Video: FOX23 Investigates: Where are homeless people coming from and solutions to homelessness

FOX23 takes a deep dive into where homeless people are coming from and possible solutions to the homelessness problem.

[@Vggfdd-kj9kj]

Remember in Rome they called them peasants and we now call them homeless. The decline of an empire has begun and is happening very fast.

[@ceciliauribe812]

😳🥺

[@sudilos1172]

And on purpose, and we're letting it happen and we are forcing it to happen because we didn't resist the marxists.

[@jesseserna8424]

Well said 👏🏼

[@youaregoingtolovethis]

To the top 1% everybody else in this world is a peasant including you.

[@mayakattt3475]

Drugs, mental illness, addictions, health issues, lack of affordable housing, etc. it’s everywhere in the US.

[@tdgdbs1]

Add laziness to the mix.

[@stevemosher1543]

The first word drugs is the problem

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

It's not just the US. It happening in many countries.

[@ronaldturner4849]

Joblessness is not laziness. Those with disabilities like mental problems, including drug addiction, are literally unable to function well enough in society to hold down a job. If you were an employer, would you hire someone with this kind of disfunctional disability? And, if you did, would you keep them on as they experience one after another setback or crises in their mental illness as happens in these people's lives?

[@hellrat795]

Walmart will hire them.send them back to where they came from.put them on a bus. This is what the government did to these people. I look after a 86 year old with dementia. and the she has a three year maiting period to go into a long care home. Disgraceful.

[@onenikkione]

I'm an older American. I can remember just 40 years ago getting jobs right out of high school in factories. In the last 40 years our population has grown by 150 Million people and we no longer produce anything in this country. Increase population and no jobs leads to homelessness, substance abuse, etc. Good "luck" solving that problem.

[@bigvito9008]

There's plenty of jobs in the upper Mdwest, in small towns that start at over $20/hr, but you have to be able to pass a drug test.

[@sharonh2991]

There are plenty of jobs. The issue is addiction.

[@Creole_Lady]

I disagree. They’re plenty of jobs, there’s not enough affordable housing, and also some people just don’t want to conform, they’d rather stay on the streets strung out on drugs.

[@Chicago48]

Nice weather. That's why they're coming to Okla. Housing is an easy issue. The city & State just need to build them. It's called Public housing.

[@micheleemcdaniel389]

There are plenty of jobs in the agricultural sector where I live but Canadians won't take them. So they bring in temporary migrant workers from the Caribbean and South America to do the work.

[@davidbudka1298]

Is it inflation, unemployment, housing, property taxes, disability, age, government mismanagement on a national level?

[@OGDelulu]

an Emphatic YES comes from me.

[@beetee5414]

How do we find housing for illegals but not the native born this makes no sense

[@ladyliberty5771]

'Illegals???' I see asylum seekers have been coming in, and I see houses in my area being filled with 2-4 families, but nope... NOT given. Corporations were enabled by Dougie, have brought properties/houses at OVER listed, thus raising values, and greedy landlords are capitalizing on their investments, as is their right! The problem is that houses being built are on a grander scale, costing a hella more than many can afford! Apartments/condos, the same! Dougie did away with stabilizing rent so landlords can pretty much charge, months, what they want, under some limited rules! So how is it that you are making this about a marginalized, and what ignorant Americans allege, are "illegals"? How are they ultimately to blame for a greedy set of people, and for the government's failure to regulate other costs, as well as this one! Stop blaming the innocent, reach out to those leaders that are in charge, VOTE what you have researched to be someone who will WORK in government, and not act like the MAGAGOP are in the states! Come on!!! Be smarter!

[@yttrailerparknews]

Americans tax money should go to AMERICANS first not the ILLEGAL INVADERS 👍

[@florduran2742]

The money is going to the illegals... Nothing left for the legal Citizens 🤣🤣

[@bigvito9008]

and Ukraine and Israel

[@1ofCornPopsBigBadB_____ez]

EXACTLY 💯

[@IIIDontLie2MeIII]

did ya miss the part where they have 100 million to invest?

[@brandyjohn]

Why aren't you all asking the migrants that same question? Oh no, these hypocritical reporters are encouraging the red carpet treatment for them. God bless this gentleman that's building houses for the homeless.

[@applecider9968]

Thank you

[@CrackheadHuntersDopeDealer]

Illegal immigrants!

[@Abbygirl918]

Why aren’t there building houses for the homeless that we already have in the United States especially for the veterans that fought for a country it’s always for the illegal immigrants. That’s bullshit.

[@louiegonzales1407]

@@CrackheadHuntersDopeDealerThey are all lazy Americans.

[@user-tr8fs7lm8r]

Great reporting! This is some really well done local news.

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

And by FOX NEWS!

[@joelonzello4189]

Great Reporting ?? These stories are everywhere across America ! How is this Great Reporting ??

[@user-tr8fs7lm8r]

Because she's addressing real questions the community are asking and telling the truth. @@joelonzello4189

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

Wages cant keep up with the cost of life.

[@shirleymorris6288]

I worked in mental health for over 40 years and I know for a fact it has been done because we also did it.

[@8188jlpc]

thank you!

[@mariaesposito274]

Ppl got evicted after pandemic. Greedy Landlord's jacked up rent up $300-400 !

[@jodyyoung2726]

Greedy? They paid (were forced) for people to live rent free for 3 years. How is that 'greedy'? Mortgages, insurance and property taxes still had to be paid. All while not being able to collect rent.

[@CondorSkyGhost]

We got tons of homelessness and it's all over, now we're getting migrants stacking up and also being bussed out of here by federal agencies, flown out of here also....staying overnights in airports.....San Diego county.....it's documented and on film

[@jeffchilders9455]

I live in Virginia and came across this video. This is super awesome News reporting. Top knotch.

[@twistedhillbilly6157]

The knotch part might be correct, but I have no idea what that means...

[@susansantana4454]

Are you serious Tulsa. You're more worried about where they came from then attempting to help, fix the problem!

[@PedroCarrillo-qo4hw]

The same thing here in Orange County, California!!!

[@arklinmike]

I've gotten push-back for mentioning this before, but one of the biggest problems that relates to this issue is rampant real-estate speculation. People wanting to "invest" and the rent they charge is to offset their payments, or people who do nothing but flip houses - buy it, paint it, plant new plants and sell it again. You want affordable housing you need to find a way to reign that in. I know "that's just entrepreneurialism" or people gotta make money. Well it's also indirectly causing harm.

[@YvetteJirsaraie-gp7oi]

Amen! Thank you Jesus for your managers stepping out in faith to be a blessing for the residents! Hallelujah 🇺🇸❤️

[@jdarst100]

Why aren't all churches stepping up?

[@YvetteJirsaraie-gp7oi]

@@jdarst100 Us patients advocates are encouraging them to provide services for the residents within the churches neighborhoods. Sometimes it takes circumstances like this that makes us citizens reflect and problem solve, right where we live, starting within the home. 🌎🇺🇸

[@doreencetrangelo7255]

If they are not citizens,deport them and then help our own.

[@koertli]

I thought that is what churches are supposed to do with all that money they save not paying taxes. Way back the church kept and cared for the destitute running the orphanages, asylums and shelters.

Yes All for Homeless Legals Citizens Not for Illegals who Rocking the Cradle Why it Happening Now for these Illegals Immigrants and Never Happen or Even think to Support Legals Homeless Vets Way Back.Why This Idea is Top Priority For Illegals Who Not even Asylum Seekers.😫

[@charlesgreen2647]

Some churches do, but their ultimate goal is to make them self-sufficient.

[@usexoticsltd]

South Park predicts the future once again.

[@nellienell924]

Damn ! No matter where I would like to move outside of California! Still homeless people

[@tammiebroggins]

But I was homeless in California . I made it to Oklahoma and found a place in a small town.

[@up-uw4op]

homeless shelters give bus tickets and sometimes gas money to go where you want to go.

[@8188jlpc]

yep

[@Mohammad5025]

Those tiny homes is a GREAT IDEA hopefully TEXAS does the same thing for the homeless here.

[@206remyboyz7]

Tiny homes are everywhere in Seattle but still homelessness is at an all time high throughout the country

[@marksr8784]

Wow those tiny houses are a great idea 💡 👏🏾...well done🇺🇲🗽

[@eddiecard]

Same shh happening in California. San Francisco sends them to LA and LA to surrounding cities.

[@PoliceMisconduct-wf2kk]

Same scene in WASHINGTON STATE and CA, NY, NJ, PA, CO IL etc

[@YvetteJirsaraie-gp7oi]

Please help all Americans who were born in each city. Many have lost loved ones since 2020 when Covid killed the elderly that they were taking care of, now Lord take care of them who are ready to clean up, being productive citizens here in America. In God We Trust. In Jesus name. Amen 🇺🇸✍️

[@williamshook982]

COVID COVID COVID. There were plenty of unhoused people before COVID-19. I don't think the Democrat manufacturer COVID-19 has anything to do with unhoused.

[@YvetteJirsaraie-gp7oi]

@@williamshook982 Many people died of COVID, there has been many cases where multiple people died in families, not able to bury them! I will say it again, lives were shattered during Covid, and criminal activity increased, along with domestic violence, during the shutdown. Criminals were released from prison and squatters took over our cities and wouldn't pay rent. Yes, you are absolutely right, homeless people were off the streets! Facts!!

[@YvetteJirsaraie-gp7oi]

We know where COVID came from. Democrats didn't manufacture it.

[@YvetteJirsaraie-gp7oi]

Truth matters. We need it to go forward.

[@YvetteJirsaraie-gp7oi]

Absolutely but when we speak about this evidence the enemy sends his wicked influencers on KZbin to discredit the truth! Truth always wins! Hallelujah ❣️

[@Joce123]

What is needed is PEOPLE DEMONSTRATING DECENT BEHAVIOR. I cant find a decent renter who doesn't drink/ smoke/ do drugs..keep clean and not steal. I only cgarge $350 a month for a decent room in a decent house. But I can't risk the eviction expense and hassle ...or the risk of who they might bring in for guests.

[@cindytackett7106]

DON'T, do not rent the room. If the renter brings in another person it can takes months to evict. And you will have damages. In this chaotic world we are living in it would be foolish to rent.

[@evegatewood2939]

@Joce123 If you're near a college, go to the housing office on campus and list your room with them. Rent only by the semester, to current college students that have to leave at the end of the term like in the dorms. Have the same rules, i.e. no partying, drinking, etc. You should be able to find a decent person this way. Good Luck!

[@doreencetrangelo7255]

I wish I lived near you. I am a senior on SS. I'm being killed by my rent going up every year and this be year it went up OVER $125. more a month. I live alone and I don't drink, smoke,do drugs or have crazy friends. Except for my family I really don't have wild parties and live a quite life. I'd be perfect.😉

[@Joce123]

@@doreencetrangelo7255 where do you live?

[@Joce123]

@@doreencetrangelo7255 would you ever live in Minneapolis with a 72 yr old widow?. I wonder how we could connect

[@robertwagner2079]

In Sacramento you will hear people say that homeless people are showing up there saying that they were given assistance to get there. No difference with Tulsa. Most communities will help people get to another place just to lessen their load.

[@EricaGamet]

I'm glad that this report pointed out that people weren't given tickets specifically to Tulsa. Yes, maybe they were given a bus ticket and those people chose Tulsa. But like you say, other people showed up in other cities. Very few people would just up and go to a new city simply because someone gave them a ticket... they either are from there, have family there, or know of other friends that had gone there. It's safer and easier to be homeless where you know the streets and the system and not some far off, unknown to you city that you have to learn to navigate.

[@8188jlpc]

yep

[@twistedhillbilly6157]

HHHMMMM Just in the last 3 years... What happened 3 years ago that might be related?... perplexing...

[@KristineMarieTxSPI]

It's a mystery! 🤔

[@cindytackett7106]

Its mind boggling huh? I'm sure Brandon has the answer

[@twistedhillbilly6157]

@@cindytackett7106 Only the puppet master knows for sure..

[@volcommermaid12]

Those little housing villages are amazing that's great they are doing that I love it

[@plaguearttutorials]

Awesome they are Helping people here at home Too many veterans and single mothers Homeless Would love to be out there to help though I have a bad spine But I'm an autistic savant I think 3D printing would be easiest and most cost-effective over time Or the other method I would recommend would be using bags filled with mud/sand To make small towns or houses like those kooky kids out in the Mojave dessert! Bless you guys for helping the homeless

[@joecottrell5488]

They are coming from homes. And it's a free country.

[@tammypritts8102]

Biden is to worried about every body but his American people 🙏🙏🙏

[@purpleglitter9596]

It's not just Biden....it's all of them on capital hill. They are likely controlled by people who don't even live in this country.

[@EXREPUBLICAN]

It's an American problem. Remember that Oklahoma is a Republican state.

[@evoxpop2088]

Giving "free stuff" without expecting behavioral changes of the recipient is just like watering sand.

[@patrickahaus6570]

Give them volunteer jobs to clean up the city for food and lodging so give back not just takers.

[@purpleglitter9596]

I hope you said the same thing when they bailed out wall Street. And to all the farmers in California who get subsidies. And all our tax money that gets sent overseas to pay for foreigners to have healthcare and free college.

[@evoxpop2088]

@purpleglitter9596 I actually disagree with bail-outs for big corporations and banks; it's a shell game with taxpayers' money. Disagree with foreign aid, we give money to corrupt countries, and they send us waves after waves of immigrants without making any changes in their countries...and paying for foreign wars that Do Not benefit us one bit...way too much corruption and free taxpayers money given away to mainly foreigners...

[@sunnyrays2281]

Great journalism. Informative and allowed the viewer to draw their own conclusions based on the facts presented. This is so refreshing! I think the guy at the end had the best perspective which is we may never solve the issue entirely, but we can do something and hopefully put a dent in the problem. Solving homelessness one person at a time.

[@Jack-sk2el]

or the Rev Jim Jones ? 🤔 Solution, start Serving " Kool Aid " = Problem Solved ? 🤔😉👹

[@sg8953]

Instead of all these tiny home villages, why don't municipalities allow more trailer/ mobile home parks. They are basically the same thing, but mobile home parks were always one of the most affordable housing options for people of all ages. And mobile homes can be large enough to house families instead of just singles. People can bring their own trailers and leave when they want. My parents owned a trailer park in the Midwest from the 70s on. It was always a place people could get on their feet and many went on to buy traditional homes.

[@rauxieswisdom3102]

They aren’t so cheap anymore. On top for space rent, they now have to pay HOA fees. Those can range but most are not affordable.

[@ellenaivanovych4916]

Here in Toronto (CA) they were just a few homeless before "cobi" and then they started to appear and now we are getting as same as Sn Francisco , ( The are from the US)

[@AtomicB-zq2cw]

Stop talking about tiny homes as a possible solution for homelessness, that will never happen. They are way too expensive to make a difference for a population, most of whom will never go back to work. 😅

[@rauxieswisdom3102]

That’s a good point. Most disabled people cannot go back to work even if they want to. Say they could work maybe partially, they would never make enough to afford anything . The cycle continues.

[@purpleglitter9596]

A federal job guarantee they pays enough for the cost of living would solve this problem. We have a lot of differed maintenance in these towns that could provided jobs. Most people would work if it actually pays a fair wage. Even if it seems like unimportant work everyones time is valuable to them and they should be compensated fairly. Cleaning communities or even teaching these people new skills that fast track them to needed guaranteed work could solve this problem.

[@bigvito9008]

Sure, but what about the many who can't pass a drug test?

[@got_glintsp963]

Look up the basic facts about Biden’s Build Back Better Initiative…it is the reason for all the illegal immigration. They are the labor force for the heavy lifting. Read about apprenticeship programs they will be enacting….the programs actually want people with criminal history or history of addiction plus all the DEI alphabet.

[@miche568]

This also how people get sent to Hawaii 😅

[@randysimmons9838]

The more you help them the more of them you get..

[@gregcooks9]

This is been happening for decades in many different cities. Miami started it.

[@cindytackett7106]

Small towns all thru our country are now being invaded by chronic drug addicts/homeless

[@johnnettarodgers9205]

It's true. Several homeless people here in Las Vegas have said that they were sent here from other states by being provided a bus or plane ticket. Just go across the states, the homeless will tell you the same thing.

[@8188jlpc]

correct

[@rauxieswisdom3102]

I’ll tell you and I have observed for only a few months. I came here from anther state. No one sent me here. I came on my own and at my own expense. With rents tripling and quadrupling, I was forced from the only home I ever knew, to leave. I came because it was affordable. Then I discovered rents here are on the rise and at the same level. So, you can not raise the rents and food and everything else and not expect homelessness to happen. There are not support services. It’s obvious the money provided doesn’t go where it should.

[@elizabethjarvie6077]

"Whats needed most is housing"..NOT. JOBS are needed, community, maybe social security for those who arent returning to work, and vocational classes. People should not be encouraged to hang around and do nithing permanently. People ALL have something to offer, and community engagement is needed.

[@purpleglitter9596]

When you have a system that only values a person for their ability to make profit for a corporation this is what we see. A lot of people are tired of just working dead in jobs to get other people rich on the top. Especially in a cold society where people don't even know how to connect with each other anymore. A lot of people have just checked out and a like zombies and I blame capitalism. We should have fair trade instead of always wanting as much profit as possible. Corporate greed has sucked the American spirit dry and it's running in fumes at this point.

[@dogcatparty7371]

Ideally, Eden Village should be copied by every county, all over the world. Ideally, Brad should create a college and graduate school program on how to build and maintain an Eden Village so it can be easily copied in every county, all over the world.

[@victorjones7071]

If I was running the show, sure, they would get shelter, food, etc; however, they would have to earn it, by picking up trash, help paint, help as shelter employees...whatever. When you give people freebies, they do not value or appreciate the help, and by making them work for it gives them their pride and sense of accomplishment back. (Unless they are disabled or whatever, in which case, they get the help and care needed.)

[@jimmycain8669]

They ain’t coming from work. In Mississippi we were buying tickets to California for bums in the nineteen sixties

[@TheRaintree46]

Most of those people dont need any more than a hostel room to themselves, just build like 3 hostels the size of the large ones in san fransisco charge $15 per night for your own room and it would cost a shit ton less then doing those tiny homes. no cable or anything, maybe give them wifi though. or have them pay extra for a wifi password for the week. showers could be located in the halls or two per floor or something. there could be a large kitchen for everyones use and just a microwave and fridge in the rooms. maybe a discount for rooms with two people. and there you go. If they want better they can work towards a job. if they are disabled they are kind of stuck. but most of them arent doing anything with their lives to neccessitate more space. if they craft they need their own room, they can pay for it. not sure why people make this so hard

[@headishome8452]

The wifi for free for first week to help them with the ability to get a job. Bus routes map. Important info given on closest clinic and mental health care so they can get meds. About half of them need not a handout per se, but a "leg up" on the local phone numbers of places that can help them. Some are disabled and qualify for a caseworker to help them. Fastest growing population of homelessness is women over 50 who are disabled.

[@MissionaryForMexico]

By your comment you have no understanding of the mindset of the homeless, you have not been to the homeless and sat down and talked to them! You have not given them food, or a cold weather jacket in the winter months. You have not spent anytime having any conversations with them, sharing the Gospel! Many just like you do not want to know the truth of the matter. But are quick with your solutions, but do not know the actual problems involved! Americans want quick solutions, but do not want to learn the issues! The bible speaks of being willingly ignorant! This is exactly the foundation of the big problem with mankind and human civilization!

[@dosdannys]

They been doing that to California for Years. Florida and Texas, they are So Christian but a very unique type of Christian, they hate the less fortunate !

[@SeanA.Skeete-wd4vi]

It's not that "complicated", it's a "drug addiction and mental health" problem. Trump's plan is encouraging to force them off the streets and "institutionilize" them. That's the way at least to start to "solve" this crisis😮😢🙏.

[@Crismodin]

The amount of people who default to not being able to afford housing as classified as drug addicts with mental health issues is astoundingly too high.

[@puppytoes6241]

Trump wants to put people in detention camps like other dictator he worships.

[@t.h.8475]

I'm not sure forced institutionalization is the answer but I don't know what the solution is.

[@ronaldturner4849]

You forget, you're talking billions of dollars from the Federal budget for such a massive program. Do you really believe Congress will open the purse strings for this? Politicians always promise amazing solutions that sound great to the voters, in order to get votes. But realistically speaking this ain't gonna happen. Even if the gov tried rounding up all these people into some kind of FEMA camp, the legal problems alone would be insurmountable. These are still American citizens with guaranteed rights and freedoms.....just like you!!!

[@t.h.8475]

@@ronaldturner4849 you're right. People like the sound of what they see as a simple solution. They put no thought into it.

[@Awmmboy21]

Homeless ppl are coming from homes they been evicted from.... doink

[@Arachn1d-1902]

They try to divide us by making the homeless look and feel "different" or sperate from the general society. Homeless people are just normal people. There are so many causes and factors that play into why one would become homeless. And some are the working poor! I've had friends that worked all day but just didn't make enough to afford a place to stay so they live at homeless shelters. And jobs are competitive in today's society. Employment and self sufficiency aren't rights they're privileges.

[@diyr791]

Employment is one of the problems. You have to provide jobs paying a decent wage. This state is littered with very low paying jobs.

[@EyesWideOpenTruth]

Within 3 months they gonna trash them homes 🏡 . You need to set restrictions on each individual, No drinking, No Drugs. If they violate, they get kicked out, Zero Tolerated

[@treuky]

These people that help out are some of the best people that we have in the world that cares about people who haven't left God bless them..

[@thezonemtb]

Very good reporting. Please follow up on with the task force and see what they have achieved in the last year. I hope I'm not the only person that demands great results from that type of money being spent to study the problem.

[@volcommermaid12]

That's funny because me and my BF were homeless in SO Cal. For a few years and the police offered a bus ticket to Missouri to my BF because he was causing chaos lol also tried pushing us to surrounding cities

[@Blank-zz2eq]

Dang this man is anazing he's got it going on Aden Village is a great idea

[@sharonnycum5414]

This started with free rent. They didn't pay causing the landlords to loose everything. Now they are homeless.

[@t.p.m.414]

Yes, I know personally there are some programs that help homeless get bus tickets but it's on them where they decided to go. People willingly travel there whether for free/paid ticket 🎫 or pay for their own ticket.

[@ladyliberty5771]

My sister was homeless in NYC. She refused shelters as she would be robbed. They are not safe! Up here, Toronto bussed homeless to our city, Brantford. Now that Torontonians are living here, they want them sent elsewhere. Of all the houses that are going up, in this crisis of WAY too high costs for purchasing and renting, ALL are "luxury homes starting at $300k!" It's disgusting! We are looking at homelessness as I am low income, and my landlords want to sell! I cannot afford to move! I've applied for jobs I CAN do, given my disabilities, but never hear back! I USED to be an RN so I could work in the medical field! To hear one person about "burning bridges" and some saying it's "a choice"... ARE YOU SERIOUS! Brantford WAS talking about tiny homes. But yes, we need mental health services to be modified and FUNDED! Brantford seems to have scraped the tiny home program! My heart is broken for these people.

[@elizabethjarvie6077]

Cities DO ABSOLUTELY offer bus or plane tickets to people so they will leave. NOT a myth. Seattle does it, other cities do it, maybe its just hush hush. 🤷

[@EricaGamet]

But not to a specific city... which is what we always hear. A city suddenly has more homeless (as most do these days) + people were given a bus ticket = somehow equals "X city is paying to bus people specifically to X city." They get given tickets if there is somewhere they would rather be (to be closer to their support system or a place known to have jobs they might go after). Sometimes the price of a bus ticket is all that's keeping someone from getting back to where they feel they can change their situation.

[@elizabethjarvie6077]

@@EricaGamet yes, to a specific city- tickets have specific destinations. And people do send homeless away with 1-way tickets to specific cities so they will be someone else's "problem" too. In Seattle they have had several campaigns to send people elsewhere because EVERYone who is a drifter comes here, wants to be homeless here where everything is free literally, drugs and crime aren't prosecuted, and the acceptance of living & camping ANYwhere is literally allowed, tolerated etc. by stupid negligent government. They make millions & millions by keeping so many people homeless in Seattle for its all about the funding which they keep most of it. Crisis is profitable. So many come here & find themselves on the street because they can't make it & some turn to crime & prostitution. Rent is higher here than most places for sure. The city goes out in the name of helping, offering plane or bus tickets which they pay 100% and to anywhere. If you say Oklahoma, Oklahoma it is. I think they try & encourage people to go to their hometowns so they can connect with family but it doesn't natter where they go just as long as they go. People just come to Seattle in droves hearing everything is free, food shelter clothes, transpo, housing, medical care etc because it is. But there are long long lists to wait. Also open drug & alcohol use in the city, drug markets, crime and no prosecution of misdemeanors or property crime, all the parks are full of needles its terrible. The homeless are very vulnerable to all the street criminals. Predators who are sometimes homeless but often set up tents just to deal drugs & prostitution. The city offers people 1way tickets to get out. 🤷

[@ups_high_energy]

i hope they offer these to the working poor as well.

[@tomtroy3792]

Social Security is not near enough to pay for property tax and food and other bills like electricity and water the city keeps raising the property taxes and people are becoming more homeless and they can't figure out why

[@michaelschrock2838]

Southpark already did it.

[@lajuanaraye]

Where are they coming from? Poverty. And our officials using 100M to study the problem instead of using it to SOLVE the problem. Rents are rising everywhere, food, utilities, cars and fuel are out of control. 80% of America is one step away from houselessness.

[@tammyhoffenbacher3051]

Awsome

[@cherylmendez9291]

I was a transit driver in modesto and Oakland would give bus tickets to modesto it is true..

[@desperadodeluxe2292]

Ive been thru tulsa a few times its just fluxuates on how many homeless there are. And really its a decent place to get on your feet and get work . Tulsa is kinda like new Orleans too similar vibe. Tulsa is a great place.

[@gagato5]

Many just DONT WANT to WORk.

[@rauxieswisdom3102]

Or don’t have the skills necessary to navigate gaslighters and narcissists…….

[@MrBobochow]

Listening to the news about economy you think everyone is living in the lap of luxury.

[@tishreni5183]

Im coming from LA and im intetested in going to school either in North Dallas area or Tulsa.Im in Dallas now,but when its time for me to choose what school program itll be between the two city.Personally i cant see anyone not from the area moving there,but you never know.The rest of the country is ridiculously expensive,Tilsa might be thr next hot spot..we'll see.

[@lutomson3496]

meanwhile here in commifornia many are from out of state because its warm and great benefits, no one asked any homeless for their ID, ask that question

[@jesseserna8424]

Here in okc in the summer my wife took grandkids to park ,there’s a fountain that sprays water down for the kids to play in.But my wife said there was homeless people showering half naked in front of kids so I said why didn’t you call the police (being half sarcastic) she said a sheriff deputy was there and told them (other parents) they cannot remove homeless from public property 😮..what the hell is America turning into.Someone e-mail the mayor please 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@LandCruiserMidwest]

housing prices are only going one way and thats up . Building new housing wont get any cheaper other . Tne problem is almost unsolvable at this point without government subsidy

[@A3Kr0n]

All people from Tulsa are from somewhere else, but we're all from the same planet and same species.

[@corywalker9498]

Rent is ridiculous

[@rickeyrosario2820]

It just hasn't been happening so much yet wait Oklahoma helping immigrants and there is still homeless people that's American living underneath the Bridges and I mean whole families to

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

A lot of shelters are fu❤😂ll and some the homeless don't want to go tto being dangerous or rules they don't want to go by or guys staying in their trucks cars rvs because they like the freedom

[@rauxieswisdom3102]

Most of the shelters are dangerous. Either that or most have their own clicks and if you’re not one of them. They do not have a problem setting you up or accusing you of something you don’t do. It’s prison mentality. It does not work for the normal poor.

[@charlenemocksing6909]

Homelessness will never be solved because it’s the leaders that can’t really do anything about it or refuse to. The cities will look awful & the quality of life will look bad.

[@RodgerRamJet-cz7xd]

Yep im sure somewhere in the Bible Jesus said chase the poor out of the city so you can live the rich life

[@glentreasure2466]

Yeah, I put all people across the river and jumped the fence in motels and luxury free food. Everything else my neighbor just been in USI for a couple months already got a buy a brand new house cutter buy brand new car $180,000 check wow I’m about to cross the fence and come back over see what I got, that is insane man

[@yolandajohnson8685]

during the pandemic in 2020. charter buses from New York were bringing bus full of homeless people to Philly. The homeless were being dropped off in the wee hours of the morning in center city. and Philly were bringing homeless to New York and dropping them off in the wee hours of the morning. that is what was explained to me.

[@mummler]

Duluth Minnesota is going through at also and we're cold here in the winter. But there's tents everywhere and people are coming here from everywhere. All you have to do is walk or ride in the car down the main street in Duluth and you see people with suitcases everywhere and there's nowhere for them to go.

[@joeross8086]

These are the people who never got their ass beat as a kid for lying

[@Dollybird198]

There’s thousands of American families that r living in their cars it’s heartbreaking the lack of help and support . Unless the government r getting paid they’re not gonna build sh*t unfortunately

[@RafaelEspinoza-wo5sp]

They did the same to California. And they're doing it all over the places. And those entities the user is called churches. Hold those places you think They're given tickets. They're used to front. So the government will operate and move people whatever Want You wanna It's not the first time and it's not gonna be the last time.😊

[@rockinray6197]

by discussing the issue of totalitarianism, a totality of methods and grasping for replaceable parts for a machine society where the situation is production of wasted used up people, from the permanent structures of production

[@rockinray6197]

the systems of ethics, materialism, money and the state of human rights are recast to be permanent issues of status. And the stratification of societal health sick/well is created by impermanence of false credos. Manufacturing consent, one man at MIT wrote. Its not the homeless problem, its ethics and politics at the top and the strain upon the tenant by the lord

[@rockinray6197]

your not the brave knight, nor a king that's been crowned .. your just plain old mutlee the snickering hound.. anyone who saw the video on youtube, 'a history of white trash' understands a certain type of migration. People living in parks and eating from the garbage was considered normal during expansion west. Finally arrive in hollywood, lipstick please

[@tracyjohnson5023]

They've come to our small East Tennessee town in droves! 95% of them DO NOT want to work at all! There are jobs everywhere, but the affordable housing crisis is real. Mentally ill people used to live in state institutions, but we don't have those anymore. I feel for our homeless veterans most. Our government should be building housing for them first instead of illegals. Druggies don't want to work, they'd rather beg for money and steal. Anyone that can stand for hours in 90 degree sun can work. They can't afford food, rent but they can always find the money for their drugs. Rehab is free for them too. Those that have been to free rehab, get out and get back on drugs get no sympathy from me.

[@Cute_Maxi]

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Have you personally interviewed “95%” of them? You’re just another ignorant boomer that thinks people are just handing out jobs to anyone who wants one and that it’s actually possible to live off minimum wage… neither of which are true.

[@headishome8452]

In order to get a job, you need an address. I could go on & on... but it seems you have your mind made up. I was homeless for a short while and I didn't know of any druggie. When I got on my feet, I helped several women who were disabled by letting them use my phone, gave them bus tickets to get around town and I helped them get off the street. I also let them use my address for important paperwork. Small things mean a lot when you have to leave domestic violence and there isn't anywhere to go. Now I am too disabled to keep on helping, so my neighbors go and help the ones who don't need money...they need help like I wrote about.

[@tracyjohnson5023]

@@headishome8452 my mind is made up about the druggies as I see them daily putting lots of time and energy into getting money for drugs. Being homeless due to domestic violence is a whole other issue and I'll help them all that I can. We have a great shelter here for them and I take clothes and toys by regularly. As for the truly disabled, we need more affordable housing for them. We have an apartment building here that's just for people 62 and over on disability. We need more. My main issue with disability, is it's being overused these days for people who don't want to work. SSI is supposed to be for people either born with a disability or that became disabled in early 20s before they could work full time for 3 years. Disease, disabling accident. SSDI is for those that worked and paid into social security and became disabled. Sadly, it's much harder to get on disability for the people who have paid into it. The people in both of the situations above, would much rather be working! The good thing is that you can earn up to $1300 monthly and keep disability benefits. My issue is with the people who have never worked or who have worked under the table and not paid taxes. I've seen many people apply for disability in their 30s and beyond for back pain, bipolar, depression, type 2 diabetes etc. To those I say keep doing what you have been because obviously you've survived that way without a visible source of income. While I'm on a roll, imo people with a curable disability like type 2 diabetes caused by being overweight, should be given a year on disability to get better, then cut off payments. So many with incurable diseases pray to get a cure. I do not think the answer to homelessness is to give out free housing, food, healthcare with no strings attached. Btw here in my area, you don't need an address anymore to get many jobs.

[@rauxieswisdom3102]

Are you kidding? Slave wages don’t pay the bills and why risk loose health care and food and a free phone over it? That doesn’t make sense.

[@mabutoo]

The homeless gravitate towards cities because its easier to find protection from the elements and there are more resources. More restrictions are needed on investment home buyers who target cheap/starter homes and convert them into luxury homes or use them as tax shelters or just not allow single family homes to be owned by corporate entities.

[@tdgdbs1]

Those tiny homes will be trashed in a week.

[@cintroberts6614]

Tulsa has lots of money to take care of them.

[@charlesyates6687]

Not just Tollsa it's every city in América. It's like 20% of the entire country is homeless

[@megarth1]

If you put up more bird feeders, what will you get? More birds.

[@user-cs4bz2lz2f]

If you given the people house they destroy them and drugs up the place trashed it 😢

[@user-dv6bk3qh3h]

And the government uses homeless in maricopa for test subjects.. they just evicted me constible laws? Violated my social security rights renters rights...and they kept my security deposit because i owed 500 more dollars and id have to come up with 1650. To save my apartment and now im back at the homeless center on east van buren losing everything and i have a eviction on my record

[@OldsmobileCutlassSupremeConver]

Seriously, it's going to get very cold in Tulsa. Who In their right mind would go to Tulsa. Without a place.

[@anthonyaguilar8883]

They poop in the st. My wife stepped in a big pile. She wretched repeatedly the smell was horrid !

[@beasaroseco5840]

NYC used to put people on buses too.