The Supreme Court to rule on laws impacting the homeless

In 2018 many Western officials were outraged by a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that said Boise, Idaho's ban on camping outdoors - aimed at deterring homeless people from sleeping on the streets - was "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the 8th Amendment of the Constitution. Now, the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, has challenged that argument before the Supreme Court, and what the Court decides will impact how all cities and counties across the country can handle the unhoused. Correspondent John Blackstone reports.
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[@mrhappy4521]

This country does it’s very best to create homeless

[@fumiyama165]

It is not the country. The people are to blame, they choose to be homeless. Some don't even want help

[@user-uo4qg6lp7x]

Not all of them want to be homeless... believe me, I've been there.😢

[@littletom1978]

@@fumiyama165 wow, just wow. There's exceptions to anything, but you are aware there are people working full time jobs in good ol' America, yet they cant even afford to rent a room in some places. But yeah, tell yourself its not the corruption of this country causing it. We can have multi billion dollar galas for celebrities and political bribe, I mean "contribution" fund raisers, yet cant afford to have housing or buildings specific for people to afford, sleep and get help. Ok then. To paraphrase George Carlin, there's no money in fixing it, so it never will be down.

[@nevermorefrompast-qx5wb]

@@fumiyama165 BS faisist. your hate will be remeberd by god

[@WayneShoemakerSr-ts3yr]

@@fumiyama165 jobs sign hiring all over the place if you are homeless get a job

[@tibedog5629]

What the Supreme Court should really be doing is making it illegal for corporations to own a house. Make it only legal for just normal people to own houses. No houses for rent. No houses for big corporations.

[@ShayKMBR]

Amen!

[@farginargle]

bingo. this could not be more clear. it is just horrible. distopian nightmare.

[@ISpitHotFiyaa]

It's not really part of the case but what they really should do is make growth management (i.e. "Smart" Growth) illegal. Stop letting cities restrict the supply of housing and we'll stop having a shortage of housing.

[@EricaEarth]

It's the so-called normal people that are worse then big corporations. Normal people makes the worse land laws. Also, I prefer to go to a hotel then a night mare Airbnb

[@stevenhanson6057]

Perfect solution. Pass a law making it illegal to rent.

[@laurametcalf5351]

If you don’t want homeless on the streets then Build affordable housing!!!

[@user-hp1gk4jj5e]

Capitalism says no.

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

Yes, People can't afford a 2200$ Apartment if they only make 1500$ or so on a fixed income or have minimum wage jobs, Rent being so high is what I would bet, most of the problem.

[@Guiltyx34]

You make too much sense. Rent should be only 300 or 400

[@pedalingprospector2007]

There is no way in hell the majority of the "homeless" could handle unsupervised housing, even if it was free. 3/4's of them need to be jailed, in rehab, or institutionalized.

[@guozhirong_97]

This

[@Benice337]

We need more mental health hospitals. Many homeless are unable to work

[@fd-to7ex]

It will never happen. Americans would rather see them disappear than to even lift a finger to help.

[@RealityBytesBack]

Ever since a scene asylum shut down in the 1950s, sadly prisons have become the new institutions for those who are mentally ill.

[@drakemia4079]

@@fd-to7exI agree

[@Tammy121111]

NOT ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE AREN'T MENTAL & SO IT WOULDN'T WORK & IT WOULD BE OUR LUCK THAT THEY WOULD BE PUTTING NORMAL PEOPLE (WHAT EVER NORMAL IS) IN THERES TOO!

[@drakemia4079]

@@Tammy121111 That’s the danger of a dictator like trump he is preaching about what he thinks is a perfect person and everyone else poisons his blood. We have seen this kind of person in history many times and it never works out for all people. We must stand against this kind of thinking and vote for a government that includes all Americans working for the best interest of all people. That is a hard order but we must stand for all Americans even some that are not our favorite kind of people.

[@lrs7777]

We shelter dogs in the US. Dogs & people need shelter.

[@debrac1688]

be careful with that comparison

[@kirstenoneal341]

Ya but dogs get euthanized in the shelter there not even in there very long so that's not even a comparison

[@mikeogden5256]

Dogs are “better” than most people….

[@mikeydeloa7348]

​@@kirstenoneal341, My thought exactly.

[@micmousebg]

Dogs don't take drugs.

[@adhdoggo9614]

They're all talking about solving the problem while also trying to allow the criminalization of homelessness which does the EXACT opposite then solving the problem...

[@jazziered142]

These people are going to wind up in jail when they're not able to pay their fines..... How sad is that?

[@imaniwillis18]

If you know Oregon, you would know this case is purely out of spite because the homeless actually stood up for themselves and got one over on them using the same system and it hurt their pride. How dare the homeless have any rights!

[@brianblithe2271]

pure and unbridled ignorance at its very worst form.

[@RealityBytesBack]

@@jazziered142 I know it's absolutely disgusting. It's totally counterintuitive and like saying "yeah we're penalizing you for your unfortunate circumstance of homelessness and as soon as you don't pay, will separate you from your families and or lock you up!". PLUS.... Using City/County/police resources, to enforce these Penalties and fines.

[@Sevenfold120]

@@jazziered142 Its sad because the fines keep them homeless. You think they can get a job and a home with fines hanging over their heads? The fines keep them homeless. Just build housing. Tiny homes for 10k would solve the problem.

[@kayakchrispy]

Fix the cost of living / inflation Close the gap between rich and poor , bring back the middle class .. make it possible to afford a decent life

[@jamie.777]

Stop voting 🗳 Democrat. They are breaking the taxpayers backs and destroy small businesses with insane regulations

what will we do about endless profits controlled by ai then?

[@oldNavyJZ]

Close your own gap by earning more. Don't drag those who have found success down to your level. Lift yourself up.

[@DHxJarsyl]

@@oldNavyJZ That is nonsense. You think tesla workers are "lifting themselves" up by giving $56 billion to Musk, someone who contributes literally nothing to the company? You confuse lifting yourself up with being a docile servant that is happy when his master gives him slightly more table scraps.

[@RileyTech]

@@DHxJarsyl None of their jobs would exist without Elon Musk

[@peacenow4456]

There are many old buildings, old bases, old hospitals that can be made into apts for them.

[@MWhaleK]

EXACTLY!!

[@AmandathePandaBooks]

Empty offices!!

[@DirtyInvestor87]

Not only that but lots of newly built apts and houses they could live in

[@user-xh8ii2hj6r]

The New World PROJECTS?

[@Missy-Missy1111]

There are so many barriers to building & obtaining affordable housing: 1) fewer landlords accepting Section 8 vouchers 2) the gentrification of older neighborhoods 3) the "don't build affordable housing in my backyard" attitude 4) private equity firms becoming landlords 5) landlords joining forces & using an algorithm to raise rents 6) short-term rentals 7) cumbersome & convoluted bureaucracy & regulations that prevents the development of multi-unit housing. All of these reasons contribute to the scarcity of affordable housing.

[@AlvarezGuillermo-me]

Hi 👋 pretty lady how are you doing today

[@RealityBytesBack]

GREAT POINT!!! It's REALLY disheartening to read through some of these comments and realize the total disdain and lack of compassion, Understanding, and wherewithal, that More "fortunate folks" have towards our fellow human beings. Simply because they've been put in an unfortunate situation.

[@inkstain7193]

Millions of illegals require millions of houses. Driving down supply and up the price.

[@OGDelulu]

Simp alwrt

[@AmandathePandaBooks]

Get rid of property taxes and prices will plummet!!

[@douglasskinner6348]

Private corporations need to get out of the housing market. AirBnBs need to be treated like motels and not apartments, and any corporation dipping their toes into the housing market need to get their licensing revoked. That will help bring the cost of housing down, along with passing rent control laws and lifting barriers for those with criminal backgrounds from accessing housing. THAT'S the real housing crisis in America. Corporations and the governments they buy off want you to believe it's the homeless vs everyone, when it's really about greed.

[@UtilityPro]

And the Sonder, Inc of the world. Stop taking apartments for rent to tourist; that a resident of the city can’t even access.

[@jenkor513]

Zillow, buys up houses, does nothing at all to them, and 6 months later puts them on the market with huge markups, sometimes at double the price they paid. This kind of stuff prevents people from having a home. I have worked with coworkers who lived in their cars for months until they could find a place. The amount of fines they pay when caught, plus jail and court costs is insane.

[@appliedengineering4001]

I can attest to how bad corporate landlord are. A few years ago, we had a bunch of out-of town corporations come in and buy out swaths of commercial real estate and raised the rents so high that no body was able/willing to pay and all the building went vacant. It wasn't long before all the homeless, squatters, gangs and drug addicts started moving in. Luckily for my city, the city government intervene and passed an ordinance now requiring all of those building to have at lease 80% occupancy or risk being fined or foreclosed on. That simple ordinance practically cleaned up our city overnight. But the crazy thing is, is that over half of the landlord just abandon their property and let the city foreclosed on it. You would think that corporations would be out to make money. But why they would just come in and buy a bunch of buildings just to run the tenants out and lose money on it. I just don't get it.

[@quackgarage9551]

Perfect.

[@GoDodgers1]

It's more about bums on dope who dont want to get a job. Lay about all day wanting a handout.

[@the5thYearSeniors]

The multi billionaires have enough money EACH to solve this problem. Let that sink in

[@user-dw1ls3rp1l]

It's not a money issue. Have you seen some of these trainwrecks of humans on the street? Do they look like they can manage a household to you? What needs to happen is more careful application of resources. Throwing money at someone who doesn't want help won't work. We need to identify the people who are truly "down on their luck" and help them out. The rest of the self-destructive users can go to prison or asylums. They are breaking the law after all...

[@ashmcdaniel5503]

In season 2 episode 1 of Maya Rudolph's comedy, Loot, she decides to buy ALL the empty hotels in L.A. and turn them into FREE housing for the homeless AND provide resource centers in each.

[@user-dw1ls3rp1l]

@@Living_Despite Who's the trillionaire? Certainly not Elon. I bet he's broke in 10 years. You heard it here first.

[@Living_Despite]

@@user-dw1ls3rp1l you didn't understand. 20th century is 1900-2000. 21st century is 2000-2100. It is expected that multiple billionaires make the trillionaire mark within the next few years. So, probably read some actual news articles instead of fake KZbin and tik-toc reals.

[@spankyssurprise1361]

If you took every single dime from every single billionaire in America...it would run the government for about 8 months.

[@farginargle]

Just imagine driving your friend who can't pay their rent to jail. Skip the street, go straight to jail. This will happen. And prison is more expensive than free housing.

[@jwells3315]

❤

[@lesliemoore1656]

Corporations buying up property and raising rents so no one can afford them is the main cause of this. There needs to be rent ceilings and rent based on income. If SC rules on homeless not sleeping on streets they better have a solution for this. Greed is constantly rewarded now by politicians. These billionaires want to pursue endeavors, they can start with this problem. Start with the drugs and mental illness that is one of the reasons and step up to the plate for the children, the vets and the elderly.

[@AlvarezGuillermo-me]

Hi 👋 pretty lady how are you doing today and the weather condition like

[@user-od9kw7wb4j]

Why not tax ceiling on the properties.

[@user-od9kw7wb4j]

You said drugs yes. Countries in Asia especially China if one gets caught dealing drug he goes to firing squad. A female friend of my sister was executed in China.

[@Burnlit1337]

Residents complain about homelessness and yet will fight vehemently to stop any new housing construction

[@ElizabethE1267]

With all the money being spent on lawyers , these cities could be building shelters like Portland has.

[@r8chlletters]

Portland-a homeless Mecca!

[@AlvarezGuillermo-me]

Hi 👋 pretty lady how are you doing today and the weather condition like

[@ddellwo]

You can’t be serious - Portland is a complete disaster - a city in collapse…….😂

[@ohar7237]

Lots of homeless don't *want* to be in shelters, because being in shelters means following rules.

[@wienerghost1911]

The fastest growing demographic of homeless are those 65 and older. How, in good conscience, are you going to fine and jail such a vulnerable population?

[@lukeyznaga7627]

NO, THATS NOT TRUE, "wienerghost". THE DEMOGRAPHIC highest is ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS from Central america and Haiti and Pakistan, amen?

[@wienerghost1911]

@@lukeyznaga7627 I’d be interested in seeing the data you’re using. It seems that there may not be a consensus amongst reports.

[@lukeyznaga7627]

@@wienerghost1911 If you want the best data, you need to get out of youtube. if you go online, as for data on homeless and their "demographcis". the key to tricking the corrupt algorithms Google give you ["..they are 65 and older..."] is to key in location of origin stats of most homeless people. you go to police reports or even better, welfar organizations or shelters stats for cities who actually HELP homeless people. when you do that, what you get is not older people. It is almost all immigrants or people who have been released from jail or mental hospitals. People who are 65 and older tend to be homeless people IN SUBURBS OR RURAL areas. So the data is technically true but not for the cities.

[@tuckerfrd1]

The richest Country in the history of the world can put a human on another planet, but it can't solve this problem? The Country would have to care about the problem and the U.S. clearly doesn't.

[@zachstockton3741]

Please provide where V you got this data?

[@SullyAfgarshe]

The reality is… You cannot address homelessness without also simultaneously addressing mental illness, drug addiction, and care for veterans I am sick of the myriad of social services and NGO that attempt to address these intertwined issues by only focusing on one aspect of people’s lives. Housing won’t be solved in a country that sees housing as a means to profiteer and create wealth, a means for speculative investments by corporations, and a means for governments to control how they can raise revenue. There has to be more money invested by everyone to create better social programs. We need universal healthcare first and foremost and we need to ban corporations from being able to buy homes.

[@JohnPublic-dk7zd]

"...more money..." says it all...no, more money would not solve the problem...no money would do better...no money would force resolution, and for those truly needing help the 'money' is already there...oh wait, where did that 24 billion go...?

[@user-bf1li9wf9l]

Not everyone is mentally ill. Stop making excuses.

[@SullyAfgarshe]

@@JohnPublic-dk7zd I did just say more money, I said more money needs to be invested by everyone for BETTER social programs. The money we spend now has obviously been ineffective and to me that is by design from governments of all levels and NGOs who use these complex social issues as a way to make money, any sort of progress on the issue is inconsequential to the current people controlling that spending and making decisions about these issues… I am saying WE the PEOPLE need to step up and fight against homelessness locally, state wide, and have better national programs in place for all.

[@SullyAfgarshe]

@@user-bf1li9wf9l sure not everyone is, but that is a big reason why even if you house someone they may end up back on the street due to a lack of access to mental health care and drug addiction services…housing somebody who is only homeless for financial reasons is an issue as well but that is much harder to solve in a capitalist society. At that level you’re talking about housing affordability…go back and read what I said

[@JohnPublic-dk7zd]

@@SullyAfgarshe we will have to disagree...throwing more money at homelessness is comparable to throwing more money at education, it just makes things worse...

[@renereyes4999]

Wow! Now it is about to become illegal to be poor and down on your luck.

[@trinleywangmo]

Next we'll start throwing people in jail who skip a mortgage or credit card payment... Squid games is coming!

[@joeycurtis1872]

Classism is the #1 form of bigotry when Money is everyone's god

[@NightmareRex6]

they allready recomending "M.A.I.D" offerings to peaople in some countrys when they are in debt or broke......

[@NightmareRex6]

@@joeycurtis1872 everyone worries about satan / lucifer but satan is a LOOSER and allready LOST, so mammon instead rules the world.

[@lordgoro]

debtors prison

[@IcemanSK]

This is the best explanation I've seen of the issues around homelessness done by a major news outlet. Thank you.

[@margo3367]

I live in Oregon, originally from California, and I’ve seen the homeless problem first hand. I never understood that the 9th Circuit’s ruling is why we have had the problem until now.

[@bhambhole]

A society can be judged by how they treat those with the least.

[@karenwaddell9396]

And by who they reward with the most.

[@debrac1688]

not necessarily. people leave their original communities that are not hospitable and live on the streets in California

[@melissamccarthy5785]

The consistent theme of this video is a lack of ideas/solutions to help solve the lack of housing to begin with. Yes, it's complicated, but u know what isn't complicated? The fact that politicians refuse to put little to no funding to help solve the problem. They back corporations who do NOT pay a living wage w/benefits. Large private equity companies buying up real estate & driving up the cost of housing. These are political donors!!! Follow the $$. It's pretty clear when u see the flow of that $$ 🙄

[@MrMarkOlson]

Exactly! The government could easily tax people more who own more than 1 home. Short-term rentals also remove housing stock when people need homes. When homes are turned into full-time hotels, homes are lost. Make that crap illegal.

[@3beltwesty]

​@@MrMarkOlsonmany places charge higher property taxes when you do not live there. So if you pay 4000 a year in property tax a 2nd identical one has a property tax of 6000 a year.. ie 6000 is the tax for each but the one you live in has a homestead exemption so a third off

[@MrMarkOlson]

@@3beltwesty Not true in California (where the housing shortage is exceptionally bad), unfortunately.

[@3beltwesty]

@@MrMarkOlson so there is no homestead exemption on property taxes? In the south east and mid west it is common..means if you own 2 houses that are worth the same the one you live in gets a tax break. So if you move out of you primarily home the property taxes go up

[@MrMarkOlson]

@@3beltwesty The tax break for living in your home is CA is $7000 of the value, which amounts to $70 per year savings. The savings is rather insignificant. Also, if you have homesteaded your home in CA and have giant debts to pay, only $50K of your home value is protected for you.

[@bhambhole]

Good luck getting SCOTUS to care about homelessness. Maybe we should offer them a giant Winnebago or fancy vacations that they don't report.

[@divinediva6320]

SCOTUS should donate their homes!

[@divergentthg7925]

You know that particular person could get things done but since everybody scared of the Constitution these days now they let it be just a thing of the past😂

[@JeffreyGillespie]

5:22 “Criminalizing poverty is failed policy” too damn right! 👏

[@Crangaso]

If I got to pay property taxes for life on a ONE TIME TRANSACTION for my home then homeless shouldn't be permitted live on public land.

[@Atochabsh]

and this is the issue at it's core isn't it? No one gets to live for free. Yet the homeless do. And in some states they get to live for free on some VERY expensive real estate. So what do we do with the criminally and continually addicted? YOu can't hospitalize them against their will, but yet they have not the capability or will to get themselves clean and off the streets.

[@greenthumb8266]

@@Atochabshyou act like homeless people are all lazy addicts, the majority of homeless in this country are homeless because one medical emergency bankrupted them , a large percentage of homeless are families with children , not drug addicts. Homelessness is a failure of society to behave in a civilized fashion.

[@lorinapetranova2607]

​@@greenthumb8266❤

[@danlab99]

@@greenthumb8266 My wife was a registered working for a homeless outreach program run through the state. She said most of the patients were there at her clinic to get a prescription for Viagra.

[@john172867]

I believe if your home/property is bought and paid for, the State has no right to kick you out regardless of your ability to pay property taxes. You should be able to retire in your own home without the worry of being evicted from what is rightfully yours. Let the State use another means to collect.

[@the5thYearSeniors]

How stupid is it to send someone to be housed in a jail for not having a house. It would be cheaper to just make small houses close to work opportunities.

[@user-dm9db6fs5g]

The cities and towns want real estate taxes - and it's based on how much your house is worth. So, small homes would yes get people off the streets - but since they're getting more money for letting people suffer, then they don't care. So yeah, it's all about greed.

[@SugahShy]

Just a thought: When you consider that incarcerated people provide a vast amount of free labor, it is easy to see why there is such a push to criminalize otherwise law-abiding citizens.

[@Brenda-vi3qi]

As someone who has been homeless, through unforseen circumstances, I am angered by this potential ruling. We live in a world that's run by greed. Which helps to cause this problem, what's their solution? To make it illegal to be homeless! The people who make these laws are clueless! First off they are human beings! Everyone is entitled to shelter, food, health care and a basic income in which to meet their needs. To punish people that need help is evil and cowardly! Politicians will never come up with a solution, because there is money, to be made off of the poor and suffering.

[@r8chlletters]

If only they read the most important part of our founding documents that state clearly “pursuit of happiness” as a goal.

[@tdgdbs1]

Entitled???? The only entitlement is the air you breath.

[@mikemcd]

Great, your taxes are going up 20%. Hope you are fine with that! Billionaires will go up too, but they can’t afford paying this, the problem is too large.

[@micmousebg]

Go to a cheap place. Buy/build a cheap house. No one owes you the right to live in a big city. No one owes you housing.

[@johncrocker9476]

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[@vanessawhitneypro]

So well reported! Thank You, CBS Sunday Morning... Here's to ALL who are struggling on the streets... And, to Those who HELP them.

[@AlvarezGuillermo-me]

Hello 👋

[@VegasSportsGaming]

The problem is the drug addiction, lack of affordable housing, mental institutions and homeless shelters have closed, and the cost of living is going through the roof. For safety and sanitary reasons you can’t have people just setting up encampments on public property. Plus handicapped individuals that are in wheelchairs and blind can’t use the sidewalks because of homeless encampments

[@Eric_Olsen]

If I or a family member was blind or in a wheelchair and got injured due to homeless setting up tents on the sidewalks or was hit by a vehicle due to not being able to use the sidewalks I would file a lawsuit against the city. I would also get fellow blind or wheelchair users in the area in hopes of the same thing happening imagine a dozen lawsuits against whichever city for $500 million each. Billions at stake plus the city attorneys cost.

[@rooster1012]

Some cities have a simple solution that works and that is designating a fenced in city owned piece of land as a safe zone with law enforcement present, it is cheap, safe and is sanitary. Ticketing a homeless person with no money is absolutely revolting and is about as fascist as you can get, this is what was done in Germany in the 30's when H!tler came to power and scapegoated the homeless and minorities.

[@aftertheheadlines]

Around 2005 or 06, I trained for a marathon in Santa Monica ,CA. I drove to Santa Monica Saturday & Sunday mornings to train. The beach had a lot of homeless people sleeping on the sand. I started bringing supplies like towels and socks. I befriend a group of 3 young adults between the ages of 18 to 24, and I would talk to them each week. At this time they were not addicts, they were not mentally ill, so I asked how they ended up living on the beach. All of them said they did not want to conform to society’s norms. They did not want to have to work, they did not want to have to pay rent, they did not want to have to pay bills. They said they believed in socialism and were against capitalism. It was very interesting to listen to them. At that point they showered at the beach showers and visitors to the beach provided them with food and small amounts of money. To me they were nice kids lead astray by their beliefs. In Santa Monica at the time cost millions of dollars for a beach front home, but the homeless actually get the beach front property for free. Homeowners have to look at the homeless encampments on the beach. The City of Santa Monica was very generous with homeless people at the civic center with food, booths, free everything you can imagine. This attracted more homeless from less generous communities. Also, some police agencies would advise their homeless of Santa Monica’s generosity to move people along. I call these people society dropouts. Drugs, alcohol, and mental illness did not lead them into this lifestyle. Now with a free cellphone people can entertained all day. A lot of these homeless don’t want to work or contribute to society. In Los Angeles County it has been documented over and over again that homeless people don’t want to follow shelter rules.

[@sixfigureskibum]

Drug addiction is a small portion of homeless. Mental health is more but hedgefunds buying all singke family housing and jacking up rents is the biggest reason

[@ashmcdaniel5503]

MANY people become homeless because of outrageous medical bills.

[@jazziered142]

Where are people to go when they are priced out of the housing market?

[@jaybeedelacruz520]

Sleep in front of city hall. Around city hall

[@thedigitalodometer945]

Some cities would rather go to Washington DC and argue in front of the Supreme Court than build homeless shelters.

[@brooklyn3299]

Oh hunny, those shelters were built and nobody wants to live in them because they don’t wanna follow the rules.

[@greenbeans575]

​@@brooklyn3299One should not have to sell one's soul to Jesus for a place to lay his head.

[@thedigitalodometer945]

@@brooklyn3299 Please don't call me "hunny."

[@peterwelby]

​@@greenbeans575 The rules have nothing to do with religion. The rules are being in at a certain time, not being high, no stealing, no fighting, respectvthe staff/volunteers etc.

[@greenbeans575]

@@peterwelby I have it from good sources that many shelters proseletyze Jesus as they hold prayers and preach to the homeless. That should not be required from anyone seeking shelter.

[@SeanTalkoff]

Home Prices are too high. With rates not subsidised in ’24 and mortgage still high , currently seeking alternatives to maximize savings without an RV move or taking a loan. I’m seriously contemplating the latter.

[@tmer831]

Affording our mortgage is tough as well. I have suggested cashing in, renting or relocating, and investing the rest in the stock market.

[@SteveDutton-v]

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[@susannpatton2893]

What happened to the YMCA or the YWCA ? Where's the big churches?

[@spinlok3943]

Liberals drove them out.

[@LindaC616]

Running gymnastics. The Y in my city does indeed rent rooms for $3-4/night, but it tends to be filled with people with substance abuse issues. Not where you'd want your family. I knew very few who were working and didn't have those issues. The next town over, it's purely athletics, and very expensive, as it's one of only 3 larger facilities on the island.

[@yvonneplant9434]

None of those are big enough to " fix" the problem.

[@marvinmartin4692]

Jesus don’t like the homeless!

[@iWillbe90]

Maybe this is a problem that needs to be solved by everyone (i.e. the government) instead of a burden to be bared by a few social groups?

[@robindriggers6271]

Close the border. Help our own.

[@rockyroad-hq7hz]

Perhaps most of these homeless people would have a home if jobs didn't discriminate about un-severe mental illness, past criminality because of drugs, or meeting these high resume standards for a menial jobs. The labor market (corporations) goes through people voraciously. Everyone is disposable if you have underlying health problems (including mental illness). If you don't meet their standards of workforce presentation. God forbid you become old. Corporations would like to open the floodgates to immigration. Their appetite for job replacements has fueled this homeless prognosis.

[@user-un7fp8rq9j]

No, Biden did this to influence votes!

[@ErnieBateman]

the fastest way to not be homeless is to join the Military.

[@kathleenjohnson3645]

But the military families are on food stamps because they can’t afford rent for their families.

[@trinleywangmo]

They only take people who are mentally and physically fit.

[@kathypickens3309]

That's a stupid comment. What if your old with health issues.

[@ErnieBateman]

@@kathypickens3309 if the able ones did go military it would put a noticeable dent in the homeless population. BUT the easier and more comfortable we make it to be homeless WHY work? Just give them housing and food! At least I tried to offer a solution and not a handout that encourages not working. we need more information about homeless families with children, the children need to be saved to curb this cycle.

[@popeyesailorman911]

We pay Parking tickets and $1,000 fine for Littering but these Homeless Encampment fill Streets with Endless Garbage

[@sunnybunnyfeeling7062]

Stop littering your spinach cans everywhere and you won't be fined.

[@morbidmanmusic]

you should know better, and most of them can't help it. That is a major difference once you are being human...

[@robertslawnservices4317]

I don't understand. There's hundreds of thousands Of beds for illegal migrants, but not for own homeless people. This is what we should be focusing on

[@Variety1985]

In NORTH DAKOTA ... a CORPORATION is NOT allowed to own a FARM or even a PHARMACY. Sounds like we need the same RULE for HOMES and APARTMENTS ... nationwide!!!

[@genevieveberthiaume1193]

Every person needs a place to sleep. The cost of houses and apartments is way too high. I believe that some of the people without housing become mentally fragile because they have no home, no place to sleep, no sleep or very little sleep, no food, perhaps no dental care, no toilet of their own, no shower of their own, no place for their belongings, or their belongings get stolen or thrown in the trash. The list is long. Every person has basic needs that need to be met, in order to remain sane.

[@danaschoen432]

Gee! if there were just a way to provide shelters. IF only there were some money!

[@julin2rs548]

Too bad we give it to everybody else.

[@jusletursoulglobaby]

local governments are funding these issues, not federal. people dont want tax increases. people are not seeking the reallocation of budgets. people dont want affordable housing in their neighborhoods. PEOPLE are driving these issues.

[@T.Tuxedo]

We need to ask Israel and Ukraine for a refund! 🤠

[@49lucky]

I live in a small town in Michigan and we HELP our people. If there is a problem there is a solution.

[@debrac1688]

what if they are mentally ill and difficult? hoarders? drug users? don't follow rules?

[@jamesbenages649]

It went from bums, to homeless, to unhoused. They keep changing the name like that’s going to solve the problem.

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

The unhoused going to public libraries to not seek knowledge but to sleep and eat needs to be addressed.

[@ADeFilho]

Do you mean the HOMELESS?

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

@@ADeFilho Try to keep up with the most current lingo. Homeless is politically incorrect like orientals and blacks.

[@ADeFilho]

@@user-er3ri6sc3j I call BS on that but I get it.

[@karenwaddell9396]

@@ADeFilhosemantics schmantics, figure out a solution.

[@14thousand]

They’re punished for loitering if they stay anywhere else.

[@PDogB]

Not all want to be on the streets. What about offering them full time jobs as city workers who clean up trash and abandoned encampments? They can earn respectable pay, benefits and retirement while gaining the self confidence for a better quality of life. The community also benefits by a cleaner, safer environment in which to raise their families in. Seems like a win-win.

[@imanerd36]

A full time job is not guarantee not being homeless. "As many as 40%-60% of people experiencing homelessness have a job, but housing is unaffordable because wages have not kept up with rising rents. There is no county or state where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest apartment." - United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

[@PDogB]

@@imanerd36 That's why a job as a City Worker would be such an asset. The wages and benefits are better than that and also add experience on a resume for the future. Sure, nothing is guaranteed. But without good, solid opportunities, nothing is possible.

[@trinleywangmo]

@@PDogB You have ALL the answers! You think if the city don't want to HELP these people, they'll HIRE THEM?

[@PDogB]

@@trinleywangmo No, I don't have ALL the answers. The city uses citizen tax dollars for services. We already employ city workers. No one anywhere wants to live in unsafe, unsanitary, trashy cities. So, why not hire them? Why be complacent and complain about the problem, that has not helped? Instead develop a plan to address it. At least, start by doing something. You think ignoring, blaming, justifying, judging or walking by feeling pity for homeless people equals addressing the problem or help anyone?

[@dk60ish]

Other aspects of homelessness not mentioned here: I was forced to live out of a car for nearly 3 years in San Diego, but worked hard to fix my situation & find a place to live which I did because I'd always wanted to, while others I got to know had either given up, or lacked the mental wherewithal to understand that they needed help. These variables contribute to a very tricky issue because if there are those who don't want help to help themselves, or don't know they need it, what to you do then? How do you judge that particular person towards addressing the matter to come up with a solution that's fair to everyone?

[@trinleywangmo]

People treat stray animals with more compassion and love than we treat one another. I'm sorry that you were homeless. But glad that you were able to find the right community of people to keep your head above water during your darkest times. Good luck!

[@jondeak]

I hope Blackrock and Ken Griffin is shaking in their boots. They own 40% of the homes in America which caused this mess.

[@Cwgrlup]

This able-bodied man needs to get a job and start being responsible. If he was old/sick it would be different. It’s cruel and unusual to ruin someone’s neighborhood and property values with bums.

[@KeishaJones-fk2pz]

I hope you never experience this and realize sometimes it’s not their fault

[@DistrustHumanz]

property values...

[@trinleywangmo]

You can't SEE if a person is too sick to work. And even if he IS working, he might not be able to earn enough to house himself where he works.

[@danriley5848]

Most of them are old and disabled they are not all bums and drug addicts so wake up.

[@RagTheWorld]

Shelter Beds = The place where you're forced to give up all of your possessions just to avoid a ticket for sleeping outside.

[@Liberal.Linda.]

And submit to dehumanizing practices like brainwashing "Xtian" bible classes, even if you're not Xtian. Or be forced to perform impossible tasks like not using drugs when you're in active addiction, all on your own, with no help from anyone.

[@trinleywangmo]

Shelter beds = the place where homeless women and children aren't safe. Shelter beds = the place to start your bed bug collection. Shelter beds = the only way to get one is be at the shelter by early evening curfew and out by 6am with no where to go. Shelter beds = a place 35% of homeless can lay their heads for the last time.

[@beargreasebrigade]

rent so gdm high many can't afford a place to stay -

[@danbosch-]

It's Not so much sleeping on public spaces. I feel the big problem is some of the homeless set up long term camps, leave trash and human waste everywhere, then move to a different spot and do the same. Just because you are homeless it doesn't mean you have to be slovenly.

[@trinleywangmo]

WHERE should they go to the toilet? If they haven't got the money to eat/sleep indoors... where are they going to find the money to wash, bathe, stay clean? If I have the choice between paying for something to use a Starbucks bathroom, or do it for FREE out in the open, and save a few pennies for some REAL food later... And guess what? Since society CARES so much about the homeless they CARE a shirt ton about society!

[@danbosch-]

@@trinleywangmo yeah maybe pick up their sh!t like dog owners are supposed to do. Their used needles too? Put them In a trash can? Or they could just sh!t in your front yard and leave it if you wouldn't mind. We're talking about sidewalks and public parks. Public parks, where there are public restrooms and sidewalks where there's pedestrian trash cans. At least in Grants Pass.

[@dreadfuldonkey]

well, then, I guess Congress needs to write new laws that protect people from ever becoming homeless

[@user-bf1li9wf9l]

Stop lying, many homeless prefer homelessness.

[@chinookvalley]

MOST don't. Have you ever volunteered to help? I was homeless following a car wreck where a judge's daughter slammed into my car, totaling my car and now I'm disabled. She never even got a ticket. My case was "dismissed". Most homeless are there not because of THEIR actions, but because something or someone else caused them to live on the streets. YOU COULD BE NEXT. I thought was was prepared, but money won, and I lost everything.

[@WayneShoemakerSr-ts3yr]

yep just lazy

[@AmandathePandaBooks]

Oh brother there are empty offices all over the country!!! With running water and electricity!!

[@michelledubose2391]

All these politicians can make laws instead of helping finding answers to this problem

[@susannpatton2893]

Un housed 😂 They are homeless And homelessness is a serious problem

[@Seekthetruth3000]

But, it feels good to be woke!

[@karenwaddell9396]

Don’t make fun of desperate people.

[@1805movie]

It costs $20 Billion to end homelessness here in the U.S. But, of course, politicians would rather spend trillions of dollars (worth of blank checks) funding pointless wars overseas, than actually help its own citizens here at home. At the very least, there should be more affordable housing units where they feel safe, and have a place to sleep. Remember: Nobody wants to be homeless, and a majority of them are through no fault of their own.

[@MultiSkyman1]

Wrong. Most of them are drug addicts. Most of them don't want to stay in a shelter because of the rules e.g., no pit bull dogs allowed, no smoking, no drugs and no causing trouble with other people! Born and raised in San Francisco so I know the truth!

[@NightmareRex6]

rothschilds could feed and house everyone in luxary and they would still have 79.9 quadrillion dollars!

[@stuartstuart866]

Homeless are given higher priority than those actually contributing to society. Sidewalks, parks and businesses blocked, rouge fires, sewage, trash. Areas should be set aside for homeless, perhaps on the outskirts of town?

[@mE-zx7pt]

If it's so great being homeless, don't dream it, be it. Many have jobs & still can't afford today's rents. Being on the outskirts of town would make the situation even worse because public transportation is underfunded in most places.

[@stuartstuart866]

@@mE-zx7pt So use your car. If you have a job and no housing overhead, you should be able to afford a basic vehicle, or get a ride from another person going to work in the same area. People have the capability to think, and figure stuff out if they have to, but if they don’t have to, they are quite willing to let it be someone else’s problem.

[@jwbjpb1338]

The problem is the LACK OF even decent long term mental health care in state hospitals. Nowadays it’s “treat ‘em and street ‘em” meaning too many homeless have no chance to be stable

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

The US government, both federal and state, put far more effort into creating homelessness then they've ever put into solving it. It's a perfect example of them making the issue then taxing for the solution.

[@user-mb8qi3ky5q]

Another example of taxation without representation. Homeless are not campers. Camping is a recreational activity. Labeling homeless people campers just avoids doing anything meaningful about the homeless. Labeling them campers negates all humanity allowing officials to make homelessness illegal. We already pay enough taxes, and we should not allow officials to avoid their responsibilities by making people illegal due to financial distress.

[@user-un7fp8rq9j]

We give enough money to foreign countries to take care of the mentally disabled and help people find housing!

[@A3Kr0n]

This doesn't cripple cities abilities to help the homeless, it forces them to do something about it and not keep sweeping.

[@BigBoyJay_69]

I feel it would have been cheaper to build housing than to pay all these lawyer fees taking it to the Supreme Court.

[@1NatureLady]

Landlords need to stop pretending people can afford $1,200 a month or more for rent being a legal citizen. Plus we pay outragous utility prices and food prices. My power bill in Indiana went from $100 a month to $670 over the winter and never jack our heat past 65 no matter how cold it gets. I also looked on my bill and saw that WE pay power for at least 13 other states! We know that money is going to those who don't belong here.

[@Lula2979]

The Illegitimate Supreme Court

[@michaelhoppe3436]

What’s illegitimate about it? Justices were appointed by democratically elected presidents.

[@T.Tuxedo]

Only 3 of them dislike our nation.

[@ivm7322]

Allow to sleep in certain places. More adecuate, like camping is for specific areas. To assure safety.

[@AlvarezGuillermo-me]

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[@SnoopysVet]

The more we spend on homeless the worse it gets. 😢

[@davidgoff357]

Why doesn't some of these Billionaires set up a community of tiny homes for these people and have a bus to transport them to Hospitals and places.they need to go.&let them write it off on thier taxes.

[@jusletursoulglobaby]

displacement is not an answer. homelessness is a systemic issue. there isnt a "why dont they just" solution to combat it

[@LorisBenedict]

Exactly. How can they get a job without a "permanent residence" or reliable transportation?

[@jared8847]

Greedy people are why only rich prosper while the poor die

[@martykardaseski7590]

That's just plain asinine out there

[@elizabethjarvie6077]

He is NOT entitled to sleep "wherever" in public. Homeowners, schools, and businesses dont want people in their doorways or human waste in the street. Also, there are SO many shelters & places to sleep, and they dont want to go there because they cant bring bottles of alcohol and their drugs 🤷

[@PlantMusicLife]

The issue we have now is that many of the homeless don’t want shelter, even when offered. In Seattle, less than half of the homeless who were offered an available shelter bed took it. Even fewer of them used the outreach services that were provided to them. The reason: rampant drug addiction. A rule of most shelter is no drug use allowed, so many of them would rather sleep outside and use drugs than sleep inside but not get to use drugs. There’s no solving this crisis without involuntary drug rehabilitation.

[@Janise-pg8yr]

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[@georgelayton6641]

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[@rosariodeleon541]

Build enough shelters to house the homeless

[@Persanity]

Sleeping is the most natural thing a person can do besides breathing, people even have conditions that cause them to randomly fall asleep but Idaho thinks they can make it illegal to fall asleep in public?

[@superhitpix5955]

Everyone already pays to house homeless people with our taxes. Look at your representatives and what they drive, the size of their houses, etc.

[@khanf2936]

You don’t wanna homeless people then start building affordable homes for them

[@user-bf1li9wf9l]

Either a shelter, psych ward, or jail. No more camping on oublic property.

[@mE-zx7pt]

That should be the ultimatum given to those charging 2K a month for a g@%$amned efficiency apartment.

[@nowlwane9623]

How is it that men who built this civilization are not building, being innovative, or developing new technology to survive? 200 years ago we fought the elements, we fought wars, and able bodied homeless men are not allowed to build their own homes, a business, or even own their own food? What madness is this?

[@carlitah74]

It angers me that they are trying to pass these laws against the homeless. No, one wants to be homeless. Sometimes, unforseen circumstances cause people to be homeless.

[@birdflipper]

As St. Louis to the list. They enacted a law against sleeping on public land earlier this year.

[@whimsicalhamster88]

America spends trillions on Afghanistan, Iraq and every other idiotic military adventure but we can’t build a million housing units.

[@Doggieworld3Show]

Right?

[@MrMarkOlson]

Thank Republicans for those priorities.

[@kiteblaster]

They used to call them "bums" because they were mostly substance abusers. Different priorities than most people. Now they're "unhoused."

[@ln14517]

Times have changed and not everyone out there is a bum. Have you seen rent prices recently? Owning a home is out of the question for a lot of people.

[@aaronscott8837]

@@ln14517 especially when a combo meal costs more than most minimum wages!!!!

[@darthsentinel]

There are people in my city who work a full time job and live in their cars - they can’t afford housing because it’s too expensive

[@aaronscott8837]

@@darthsentinel that is how it is getting everywhere i am afraid.

[@musingsofrock]

They used to call them hobos as well. That whole culture is dead. There is a documentary about hobos on YT. Today there are people who have a job but still homeless because they can't afford the rent. Basically working class people who make less can be homeless.

[@jasonvoss6559]

As a former one time homeless person its homeless not unhoused fix the problems not the definition.

[@saraharmour5588]

100s of empty buildings around people sleeping on the street outside of them.

[@User_me_1509]

Don’t want to raise taxes, don’t want homeless around you. What DO you want? Having the cake and eating it too?

[@jamalwilburn228]

Issue is misappropriation of taxes. Look at Dalton, IL, where the black female mayor double dips pay, uses tax dollars to fund trips and self-promotion, and pays her secuity 24/7 with overtime as if they never sleep.

[@jamalwilburn228]

Paying taxes is fine if the money is used appropriately and for the task it's meant for. Not given to whatever someone feels like at the moment

[@TheJustineCredible]

I have no issue paying taxes as long as there's transparency in it's spending! If they'd put the taxes BACK into the communities where they come from, provide for affordable, safe housing; provide for healthcare, education, re-education for adults, mental health... People don't want Handouts, they want Hands Up! They want their humanity validated. Not labeled. When the minimum wage does not equal a "living wage", when LLCs scoop up entire neighborhoods of apartments then jack up rents by 110% pricing WORKING families OUT, when healthcare can make the elderly have to choose between Rent and Prescriptions, when mental health is STILL stigmatized and not seeing as "healthcare" ...this DEHUMANIZES HUMANS!

[@truneilson]

Heres what is unfair, If you pay your taxes and purchased property, you will be fined if you leave it a mess... but homeless people leave blight and human excriment everyware and the law abiding are just told to deal with it. Blight is blight and should be deal with.

[@trinleywangmo]

Well, society treats people like animals when they hit on hard times, so why should they care what "blight" they are to YOU?

[@GRIZZ-sb1zt]

living on section 8 under the roof of slumlords is cruel and unusual punishment

[@TheRaintree46]

this news story the way its done is so appalling. HOW did society get to the point where these city leaders are so out of touch that they think they have the right to punish people for being poor whove done nothing wrong. drugs arent even used by a lot of homeless people.

[@NorthStarKnifeReviews]

Provide housing. Problem solved.

[@akyak333]

nonsense that will only solve maybe 10% to 20% of homelessness, addiction and joblessness must be solved

[@NorthStarKnifeReviews]

@@akyak333 those need to be addressed as well but evidence shows that providing housing is by far the most important intervention and increases the odds of successfully treating other issues.

[@T.Tuxedo]

@@akyak333 Yes, true, but _first_ Brandon must be solved. FJB

[@peterwelby]

​@@NorthStarKnifeReviewsIncreased the odds? Moving someone with drug addiction and violence issues to an apartment doesn't solve the issues. What about the other people living there?

[@NorthStarKnifeReviews]

@@peterwelby experience in Finland demonstrates that it does. Stable housing significantly increases the odds of kicking addiction and finding employment.

[@Liberal.Linda.]

That lawyer at the end.❤❤❤ Man. He gets it. If everyone else had one tenth the compassion he has, there wouldn't be a homeless problem. Or a poor problem. Or a single mother problem. Or a drug addiction problem. Or ...

[@jesswestet927]

SO TRUE! 😢

[@trinleywangmo]

It takes COURAGE to be compassionate. It's easy punching DOWN. That's society's problem...

[@Badrattlesnake]

Homeless don't have place to sleep Peoples Working to help homeless don't have time to sleep

[@emeraldforcier4098]

As a retired senior living in my vehicle, I guess the states will force us to pick up trash for the right to park on the street and sleep.

[@ks8579]

Dumping the problem on private property owners. Then it’s a civil issue and not the city, county or states issue.

[@monsterpig3270]

You have homeless people living on your property?

[@ks8579]

@@monsterpig3270 I had a squatter a few years ago.

[@celebrityrog]

If it becomes a ME issue then I’m going to handle the problem in a ME way. Which isn’t going to be a friendly polite way it will be a violent way. Pass the problem off to me then I’m going to handle it myself.

[@ks8579]

@@celebrityrogyou would be arrested. The sheriff told us if we shut off the water to his RV we would be arrested. So the hay grew around his RV until he could barely walk through. He had the balls to ask us to mow it! This was supposed to be a work exchange, helping with landscape maintenance. Never again .

[@mr.raptor6026]

@@ks8579i think if squatters stays there for more than a month you should be allowed to charge rent. That would be nice 💀😂

[@bloatedsodium7301]

Solving homelessness would put tons of people out of work. We can’t have that happen!

[@williamwilson6499]

Same with the so-called War on Drugs.

[@im-gi2pg]

Very true. Santa Barbara just got 8.3 million and the nonprofits are hiring like crazy. They do not hire clients!!! Prejudiced hiring policies. There is no financial transparency or accountability for these do-gooder nonprofits who are riding high on the homeless gravy train!!!!!!! They do NOTHING for anyone except themselves and their directors. HUD housing does good everyday for people. They need the money, not these ridiculous non-profits who would be out of business if they actually were effective in helping people.😂😂😂😂😂

[@randbaycalvin]

Wow, you need help

[@williamwilson6499]

@@randbaycalvin Reality. Check it out.

[@sierravista9013]

Build more housing, rent control, speed up vouchers to people. A friend of mine had to wait 2yrs for a housing voucher. Get people their benefits, most people have something

[@LorisBenedict]

This country needs more lawyers like that lawyer choking back tears. ❤True humanitarian. True neighbor. ❤

[@kiteblaster]

The law protecting the homeless completely ignores that many are homeless by choice. Staying high is their priority. Cancer is not a choice, but using street drugs is a choice. I've asked homeless people why they don't go in a shelter - they always tell me NO, because those are drug-free.

[@phaedrussmith1949]

Come on, don't be that guy.

[@nonya.bizness]

you appear to have no understanding of the concept of addiction. or of cause and effect. or of equal protection under the law. or of humanity.

[@trinleywangmo]

WHAT LAW protects the homeless? HUH?

[@the5thYearSeniors]

Why not create a ton of tiny houses creating a tiny neighborhood with a central job center that provides work and training. Then require national e-verify, that FL doesn't even use, to prevent anyone from hiring undocummented labor. It would fix two problems at once. You wouldn't even need a wall if there were no jobs to go to.

[@Gguy061]

She said "unhoused" instead of "homeless" She must be a good a person

[@patriciagurwitz509]

What a sad state of affairs😢