This Doctor Built Homeless Housing on a Parking Lot

[@InvisiblePeople]

Proof America Can End Homelessness: Hennepin County Shows How kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6KUdGuiadqGkMUsi=Kc0CMNWRvakkMtMz

[@sarahlewis7213]

God will bless him thank you for your mercy

[@WisconsinWanderer]

This Dr. is amazing we need more like him😊

[@jens1856]

Thank You to this Doctor for thinking n doing something positive for homeless community. Putting up housing units in parking lot etc. 😊😊💜💜

[@ShaunHall-i7e]

Mark, thank you for being such a wonderful advocate for us. I'm homeless now but working hard to get back on my feet. People like you and the Doctor give us hope for a better world. ❤

[@InvisiblePeople]

(((hugs)))

[@ChristineJGold]

Bravo to this doctor, such an inspiration 👏 🙌

[@sungirl2656]

I really enjoyed this, and it is very informative, we as a US nation should be ashamed of our politicians, no one really cares about the homeless except us few! I pray for them every day!

[@laurajames8071]

It's a miracle that homeless people survive to get into their own homes.

[@Faithlove-dk6vf]

Awe thats beautiful,i love that everything with health and housing was layed out,there was absolute truth and facts in this conversation,God bless you and this Doctor ❤

[@azimuthbusinesscenter]

22:04 this perspective on responsibility is rarely understood and almost always used against the person in poverty

[@patricialongo5870]

After WWII there was an internationally codified list of government responsibilities and human rights. It's called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a vfounding document of the UN. Americans were systematically made ignorant and deprived of social protection.

[@rahamatchowdhury4954]

God blessed him.

[@communitysolutionspro1520]

This can be solved. We just need more people like him putting in effort

[@TwiceRider]

maybe your best podcast, Mark. 🏆

[@InvisiblePeople]

Thanks for the kind words. I think they're all great, but I will admit I like this one. But then again, I like them all. :)

[@patricialongo5870]

God save this beautiful young man. That's what we do, that's how you should be - human.

[@therealkevinortiz8823]

Hello sir. I don't know if u remember but you interviewed me when I lived in Chicago when I was 18. My name is Kevin Ortiz. I just want to let you know that your video continues to inspire me to never go back. I'm no longer homeless. I am thriving

[@luneparadox]

Sending you love Kevin and continued stable housing!!! You deserve to thrive brother!!!🦅✊🏾❤

[@pickinforalivin]

God bless you Kevin!

[@gregoryfuzi4745]

Right now shelters are a revolving door for profit instead of ending homelessness.

[@CapitalismDeathSpiral]

Shelters are pure trauma! I slept in my car because it’s sooooooo bad in Raleigh, NC.

[@3generations393]

I am a disabled senior female with senior dog living in a minivan. I get less depressed living in my van camping with neighbors than living in housing. We need help keeping our vehicle homes running legal. I cannot pay $300 to replace my windshield wiper motor. Thank you

[@opal3333]

I'm so grateful to be a part of this project

[@marcwerks7828]

If you're ever in Ottawa again Mark, I can show you a positive outcome for my neighbors and myself housed in one of Ottawa's most loving and supportive housing organizations. *Housing first' provides a home to now, hang our hats, make our beds, cook our meals, take our showers/baths, hook up to the internet, and move on to making more healthier decisions for days ahead.

[@SusanEpp-q7c]

My son lost everything when he had the car wreck. He was in the hospital for over a year. All the hospital social worker offered him was a cot at a shelter on skid row. I flew the 3000 miles to be with him. Bought a car and we lived in the UCLA Medical Center parking lot a year getting a motel two nights a week as that was all our budget could afford. There is NOTHING for a newly disabled to transfer to. He walks with a cane now and has one arm. It was so tough. However, the security at the medical center were always so kind.

[@angellover02171]

Why didn't you send him a ticket to come to you?

[@sorrynormal6551]

@@angellover02171 Because all the doctors and services he would need are at UCLA genius.

[@angellover02171]

@sorrynormal6551 oh so that's why they lived in a parking lot? I guess that a UCLA must have the best and only hospital in America.

[@JoshuaTrinityWolf-dc4up]

Orillia north of T.O. I took up walking at 6k for 30 minutes a day in September /2-23. Then I started using the 70 year science study of sulforaphane by Kale powder which is truly a super food. Along with 4,000 D3 and other vitamins and quickly within 3 months my immune system and microbiome improved 99 % .This is the healthiest I have ever been at 65. This is what this good doctor is doing for the homeless and saving tax payers a fortune while improving lifespans. He proves with that doing nothing is a very expensive approach and small consistent shift pay big dividends.

[@luneparadox]

I am a former organizer in Philadelphia and I want to thank you both for this conversation and your work🙏🏾 If you are not familiar search Jennifer Bennetch and her work with Occupy PHA to whom I had the privilege to work alongside with fighting for housing. I also worked in Act Up so glad you brought up that point around medication in housing. I also worked and temporarily lived in Kensington💔 This may sound harsh but I don't think ppl need to hear happy endings at the forefront bc that's not reality most of the time and it doesn't move ppl. I think the harsh reality of the truth is necessary. Which is how we worked on Overdose Prevention Sites. Condolences to you both and all of who have lost people due to systematic oppression and failures🕯With love & solidarity a Black Indigenous Woman who is chronically ill & disabled ✊🏾❤

[@myoldvhstapes]

The pauper's grave for Los Angeles is in East L.A. It's a lovely old cemetery. I 'toured' it on google maps, lots of Japanese language headstones from the 1950s. I only live two miles away in downtown L.A, I'll have to see it in person before I end up there.

[@CIslas-im1um]

With the amount of money being put into shelters for the homeless, each person could receive their own small home in their own small piece of land!😮

[@patricialongo5870]

It occurs to me that's true every time I watch someone tear one apart and get rid of us. The city must include everyone, and be built for everyone.

[@Natty183]

I just read an article where, I think it was 28 million that "disappeared?" I'm sure it's more lol. Our civilization is being looted. We turn on each other while the thieves get yachts.

[@kellypawspa]

A starter home, exactly.... it's still somewhat dignified. Not having a place to use the bathroom or wash your hands definitely is not. You still need to do those things, so they should be provided at the very minimum. I like your comment. 😊

[@Natty183]

I'm not allowed to post about the $28 million that California "lost" I guess ... Our society is being looted, and not by poor folks in a Target lol

[@Natty183]

No mention of that $28 million in homeless funding that "disappeared?" (My comment has been deleted three times lol

[@memyselfi2005]

I needed to see some humanity and positivity thank you so much

[@cynthiafreeman2995]

🎉🎉🎉👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 my kind of people ❤

[@wen6519]

To any health professional: "do we treat homeless since they don't pay taxes" I pay taxes with great pain and effort, and I WANT YOU AND NEED YOU to treat all people, housed or not. I can't sleep with good conscience knowing that somebody was rejected for care because my tax dollars weren't used to help them. EVEN MORE if you work at a non-profit that benefits directly from tax cuts. Please, I beg you to use our collective tax money to help all people.

[@BunnyRabit-yo3lx]

Such a great point.

[@Babu-kr3cr]

That doctor has no soul and shouldn't even be in the profession. People who are homeless might be doing things you never realized. Sometimes they are the ones on the street able to report crimes and act as witnesses. Sometimes they are the ones picking up litter and garbage. I knew a disabled man who walked with a cane and sat in a little park that was a bus stop, every day. He would pick up all the cigarette butts and garbage in the park and put them in the trash can. It wasn't the town doing it with tax dollars, it was him. He was always friendly and kind and not taking advantage of people.

[@BunnyRabit-yo3lx]

Definately need a pet friendly solution!!

[@Babu-kr3cr]

You have to allow smoking and pets and family and deal with any trouble from it on a case by case basis instead of blanket denying basic human comforts.

[@lindawilson795]

God bless 🙏 you Mark and this doctor. ❤

[@lasbeno7284]

This is wonderful. I have always been concerned about the homeless population and have tried to advocate for them over the years. I have shared my ideas with our current and past mayors. I would love to share this video with our mayor.

[@peacepeace4082]

Government need to take census of the homeless and create a Department of Homelessness this is the start of a solution

[@debyaka]

The government doesnt have any interest in saving anyone, They have to save themselves and stop waiting for someone else to do it (Especially a government) They'll be waiting forever.

[@nightfangs2910]

The government couldn't care less about "citizens"who don't pay taxes

[@patricialongo5870]

We used to have a US cabinet level position, Secretary of Health Education and Welfare. There was a department of Health Education and Welfare. There was a minimum monthly check for everyone. Mothers relied on it to raise kids like me.

[@patricialongo5870]

​@@debyakathat's a function of government that you wouldn't know about if you knew no human rights that needed to be provided for by society. Leftists can list lots of such rights.

[@m.htruth8880]

They do PIT counts, but only for the ppl 18+ who they aren't tr@fficking or aren't in the $4kids of course.

[@wilty5]

In the US, lawmakers have made it against the law to sleep outside, allowing offenders to be arrested, and the law was upheld by the USA Supreme Court. Members of the Supreme Court go home to their cozy, roomy, expensive houses every night and sleep peacefully in their warm beds, without a thought or care for the most part about someone less fortunate that only has a few choices when it comes to sleep and one them might be to sleep on the streets. That’s how out of touch the Supreme Court is with the plight of homeless people in the USA.

[@ceciliacrocker390]

Most people will avoid shelters if they can, shelters are dignity soul suckers and are only hurting the homeless.

[@maureendrennan9328]

Recycle and rebuild all the empty properties etc. ❤

[@melvinarendt8213]

Humanity demands that we take care of all people. Housing, health care, education should be a priority and a right living in this world. The rich people live a good life because they can afford to. 60% of America can’t afford the cost of housing and food along with rent. I am a Vietnam veteran about to become homeless in the richest country around in the world. America soon will be in tents and will be living in suburban areas around the cities where the billionaires have barbed wire around them to keep the new homeless population out of their neighborhoods. Oligarchs have taken over our country and they care nothing about others.

[@lindawilson795]

You both are doing God's work. ❤

[@1st1anarkissed]

I need medical attention but I know that it will involve surgery. With no plumbing or reliable heat in my bus, I dare not consider it. Fortunately the doctor crisis resolves the conflict. I can't see one anyway.

[@luneparadox]

I wish I could help you and I pray you get the care you need 💚

[@AnnMarieHall-l6c]

I was homeless living in a hospital, I had nothing,no money no clothes no furniture TSI is an absolute amazing program I now have an apartment they helped me with all of those things there is a light at the end of the tunnel thank you so much TSI, I am now in a day program with all the services that I need thank you so so much for helping me ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mary-anncarleton7578]

Will be great to see more folks like this in Canada to step up with real solutions. MAID did not help out with deaths either.

[@maureendrennan9328]

Brilliant discussion about this subject. So interesting to listen to. Thank you for your time and informative talk. ❤

[@InvisiblePeople]

Thanks for the kind words

[@maureendrennan9328]

@InvisiblePeople listening from Scotland and shared.

[@Yubeta1]

If one day I don't have a job I fear being homeless or the day I don't have family to back me up when shit hits the fan. What do I have left but my government. I don't come from a wealthy family either

[@ceciliacrocker390]

🎉❤🎉

[@AIartBonaza]

Greed is the whole problem!

[@CapitalismDeathSpiral]

Homelessness is trauma! I just got off the streets! I live in unaffordable section 8 housing. I no longer can function socially. I no longer trust the exploitation of evil capitalists who are not hiring for livable wages! I basically need a psychological evaluation to go on disability! I went from being an extravert to a recluse!

[@ceciliacrocker390]

🎉🎉🎉

[@colleengallagher9413]

I know what it was like to be homeless in 2 separate situations. I was priced out of an apartment twice in 2 separate provinces. I have lived in several provinces in Canada. The government policies have failed the citizens. The Disability Department makes it difficult for people to apply and live on the measly amount of money given. Rental properties are overpriced and there is no regulation on rent prices. Shelters are not a solution. And in many cases it does create trauma. I know it is not easy but keep fighting back against the policy makers. ❤

[@AliciaMarkoe]

Thank you 🦋

[@CIslas-im1um]

Sounds like the uppers are narcissistic. So much drama is prevalent against the people and no real results for the people.

[@lisacrossman7523]

Amazing podcast :) And just FYI, we pay federal and provincial taxes while we live on the street, and we must file our taxes every year

[@mary-anncarleton7578]

❤❤❤ I stayed in a transition house during a major life threatening surgery. Canada west coast is a mess and disaster with housing issues, drug issues, the whole kit and caboodle.

[@dans1741]

Just consider for a moment how many decades our Canadian government has lied about fixing the homeless problem. And the billions that were spent to pay all these so called advocates and homelessness year after year just gets worse. And the same mindset and failed policies are still in place. Make any of that sensible. Homelessness has become a money making corporation.

[@ohdannyboy4727]

Legend

[@lindawilson795]

GOAT

[@mary-anncarleton7578]

I ended up in emergency and said i was suicidal so i had a hime for 30 days. It was furthest from the truth, i was not susidal i was scared shitless to sleep on the syreets in Victoria British Columbia. A sister of mine gaslit me and send a letter to the case worker that i was unfit. Yeah unfit from a gasliter sibling and dysfunction family.

[@Babu-kr3cr]

What happened after 30 days?

[@ceciliacrocker390]

This happens more than you think, 😢 The healthy feel they have the right to be the voice for the vulnerable sector because society teaches this.

[@luneparadox]

I'm so sorry Mary. I'm sending you love 💜

[@UKindness4]

A failed nation of corrupt people and politicians did this on both sides. The lack of empathy in America is appalling. One man makes a difference. Thank you Doctor.because middleclass democrats are republicans too.

[@jedics1]

Not to worry, the Billionaire class most of you just voted in will solve the homeless problem with the depth of their pockets and compassion...

[@meggrotte4760]

Actually most likely he will. He's covering many things.

[@jackiej5849]

I care❤️

[@peteduch2151]

People living in their cars its sad yes its better the nothing

[@mariamorgan3009]

It's illegal now.

[@Rich-xq8df]

Start speaking (as I do constantly) at local government meetings) and confront these monsters up on the dias who could care less about u with less than a million. Put your ass on the line for objective truth. Please, finally....

[@austinjunnn12]

Need to pay for ads for more reach

[@kaamraanahmad9818]

God loves him,😊

[@marcellobenedetti2305]

Helsinki

[@dans1741]

Just watch newscasts from 50 yrs ago..every new politician waiting for office. Is still saying the exact same thing. And it only gets worse annually

[@nellieolguin-davis1519]

OK BUT WHAT CAN WE AS JUST SIMPLE PEOPLE DO TO HELP WHY DON'T YOU GUYS PICKETT THE WHITE HOUSE OR SOMETHING I SURELY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO !!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤

[@augeniasestokaite4674]

Mark, Biggest thanks for your efforts…But, I am very worried re your health. You probably have to travel to meet the homeless people, plus others-and you are always eating fast food… get rid of sugar, 8 weeds no fruit!! Get off any dairy except cottage cheese and ricotta. The next one is endemic-everywhere !! Wheat-the hardest- wheat actually pushes your blood pressure-up, up, and beyond what your kidneys and liver can handle. You have been gaining a lot of weight-maybe take a look/listen-at Barbara O’Neill…big information and balanced ..Love what you do-have a brother in not so good situation…🤗❤️to you!!

[@patricialongo5870]

No worries - people are people, and we shop and cook in the camps and even people in houses have the same privatized food! There's another way we fail, with food. We pay more to not provide public transportation, food, education, medical care - we're just unaware of how human rights and government responsibilities go together with peace and prosperity.

[@joycemansfield1108]

You can't vote when your homeless! No address .

[@CapitalismDeathSpiral]

I have to find a shelter address that needs to be renewed once a year. But yes, lack of a home demotivates voting because the homeless and impoverished would rather cities burn 🔥 to the ground! Cities are evil.

[@raloufen4292]

Hope Canada improves themselves so they house their citizens

[@ceciliacrocker390]

It has only gotten worse in the last 20 years.

[@ceciliacrocker390]

Can you stop saying that drug use is the main reason people are homeless!, this attitude doesn't help ...

[@raloufen4292]

Did he say Toronto?

[@opal3333]

Yes, Toronto

[@raloufen4292]

@opal3333 how does Toronto end homelessness in USA?

[@sarahlewis7213]

Yes but my friend got a hou😢through a program and she turned it into a dope house so what do we do with something like this??

[@thomasauslander3757]

If we have 600 dying a day homelessness would be quickly eliminated.. And the humans could take their Citizens could take their Cities back..

[@angeliquerider-mitchell2538]

I have a question. Besides property tax, what taxes aren't the homeless paying? Income tax? A large portion of homeless people are employed. Sales tax? Duh... they pay sales tax. What else? Vehicle related taxes - registration, etc? Of the homeless that own vehicles, if they aren't paying to keep up the registration , then their paying in parking tickets. What the fuck else? Last question: what kind of med school doesn't catch that they are graduating a sociopath? I occurs to me that the med student in question has the exactly wrong mindset for practicing medicine.

[@asbeautifulasasunset]

That's great work! Just have a question about how you are able to provide housing at $4K per year per person? Would other groups be able to provide housing at this low cost?

[@InvisiblePeople]

I don’t know where his numbers come from, but it’s probably an average. Housing cost different and different locations., and then you have to add the cost of support services. The point is valid - housing cost less and it is the best solution to not only solve homelessness, but to save lives.

[@lindawilson795]

Who in the world 🌍 started selling 🐎 horse tranquilizer to people? 😮

[@nancyholland1877]

I'd be happy in the unmarked grave, family don't care, why do you think they do?

[@7018bluegrass]

The United States is Not a Socialist Country… and we the people love our Democracy. Yes we are taking care of our homeless … some homeless want to be homeless as a caring country We have food banks we have many places providing Shelter and We Feed People. Also medical.. However we promote education and jobs so people can help themselves. We acknowledge that we need to help people. We do not want Socialism We are a Democracy.

[@CapitalismDeathSpiral]

Divided States of America is an evil oligarchy! All I see is abject poverty and homelessness and no livable wages! No affordable housing of any kind! No affordable energy! America is pure hell!

[@meggrotte4760]

I'll go one step further with that we're also a republic That's absolutely right what you said though❤

[@calidreams5379]

You really need to do some research. You do realize that for the wealthy, WE ARE A SOCIALIST COUNTRY, they just don’t want regular folks like you know. Also, there are always going to be vulnerable people who need social services, because we’re all human and vulnerable depending on circumstances. Do you see the severely mentally ill and homeless people on the streets? They can’t help themselves and we shouldn’t expect them to, no more than you should expect a drowning person to swim to safety on their own. We pay taxes to have a safety net that every citizen depends on and it’s broken. Which means democracy isn’t working. Worry about socialism for the wealthy instead of worrying about the most vulnerable in our society getting some help.

[@tylersmith7534]

"However we promote education and jobs so people can help themselves" The only issue is that even if everyone tried to educate themselves for good jobs. There simply is not enough good jobs to go around and the "low wage" and "low skilled" stuff needs to be done.

[@gregnulik1975]

It's almost as if we need to build a city just for the homeless , with prices for goods and services at a level that matches what they receive (guessing welfare).

[@ceciliacrocker390]

That would just kick people out of society more than the vulnerable already are...

[@Babu-kr3cr]

Doctors are a business to make money, and the homeless people are a commodity that they exploit for profit. If they cut off a foot, they get money for a major surgery. That is all they really care about. If the person has a worse quality of life than when they went in, they don't care. So much is preventable and treatable with good supportive care, such as housing or nursing of the type to assist with living and not just force drugs onto people. I don't get the joke about the steak. I think it is sad that people aren't grateful for having enough. I think that is part of the mindset that the homeless develop that they think they aren't good enough and will never have it good enough. They don't know how to start from where they are to make things better. Life is a struggle, but these people kind of give up and see themselves as victims and patients and clients rather than someone who is independent and determined to make it.

[@deeannh17]

Their both using woke buzzwords.

[@jamesfischer6809]

he gets tax breaks