Can cities fine unhoused people for sleeping outside?
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2024
- Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the most significant legal challenge to the rights of unhoused people in decades. On “Post Reports,” we hear from a correspondent who visited the city at the center of the debate.
Homelessness is not a crime. Ignoring it is.
The word is HOMELESS! Can we please stop using these f****** sanitized terms ?
Sounds cruel to me.
It is. I'm a conservative and I support basic human rights.
It’s not a crime it’s a tragedy. We are a rich country we pay a ton of taxes. Who is miss managing the money we pay
People confuse issues. The topic of international security is different than people who are unwilling to address their addictions. Think if the alcoholics in our nation..George W Bush..Dick Van Dyke Governor Richardson..Hundreds of thousands of alcoholics who do not drink. It takes resolve..Taxpayers who chose to NOT turn to alcohol despite trauma do not deserve to foot the bill for the people who want to make their problems my problems
I don't care if they sleep in vehicles as long as they have a place to go to the bathroom and take care of garbage
Or..and of course NO DRUGS/ALCOHOL use should be allowed in Grant's Pass or any public space
Republicans trample on these people instead of trying to legitimately fix issues...they just want fox "news" propaganda bits and social media posts aimed at the uneducated, to rage bait them into voting for their party...it's all about power and control for republicans...they only do tax cuts for the wealthiest 1% and tell poor people to expect a potential trickle down penny some months later...their policies have created these wealth gaps...why all unions support biden
Started with crimes willfully blind friends & family. I involved lawyers counselors & courts. Unenforced laws pack & move until all my money was gone. Unable to protect my body my children or keep my home after 6 years making it a beautiful sanctuary to raise my daughter from age 4 to ten. The chaos escalated as if I was a whistle blower working at Boeing.
Ask Ukraine and Israel for a few dollars?
I learned all about America in grade school in the 70s. I still haven't found that America.
when i was teenager in 90s everyone's dream was to get visa and emigrate to us. some did, i hope they aren't among homless
I'd be like.... "Sure fine me. Just send the bill to my house" 😂
HA !!!!! GREAT !!!!!
Well, if our society has deemed it reasonable and acceptable, to price housing out of the reach of some people, when will they decide euthanasia would be merciful?
They already allow abortion of our youngest, euthanasia of elderly, or sick is zero difference.
Land of the fee 🦅
Jail is stupid expensive. Simple housing is a fraction of the price.
13th amendment allows for slavery for criminals. Criminalize poverty more by healing the unhoused and the people who own private jails now have a new population of slaves.
Our cities and roads look like crap. A bit of infrastructure spending could employ these good people making our country nicer, and give them an opportunity to have homes.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THESE FOLKS..........I WAS HOMELESS FOR AWHILE ,,,,BUT HAD A VAN TO SLEED IN,,,,,,,,HAD TO KEEP MOVEING ,,,,,,,,,
I heard somewhere that it costs more to NOT house them than it would to house them. Tons of abandoned properties that could use caretakers. If people were smart and goodhearted, we wouldn't have a problem.
...even just smart. Every problem is an opportunity not recognized.
There's no such thing as abandoned property trust me if somebody wasn't paying taxes on it the government would have seized it a long time ago
@@theobserver9131
What's wrong with good-hearted as well?
@@brianperry2599
Not true. There is a lot of abandoned property in this country.
@@matt3024 Nothing. You didn't understand. Just saying, even selfish sociopaths could benefit from housing the unhoused.
Amazing that this country would come down hard on american homeless yet allow immigrants here and house them, feed them and get them jobs..😢
"Give us your hungry and your poor....." yeah right.
That was just a nice poem.
@@JoelUldrych-kh2sc Unfortunately, that's what it amounts to. It was supposed to describe the true spirit of America, but it turns out, America and Americans suck.
France should take back the Lady. We don't deserve it.
Not enough housing, or, too many "unhoused"?
I couldn't care less if they think that they BELONG there..They should move south in the winter for climate reasons.
I have good reasonable solutions but my opinions mean nothing to anyone in power so it's not worth bothering. The problem will be a forever problem because few people truly want to solve it and in a reasonable manner.
If SCOTUS up holds lower court nothing will ever be done to resolve the issue and to make affordable housing.
Shared.
The government needs to be held responsible for all the money that has been basically giving themselves for taking the money from taxes 😢I know that instead of giving citizens enough money to survive on because of the greed of the people in congress
The issue is not the sleeping outside for most...it is the trashing places out, starting fires all the time that spread quickly in open spaces/parks and by homes, open use of drugs and leaving needles around, using the toilet in the street or leaving human waste in unsanitary, public locations, the increases in theft and vandalism around the camping area, the public feeling unsafe and harassed by people that high or extremely labile and mentally ill that threaten them, noise, public disturbance/being high or drunk in public, etc. That is the real issue. It would not be an issue in a designated zone if it was clean, hygienic, peaceful, drug free, etc.
We definitely need to rebuild the asylums for long term housing of seriously mentally ill, and we need to prosecute crimes like littering, loitering, disturbing the peace, etc instead of just dropping the charges and treating it like it is nothing. Also if a designated area is made, make the residents clean the area and pay a small fee to help with costs and to make it so their level of investment goes up.
Gracias,saludos,like.
Unhoused? Just say homeless for heavens sake.
60B to Ukraine. Tik Tok may get banned. Oh - and this homeless thing too. Our priorities are so out of place!
don't question the legitimacy of this aipac-funded two-party reality show, enjoy it. become immersed in it. believe in it. feed it. and whatever you do, don't rise up and rebel against it.
More importantly, can cities find housing for people sleeping outside?!
....and homeless people; work together! Have meetings to coordinate efforts to improve your situation. Start your own companies making goods and providing services. Preferably legal goods and services.
I went without a "home" for about a decade. I wasn't homeless, I was Nomadic. There's a loose tribe of roaming types. I found different groups that would help eachother out. We made great stone soups! Travelling is better than hunkering down in a city. I went all the way down to the Yucatan, and all over the US.
Of course, you could just wallow in pathos if that's what you prefer.
Homeless people should not be allowed to sleep on the streets if alternatives like shelters are available to them. Staying in a shelter should not be optional to them if a shelter is available. It should be mandatory, but in many instances these homeless people are drug-addicted and don't want to submit to a shelter's rules regarding drugs and curfews. They have rights, but their rights end where the rights of others in society begin. If you are homeless and panhandling and I give you some money, (which happens frequently), and then you turn around and use that money to buy drugs, you have completely lost my empathy. Tough love is what is needed to deal with the homelessness problem, along with meaningful support for those who fell in the situation through no fault of their own and really want to get back on their feet and do something with their lives.
You mean HOMELESS people?
Yes... !!! Bring more illegal immigrants in !
We need stronger tariffs on imported goods so that businesses can afford to hire local to make things. Communities need to invest in strong local economies. Stop sending all our money away. Support your neighbors.
Penalizing other countries it's not the answer. The answer is penalizing the people who BUY from other countries.
There's no reason to penalize other countries for our government's negligence. It's the corporations exploit other countries for cheap labor and by their resources abroad
As well as those who exploit illegals over here to pay low wages.
They got no money for a place to stay but they got money for tents and a lawyer
Почему у Вас есть бездомные?
В нашей стране бездомных нет.
Значит Ваше правительство не справляется с поставленными задачами
No, it is avoiding its responsibility!
Free trade. Thanks Reagan and Clinton. Sold us down the river.
But at least we have Walmart and Dollar stores! yay.
Oh, and Hillary gave us Donnie and Joe! We're so lucky!
Unhoused people? They're called bums.
Your future
@@d.carelli8036 Your mama
They're called human.
There's another group of people that we sometimes call
IGNORAMUSES!
@@matt3024 wtf?
Do we need illegal immigrants ?
Spent a couple of weeks at The Beacon of Hope Homeless Shelter in Winchester, KY, recently. Total shithole and “staff” aren’t qualified to dispense meds, yet insist on confiscating meds. Workers are merely tapped residents on power trips. 86’d residents for having sodas in their lockers, looking thru a dumpster, wearing a hat indoors or simply disrespecting them! Ultimately, I opted to live in my vehicle. But, I was lucky to have the option.