abide by the rules which should include completion of rehab, strict rules on how they can use the homes, etc.

[@TattedTommysTv]

Your in a public place they have no say so if you can film or not .... And you have just as much right being there as they do ... Staay safe out there brother

[@Maintenance63]

People think that this problem won't affect them. It will, one day. The , not in my backyard, saying is not going to work forever.

[@user-dk2hg6db2t]

Reminds me of story in Bible about rich man and Lazuras

[@carollorenzano5411]

He needs to send that video to the Governor DeSatis or maybe the news.

[@michaelslaughter54]

Veterans with PTSD can struggle with addiction and thus homelessness.

[@jayboots7560]

I know exactly we’re your at

[@DanielleCapichano]

Same, he gave up his card between the 40 and 45 minute mark if you are observant enough!

[@jerryc5743]

11:22 - some could be homeless vets.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

sad crap man. one WOULD assume..

[@GregLawrence-ud8ik]

I was homeless out in Paso and never was like that l burn my trash and didn't want to do drinking or drugs

[@deannapeterson2217]

I'm pretty sure I know where this is. If it's where I think, thus land is fully cleared. There was a fight over the tutles. The general public was told there were no turtles. We, the people, are not stupid.

[@kimsnow2645]

Your doing a great job

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

38:42 just another day in Pasco, 20 foot tall homeless tent

[@capribrat829]

That was my dad's tent. He's got a brain injury that has severely diminished the way he thinks. You'd never know he used to be the hardest working man and was a superintendent/co-owner of a fire sprinkler company and then owned a fiber pulling company.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

@@capribrat829 so sad 😭 they came and tour it all down recently this is all gone now

[@genewooster2233]

I don't feel for people like that they don't have to leave their trash or garbage on ground that's not the way to get that help that is why they are being removed. there are gas station's, restaurant's store's, park's that have trash can's

[@Maintenance63]

A report out of Pennsylvania says that in the year 2030 the homeless population will be triple.

[@melissaj6786]

Sad. So many people try to help them but you can't help those who don't want it.

[@JaneJones-uh5le]

There's something wrong with you Chica.

[@mineralwaters22]

This is an issue for local officials and residents IMO @Jose!!

[@one4blondes]

Its either Hudson, Port Richey or Moon Lake😮

[@user-zz5ls2sp4o]

I'd like to get more information on specific locations of the homeless camps in Pasco County FL for a homeless outreach program

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Just drive around they everywhere

[@sherryanimallover7506]

The breakdown of family and morals which womens lib and the government caused. Not to mention technology. ❤️🇺🇸🙏🕊🕊🕊🙏🇺🇸❤️

[@fosho......8657]

❤ How you are Exposing This Stay safe out there...........

[@rcrobertson9563]

Stay safe out there

[@rosemagic6931]

I believe Law enforcerement are not allow to talk on media otherwise they will lose their job. Maybe one that is retire will

[@shaydog7218]

We're not the wealthiest country no more and it's gonna get worse

[@sherryanimallover7506]

Me either homeless that are not slobs leave them alone.

[@PromiseLandBarns]

is that a crack pipe sitting on the kitty litter container? The guy has sores all over himself. So sad to see this.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Thats about what that looked like yes thanks for asking 😅

[@aarondetrick9894]

My brother died of an overdose in one of those camps in Pasco. Hudson..

[@rosemagic6931]

Allthese emphy lands in Alabama an the goverment can purchase so all this people can a least work on the farm

[@Maintenance63]

The rich keep getting richer, the poor keep getting poorer.

[@Maintenance63]

Take a vacant lot for example. It's a barren wasteland. It drags the psyche of the community down. It is depressing. Take the same lot and plant some trees 🌳, start a garden. Maybe a flower bed. And just like that, people start feeling better.

[@debbeet6309]

People have got to remember this these homeless camps are people's homes you just don't let anybody walk into your house why would you expect for them to just let anybody in? But there is no need to be an absolute slob just because you're homeless don't give you the right to throw trash everywhere.

[@chrisgrob8812]

RIDICULOUS people to trash property. I kick them off my property in pasco county.... because of the disrespect of my property

[@deekim8164]

Behind a certain Bealls, near Thys Road in Port Richey, there's a camp... There's an entire subsection of humanity who are happily ignored.

[@joegoogle2071]

35:23 😐 bad angle

[@JumpmanGT4740]

Cops don't stand in the woods with knives ripping blankets apart😂😂😂

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

43:26 Stop The Interview 😐

[@Tweh92]

Wait wait the cops cut the tents and leave everything like that when homeless leaves camps? So why do they blame the homeless then?

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Because the cops get paid to fallow the law and enforce it 🤦 you really are gonna hold your cops together with the same expectations of a homeless person?

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

So your telling me, you have the same expectations of a law enforcement officer getting paid… as you do for a homeless person who is trespassing

[@lstev7489]

He's got money for cigarettes

[@lstev7489]

How much does it cost to keep the place clean? And it's not right for these people to trash property

[@sherryanimallover7506]

So will this ever get cleaned up and if so how. Something useful put prisoner's to work hard core ones.

[@mikeobryant3367]

The trash everywhere is what kills me