These 10 American Cities Lead The Nation In Homelessness
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- In many American cities, homelessness is OUT OF CONTROL! Some Americans are homeless by choice. Some of us don’t have anywhere else to go - addiction and poverty mean they have to sleep in tents, in cars or in shelters.
Sometimes, its things out of their control - Disenfranchisement, lack of jobs, or a natural disaster. Many of these people aren't just living on the streets, they are dying on em too.
Currently, on an average night, it’s estimated that about 550,000 Americans sleep somewhere that isn’t their permanent residence. though that number is likely very low, considering it’s difficult to get an exact count. About half of those live unsheltered on the streets, or in tents or in their cars or in abandoned buildings. The other half lives in emergency shelters and transitional housing programs.
And of our homeless population, most are men, and two thirds are alone - or without families.
Overall, however, the number of homeless people has ticked down - about 14% since 2010. We’ll get into why that is later in the video. But we’ll also show which cities have historically high homeless populations, and which cities are seeing their homeless populations explode.
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I was in Westwood, Los Angeles a few months ago sitting on a bench and a homeless guy came up to me asking for money to get something to eat. I said I don’t have any money and he sat down next to me and asked every single person that walked by the same thing. One guy said here I just bought this food and you can have it and the homeless guy replied, I’m a vegetarian. The guy said it is vegetarian, so here you go. As soon as the guy walked away, the homeless guy chucked the container of food onto the curb and then proceeded to keep asking every person for money for food. My conclusion is that he was lying and wasn’t hungry. He just wanted the money for drugs and/or alcohol. That’s why I only give homeless people food, water, or clothing bc I don’t want to help their addiction.
AMEN!!!
Someone taught me this once a guy walked up to us going into mcdonalds asking for money to get a burger because he was starveing my friend told him dude i don't have any change ill hook you up on the way out! So he bought the guy 4 burgers & fries before we had even left the guy chucked them in the garbage! What do you think he really wanted! 😂😂😂😂😂
I came out of a car show, there was a heavy guy with mustard and ketchup stains on his white t-shirt. He was still chewing food when he came up to me and asked for food money, he said that he hadn't eaten in days, I could smell the hot dog on his breath. Sorry I told him, I'll catch you on the way back., which didn't happen.
Whenever someone ask me for money saying s/he is hungry I never give cash but food or drink only.
Well then if that is the Case your Concience is Free
This is crazy........
people with 2 jobs in the USA.... still living in their cars or in tents.
Welcome to the u.s.
@@rubencohen2936 I was also thinking the same
@@rubencohen2936 where would you suggest an American move to be able to afford to live?
@@rubencohen2936 yea, these are good places if you're retired or already wealthy... How's anyone supposed to get a job in small towns like that where everyone's family & work all the jobs that make the town function? What you're saying is only practical for ppl w/some capital, an EXTENSIVE resume & family or friends in said towns to help out fitting in. Anyone moving in any other way risks homelessness, prison, drug addiction & death.
The real problem has always been lower wages/benefits for the working class, (keeping wealth concentrated to a few, like the elite love) & mismanagement of our taxes, (the crony capitalism that's drained our national coffers into the pockets of dem & repub elites for as long as I've been alive).
THESE are the reasons why moving anywhere else in america isn't the answer cause the problems we face as a nation all stem from the same place, Washington DC. Until THAT city's fixed, no cities will be safe.
@@rubencohen2936 I guess I didn't make my point clear; Washington DC has 'trickled down' their corruption to the rest of the country. If you fix the corruption @ the top it'll be easier for the rest of the Union to follow suit, i.e., "fix themselves".
States & corporations have been @ the tit of the Fed til this very moment.. Why not tell Trump to give back the TRILLIONS doled out to keep private venues open in New York & elsewhere? Right there's an example of the Fed Gov, (Trump) throwing tax money @ a problem to 'fix it' making him & his supporters kinda socialist, lol
Thanks for spreading awareness. I live in California & the cost of living is so expensive, I'm in the middle of selling my home& buying one in Texas since my husband passed 11/4/2020😪. Homelessness can happen to anyone. I pray for ANY body that dosen't have a warm clean place to sleep, & nothing to EAT! God help us ALL because again, this could be any of us🙏🏼
Candace you're a saint. And I'm sorry for your loss ❤️
@@NickJohnson thank you for your kind words. God bless you& your family, always🙏🏼
In North Coreea people have good live vs. people from USA
Thank you Nick. I was homeless for 11 years due to a disability. Though I don't drink or do drugs I was constantly stereotyped as a junkie. Homelessness happens for all types of reasons. It doesn't always come down to bad personal choices.
I’m from Spain and visited LA, San Francisco and Las Vegas this February, and this shocked me really hard, and made me think about how can allow this tragedy. The most important economy in whole world and a modern society should take care of people not only in money.
America has a greed based economy...it has been since 1776...
Apparently those cities have very strict zoning laws so it's very hard to build housing which is why houses are so expensive. If you go to houstin which has no zoning there aren't as many homeless people.
Complete social and Cultural collapse. High number of bastards and divorces. Also California has high taxes and a high number of handouts in combination with sanctuary city laws so they attract alot of Bums from other states / countries to collect handouts off the backs of middle-class tax payers thus creating more homeless.
Thats big city....selfish..people only take care of themself
@@philbrzezinski6 greed based is Crony Capitalism. Politicians promise free market Capitalism. But the USA is far from free market Capitalism
Seattle: "Mayor wants to combat homelessness by raising real property taxes." Mind-boggling. That's just going to raise rental prices and cause more people to become homeless.
In North Coreea,Russia is not homeless...no comment
This is exactky what they want. It's all part of the plan.
@@bubblekuku5992 As far as I know and visit Russia, I'm fine, and there's one more thing that's not under a million homeless people in America, now put it in front of 300 million people.
With the population and cost of living so high, I'm lucky to even have a home at all.
You're right
So nasty 🤢 so many homeless
and you have macbook unboxing video on your channel, poor boy
I’m not poor. We have a ton of electronics.
@@jacob1st760 so it's not that hard to have a home. Even working at fastfood you can rent a place and buy food. Those people just don't want to work, or they are sick mentally
I feel so blessed to have a bed and somewhere to live a steady full time job health insurance and a car. As someone who was homeless for 5 yrs because of addiction I never want to go back. I stoped smoking and shooting cocaine, and heroin got my life on track I thank god everyday multiple times for planting the seed and giving me the gift of desperation and also for the help i have recived thought the state and other programs they have all saved my life. But I've got.to remember where I came from god bless us all much love.from providence rhode island
Proud of you man. God bless.
God bless
Proud of you
People like you that really WANT to change their situation can. You're living proof so Happy Holidays and continue to have a great life.
Go a head na🙌 Amen!!!!!💞
Just as George Carlin said, “American dream, you have to be asleep to believe it,” so sad.
American nightmare more like.
Carlin’s estate was valued at $10 million. Seems like he lived the dream.
Carlin was a demagogue
I like the american dream, no luv it
Ain't that the truth.
Anyone can end up homeless, it almost happened to me.
Once all currency is gone worldwide then you will see people homeless and not be apart of the system it's coming real soon
All it takes is COVID-19 to make 80 million Americans homeless by February 2021.
@@damienrothchild4383 This is so scary
So true its coming soon!
Not me. I plan my life to avoid most of the disaster that could befall me.
For years American Veterans have been Homeless in Los Angeles & now Thousands of people are in Food Lines & Thousands more on the verge of Home Evictions.
Blessings To All Worthy Of Being Blessed
home evictions to death in street,in home who live?..nothing...home free and people to street hillarious,genocide.
I never wanna be homeless again very hurtful situation 💯
Thank you
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I pray you never end up homeless again 🙏🏽
You been homeless?
This is very sad it's not the lifestyle I want to live or anyone for that matter
You can't speak for everyone. That's part of the problem. You think everyone is like you and wants the same things.
Darlene Monen no your wrong, it is mental illness and laziness they’ll rather get paid by government with payments for healthcare etc than getting a job and working hard for it !
@@camk6566 that is not true. It is the system in the USA. It is corruption.
@Mia Colucci lol it is called corruption.😂😂😂 the USA is a corrupt country.
Long Way you are clueless about life and I hope you don’t die ignorant
I'm a landlord and a small developer in Portland Oregon, when you buy a rental property and pay a lot of money for it, you have to charge market rent to keep up with high price you paid for the property, high property tax, etc.. not sure why almost everyone looks at landlords as being the reason rents are high when that can't be further from the truth, rents are high because governments charge sdc fees on top of your permit fees when you build a house or apartments, if you want to build about 30 new apartments, permits alone are close to a million dollars instead of 150,000 and that's just so you can start building, so do the math, by the time you include the price of land, price of building and add permits plus property tax on top of it, that's a lot of government fees and regulation which translates into a lot of money for the government just for the privilege of sticking a shovel in the ground to build, so we need to look a little closer at it before we blame the landlords. Also, 80 percent of landlords have mortgages on the rental properties they own as well. I have a property that I can build about 60 units on, I'm looking into converting 40' shipping containers into 1 bedroom apartment units, if city is willing to work with me on it, I'd like to build them all for affordable housing which means that rents would be close to half of what 1 bedrooms rent for, I would love to make affordable rent for people who work for minimum wage, but I'm not very hopeful as I'm sure city officials will probably make it really difficult. I'm really troubled by people who end up on the street because they can't afford rent and when people like me offer solutions, we're being met with a brick wall by city officials.
Thanks for the explanation......this whole time I blamed greedy landlord's as one of the main reasons for homelessness. Never once did I attribute homelessness to government regulations. And thank you for caring about the homeless and offering a solution. God bless you!
Dan Doe What a great idea 💡 Don’t give up on it. But I have to say that a lot of homeless people don’t want to live in an apartment They like living on the street They Don’t want to miss out on any action Panhandling etc.
I would give up on the west coast and move east.
High population density and low unemployment rates creates high demand for housing. Competition for housing drives land and development prices up and subsequently creates high cost housing. Those with low incomes cannot compete for housing with higher incomes. This is simple economics and no government program will cure that. Lower income people have to relocate to areas with jobs and lower housing costs. Low income people cannot live in the most expensive cities in the country that already have an adequate supply of cheap labor. Over time, as lower income people move away, wages will rise to attract people to fill those jobs until wages and housing prices become more in balance. Government programs only create an artificial unsustainable economy which only leads to more unaffordable housing.
God bless you for trying
NO ONE with a healthy state of mind chooses to be homeless.(no one)
I chose it..I made 72k the year I moved into a 2017 tacoma with a shell...payed off debt and bought a new car for my kid cash 16k..saved up enough $ to live in a van now..quit my 65 hr work week and wake up next to lakes and such...also obama care isnt so affordable to the middle class
some do, some people make 1000 usd a month and still choose to be homeless because they can then use that money on other things like travelling.
So Many illegals Have Taking Americans Jobs Which Places Americans As A Homeless Person Or Family , Yes Some Do Have Mental Problems But Not All Of The American Homeless Do , Some Would Rather Work And Feed Their Family Then Live On The Streets
"... He modeled himself on the example of Heracles, and believed that virtue was better revealed in action than in theory. He used his simple lifestyle and behavior to criticize the social values and institutions of what he saw as a corrupt, confused society. He had a reputation for sleeping and eating wherever he chose in a highly non-traditional fashion, and took to toughening himself against nature. He declared himself a cosmopolitan and a citizen of the world rather than claiming allegiance to just one place. There are many tales about his dogging Antisthenes' footsteps and becoming his "faithful hound".
Diogenes made a virtue of poverty. He begged for a living and often slept in a large ceramic jar, or pithos, in the marketplace.[4] He became notorious for his philosophical stunts, such as carrying a lamp during the day, claiming to be looking for a man (often rendered in English as "looking for an honest man"). He criticized Plato, disputed his interpretation of Socrates, and sabotaged his lectures, sometimes distracting listeners by bringing food and eating during the discussions. Diogenes was also noted for having mocked Alexander the Great, both in public and to his face when he visited Corinth in 336 BC..."
I’m their and we have health problems and are three fur babies which they are my kids
Living in sevier co tn they are hypocrites
I was homeless. If it wasn't for the help of good ppl uplifting my spirit and instilling inspiration and opportunity I wouldn't be where I am today. Sometimes an act of kindness can go a long way
This is good to hear from you. I am trying to teach exactly this through my CZcams channel 🙂
Why were you homeless in the first place? Was it your fault?
Yes owleyes it was my fault. Whether the circumstances were fair or not is meaningless in the eyes of accountability. However, compassion to those even who create their own misfortune can save a soul.
A lot of comments on here bother me. Whether it was your fault or not, the fact that we live in a society that is happy to leave human beings behind to rot in the streets breaks my heart. Mr. McGill, I am happy that you, unlike many, were able to pull yourself out of homelessness; and I hope you never have to experience that ever again.
@@jonsanchez141 don't let it bother you my friend ! I've learned every1 is going to have their own opinions. I can respect that. If they want to misjudge others off of crumbs of clues they are entitled to that as well. When you have a healthy self esteem and understand the world around you with a free mind,forgiveness and understanding just comes naturally. Ty for your support and I wish you great fortune !
I have always helped Homeless people . Because we never know where we could be the day of tomorrow . Plus I appreciate God for Giving me life and providing for my family and me . Please Pay it Foward with Love with Helping Hands .
Miguel we need like a million more Miguels
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I have never help homeless people.
Help me Miguel
Drug addicts and mentally ill and alcoholics need services separate from homeless families and veterans. We can help as our taxes used for military for other countries can be diverted for us. One day,maybe soon.
GeminieCricket
I wish but that won’t happen...
the system still needs to be revamped , priority should be given to our vets, our disabled, and seniors.
kids need to be took abd out into foster care, and mom needs parenting, life skills and life management classes and needs to get offf welfare
children should get help, it’s not there fault, but don’t enable mother to keep staying in that cycle of collecting check and or other benefits funding assistance
the issue with no child hungry, is they leave child with system sucking mom, and mom and child get bennies
, the child needs bennies and a stable positive environment
The Mother needs to be required to go into a program, get hereself together...if she wants her kids,
that should be done and that be the incentive
and this would be cheaper in the long run as a portion of people would be successful which means less moms on systems, and children in foster care temporarily and shorter terms instead of long term
while yes some will be a long term thing, but that will mean less of them as a portion of them will likely be driving and motivated to get the kids back and actually put the work in participation in program and get the kids back
so over time, yes this would save money in multiple areas, welfare, food stamps, wic, foster systems, because more of the use of these will be shorter terms / temporary
and getting more people off the system and self sustaining will increase tax dollars paid into systems and programs as more will become tax payers
The issue of homelessness has always bothered me, especially when I see disabled, elderly, or our veterans in need I know it’s a complex issues and multiple causes and situations. And I would like to share with you my ideas and thoughts on how to deal with this ever growing problem
The systems are not working because of the extreme high cost of living, limited choices and availability in subsidized housing, especially when it comes to the special needs disabled , the veterans and the elderly .
--and the fact the city county and state governments leave it up to the individuals, which who are often very ill, disturbed, confused, broken, lost ect. to navigate a system t hat is next to impossible for a '''normal'' person to get through, if for example a ''normal and educated stable'' person looses their job and ends up homeless...... but on top of that , they leave things '' up to choice''.... im sorry but this needs to be fixed by being, yes aggressive,
these people need to be , yes, forced into a program,, instead of the revolving door that is our jail and homeless systems that does not help people in these particular situations…
open back up those institutions, all homeless individuals must go, and be evaluated , cleaned up, monitored and stabilized, for 60 days, and then placed in MANDATORY rehab re entry programs where they will be taught, life skills, money management skills, placed in a job, given subsidized housing after they proven after so many months they can keep the job and successfully get through the programs,
substance abuse programs for alcohol, drugs and yes even tobacco, needs to be mandatory because addiction is very costly on the individuals resources plus health care providers, insurances ect. , ( and having addictions spending income, resources, putting whatever addictions they have is counterproductive especially in the current situation they are in.
mental health counseling and treatment should be made mandatory as well, that all ties together, it should not be about ''choice'' if people are that far gone to not be able to really function on a basic enough level to NOT want to live in a tent on the side walk , and cant even get or hold down a basic job to just do the basic human self sustaining functioning,--- then they are not competent enough to be making '' choices''
again I know this is a complicated complex issue, its not going to be fixed over night but I really think this would be a good start, and you are bringing back more jobs and growing our economy, this is something that would even more so help in the long run for our country.
Next thing related to this Our veterans and servicemen, who often times end up unemployed and or homeless, or struggling from piece meal job to job. I think a big solution to this is , well, first off If vets had a warm welcome home and a . manditory‘’life after military " program to enter upon returning home...that would place them in programs, including job placement and life coaching....getting people transitioned back to a more typical civilian life structure.....as that is a big change, going from military structure to casual and open ended daily civilian life.
but if something could be put in place like that, this would help a huge number, and even prevent people from ending up, again, in the mental health / homeless systems.
The VA system is impossible to navigate, there needs to be, mandatory and pro-active programs and such that step in upon returning to civilian life , volunteers, case workers, job and life skills coaching, organization and planning skills, evaluation to see if a person has any addictions, ptsd, or other issues that might impact moving forward from military life.
Those whoare going home to families, this still needs to apply, and if anyone for any reason ends up loosing there spouse or home, ect, these step in programs need to come in and get them housing placement asap, and go from there. With the programs that are put in place to help get a person stable on their feet in all dynamics and aspects of civilian life.
They dont believe in God. Free sex party, drug, killing eachother.. It is so sad..
Capitalism.
NYC basically warehouse's it's homeless. They pay me owners of the buildings exorbitant, obscene amounts of money to house the people in open areas, much akin to homeless shelters. What a interesting concept. And by interesting, I mean disgusting.
The REAL reason we have such a high amount of homelessness is because of our GREEDOMIT taxing the hell out of people!
@Christina I doubt that seriously since most homeless don't work
Washington state has no state income tax and Seattles still full of homeless people. Nevada also has no state income tax. Colorado taxes are fairly low and there's a bunch of homeless in Denver.
J B You’ve made some good pointers there which leads me to my question, if taxes are so low in these states, as you say, then why is the rent in these states so high? I’ve lived in Washington, Oregon and I also have family in Colorado and a friend who moved to Las Vegas, to my understanding of my family and friends Colorado and Las Vegas Rent is extremely high, Personally I know Washington Rent is high.
J B Look, your taxed when you earn it, then your taxed when you spend it, want to save what you’ve earned instead of spending it? Great but now you’re gonna be taxed for saving it, oh? After you’ve saved that money and now you wanna buy something with your savings guess what? They’re still gonna tax you. Oh now you’re planning to sell what you already paid taxes on 3 times 1. When you earned it 2. When you saved it 3. When you bought what you saved for and now when you sell what you’ve already paid taxes for 3 times you’re gonna pay taxes on that, (in some cases, depending on what it is) oh but wait? Now in some states if you would like to sell your items they want you to pay a fee usually $15 which is a form of taxes but you pay it, so you can have their permission to sell what you’ve already paid taxes for 4 times.
@@sistersister8679 Teachers, police, fire department, roads all that has to get paid for somehow.
DC is a nightmare! Lived there last year and was surprised to see the high level of homeless people. Talked to a few of them and found out they were push out of their homes due to high taxes. One lady and her kids lived literally across the street in a tent from her former home😱
Inexcusable.
Cynthia Allen how much DC property tax?
@@醬哥的奇妙之旅の頻道 I have no idea. It's been a long time since I've been there. I'm sure you can google it.
What do u mean high taxes property tax?
Wait if u don't pay property taxes what happens?
Homelessness is going to double everywhere by the end of 2020.
More like 10 fold.
Exactly. And to think there's no homelessness in Cuba and in North Korea... It's amazing how we suddenely notice realities we didn't before.
With empty high priced apartments everywhere...
@carfreelifeforme If given the offer, I'm sure many of these homeless would be happy to live in North Korea where there is no homelessness.
@@rubicunduseratiudas1264it's amazing how you are paid to promote propaganda and cut and paste the same thing over and over again. In North Korea they kill the homeless and pretty much anyone else Un doesn't like. The rest of the people are starving.
My fiancé and I are homeless. We don’t live on the streets. We live with his family. It’s a nightmare and a very long story how we got here. It’s been 4 years. We’re both working now and saving up money to get out of here!
Aww. wishing you the best hon. YOU CAN DO IT Rose :)
Nick Johnson thanks 😊
@Jürgen Bergmann The U.S. has been going downhill for 200 ODD YEARS!!! AT LEAST since our Founding Fathers died off!!!
Jürgen Bergmann yes in fact the US is a de facto shithole
How it is homeless if he lives with his family in their home which may have been his home one time. Homeless does not mean not having owning a home, it means that you do not have a permanent shelter that you come to. Share someone home and paying them make it your permenant residence according to everyone except you and his pride. Ask the government. You would have to legally get evicted after living there for four years.
This is why we need to take care of citizens of United States before leaving our boarders open.
No one is asking for borders being open. Most people are asking for a universal healthcare and universal basic income. Neither of those have anything to do with border.
@@peanutawesome1
You are correct. What the Republicans say is we should help American citizens first before helping refugees and then the Republicans don't help anybody refugees or American citizens.
Michael Adamson,
Tell the freaking Republicans then to help American citizens then for Christ sake. The Republicans vote down almost every single bill to help veterans and all poor American citizens.
@tama tribe, plenty of people are asking for open borders. Also, UBI doesn’t work and the countries and cities that have tried it have stopped because it doesn’t work. Universal health care is a sham. I’m a VA patient and it’s a damn nightmare, now imagine nearly 400M people trying to navigate one system. Good luck.
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Why not re-purpose malls and buildings (particularly, those that have been vacant for years).
Occupy EVERYWHERE!!! If the cops give you any trouble, tell them you're "sheltering in place"!!!
Because those with wealth tend to have a "not in my neighborhood" attitude.
Who is stopping you?
Phil B I hope they follow tour advice because then that would deff be the final straw and they’d start actually getting rid of them
Regulations
After being homeless for many years, and finally finding housing in (2012,) it STILL affects me emotionally on a daily basis when I see San Francisco's homeless population up close. 😳
Congratulation.
Here are two types of lives I absolutely couldn't handle: Being in prison or being homeless.
I'd rather be homeless than in prison.
Can't really speak for prison prison but you're likely better off in the local county jail then you are being homless. Many homless people will go still a laof of bread from Wal Mart or something that results in 2 weeks in the local jail. Or 2 weeks of having a place to sleep shower and free food. With winter comming lots of homless people in like Milwaukee do that. So these cities that are warm weather cities I wouldn't be to surprised if the police bough them a bus ticket. It's like ( oh hi George how many times have we arrested you?) Perhaps the police officer says okay I'm NOT taking you to jail anymore I'm taking you down to the Greyhound bus station and putting you on a bus to Los Angeles. What's to stop the police officer from buying a guy a bus ticket out of his own pocket?
I'm headed towards both right now
Exactly. And to think there's no homelessness in Cuba and in North Korea... It's amazing how we suddenely notice realities we didn't before.
@@rubicunduseratiudas1264 can't speak for North Korea but homlesness in Cuba bearly exists.
We have a mall that has been vacant for years. Maybe it could be converted to a place for people to live. There is so much waste and greed in this country. Lord please help us all.
There is a vacant mall near me. They should turn that into a homeless shelter. Maybe makeshift apartments.
Portland should have Made this list, it’s a SAD CITY.
Certain parts of Dallas TX are bad too. One area will have new designer 500,000$ homes. And just two blocks down the street.. litter, prostitutes, drugs (I presume) and dozens of people in one little spot with tents. It's sad, I feel like everyone should have a chance. Never thought life was this complicated 10 years ago. I'm only 28 and scared for what the future holds. I should be looking forward to it. And I am but things are changing at a fast rate and I have no power to help. I'm barely making it myself. Job doesn't want to give me a raise. Covid-19 is shutting the world down. Life's a mess
Portland stands out regardless of any list.
Homeless people have also been priced out of housing like those living on social security which by its self dosen't even cover rent much less rent, utilities, food, and medical cost
So true
I feel blessed for today and God with me thru every walk in life. Tomorrow all can be gone.
All that money that California’s taxing could go to housing for the homeless.
California's homeless coud go to work. It's not that hard
I was homeless at one time. It sucks. People don't get it. And yet during this plandemic they keep putting us off. They are one of the reasons for some of the homelessness. Give us our money. Help these people to get a start to get back on their feet.
i agree and im sorry phyllis :) hang in there!
It’s amazing that the homeless haven’t died from covid19, where do they go to be locked in?
Wow good question
@but2star How did he let it spread? I have healthcare experience... it's a virus, they spread and they have seasons. They lose virility over time and disappear. Viruses are inevitable and Covid is no worse than seasonal influenza. it's also election year. They have a virus every election year since Spanish Flu. California has 50% of the USA's homeless. 75% of the population cannot afford a studio, let alone a room. Beach areas are 50% Airbnb / STR's, increasing rents due to lack of housing. Regardless of how expensive a city is, you have a hierarchy. You cannot just only have wealthy in one spot... the city will not function.
They don't.....who knows what their stats with covid are...nobody pays close enough attention to them.
@@nutech1810 it's a novel virus .you cannot compare it to an average flu strain as it is unknown.....its a novel virus....you should know that.
Only the strong survived 💪
It seems odd that the states with the most homeless are the ones that have the reputation for being the most progressive. Recent events some of these cities show the governments have no grasp of the governing process . However the homeless deserve some sympathy
I am from the Lower East side of Manhattan.Nobody had money.but we had the best Neighbor hoods.we all looked out for each other.Its all very expensive to live there Now.I LIVED IN Brooklyn.and Long Island and Now in Longs S.C near Myrtle Beach.But New York Cify will always be my home. I WISH I never left
A lot of it has to do with the absurd cost of living. If LAs homeless had worked at McDonald's in Mississipi they'd probably have a place to live. Even if California had zero taxes you'd still have a bunch of homeless people because of the cost of living.
Progressive places are still establishment cooperate-friendly territories. The fast growth with very high wage populations makes it ever more burdensome for middle and lower class residents.
Thanks for these videos! Very informative.
When you break into song🎶🤣...great video man
There was a beggar sitting on the ground in front of an elementary school that was also near a church. It was impossible not to pass by the pathway because that was the "shortcut" to get to the street.
It hurt to think that people were only passing by not giving the old man anything. (I was only a college student back then.) The pennies in my pocket were only enough for public transport. But I remembered that I kept a biscuit for when I would get hungry in while queuing for public transport on the way home. So, I rummaged my back pack and handed the treat to him.
The old man took it. But when he got a closer look, he threw it on the ground. I was still there when he threw the unwrapped food on the ground. It was an embarrassing moment for me.
That was like my dinner for that evening. I rarely get the chance to eat at home.
Maybe the old man thought that I was being cheap. Who would appreciate biscuits anyway?
People who passed by saw what happened. So, I quickly walked away in shame.
But while brisk walking, I heard the comments of the people who passed that area on a daily basis. It turned out the beggar was alcoholic. He only wanted money to buy booze.
Filthy ungrateful
@Angel Freak Everybody who passes by should buy this guy a coffee so in the end of the day, he had no food but he drank 50 coffees, for what he should be thankful for.
If he is alcoholic he deserves his fate. He must learn to respect food.
For any beggar who acts that way when someone offers to help, they don’t deserve anything. That begger needs a doctor.
The rental too expensive.
I am shocked that America have this huge housig problem. The present President has a few choice words to describe other countries. Wow Trump look in you own back yard. I know you can't read but you are not blind.
Thanks for updating
Thank you for your video. This was an eye opener
This is sad to say that this goes on in America. Where's our compassion? When I use to go to Wal-Mart, I use to see a homeless woman there outside of Walmart. One day I went there and didn't see her outside.. Someone told me she froze to death one night. I couldn't believe it and it was the county too. You are now see county residents homeless too.
We are all one struggle away from losing everything. Saving one life is better than saving none. God bless.
Thank You! For your videos. We do appreciate the information.
Realizing that the homeless population is rising. It seems like in every state now. Apparently... there does not appear any state that has not been affected by this homeless crisis.
This is definitely a sign of the times
Thank you for the video
Ok Robert
My heart breaks a little more each time I see people with no home. Why does it have to be this way?
There is enough recourses in the world to help each other have shelter. I wish there was more done to get housing built. That's the problem not enough affordable places for the average Joe.
The U.S. is able to spend $900 billion annually on the Defense Budget , but can't afford to spend a few billion on the homeless problem. All guns and no butter !!
Washington doesn't serve the people , only the Defense Contractors.
@@timothykwong8224Don't forget the "Fools on the Hill"!! They're making money off all of this TOO!!!
@@philbrzezinski6 U.S. Government,... corruption at it's best.
We need more people like us in the world.
A senior complex is offering a 1 bedroom apartment for $1495.00 plus a95% increase each year and its across from a noisy school and you still have to use
The community wash and dry er wich cost more money. Its nothing special about it. Then you have guys in the midfle of the night walkinhg up and down the streets of the complex looking in cars to break into. Taking advantage of seniors
When you call the police they come roaring with sirens and of course the robbers are going to run and be gone before police get their. The complex had a security service come but they came twice a night at the same time each night. It was a joke we all thought. Sad. The complex has been sold so many times. Realy sad.
Damn shame about Seattle...I LOVE that city. But I was just there in January and it is in bad shape...I also follow the Seattle Looks Like Shit page and it has constant updates every single day. And there is an actual documentary called "Seattle is Dying". I would encourage anyone and everyone to watch it!
When I first lived there in 1978, I thought: "My God...What a Shangri-la". Now? "My God..What a pest hole." You're right...WHAT a "damn shame"!
This is what its like living in the richest and most educated country in the world.
Well I live in Houston and is the best places
You might want to check those stats lol
Why wasn’t Detroit, Chicago, and Portland on the list
Chicago does not have many homeless. I live downtown, I hardly see any in winters, only a few maybe in summer.
@@ni12907 maybe it's too cold in the winter?
@@heyyou274 yeah, I definitely think weather contributes to the amount of homeless in an area. California in particular is really comfortable year round, so people know they won’t die from exposure if they’re out in the streets.
I feel like Denver should be on the list.
@@TheAerialgreen no way , I have been to Colorado , Denver is a growing beautiful city
Gentrification and high priced real estate properties and rent is part of the issue.
How? Just rent somewhere cheaper
@@evanhughes1510 there is none from Philly, NYC and LA.
Low wages and high housing costs are the reason for homelessness. So lower the damn rents and increase the pay or wages. This country has enough money to do that but I will never know why they don't, sickening.
Greed.
Rent control is a bad solution. Ask any economist. You should instead focus on wage raises as your solution:) would
Most of it is self destructive tendencies from homeless.
@@REYANNWALTON greed is a typical easy answer for homeless life.
Housing costs control for sure! Agreed
And to think there's no homelessness in Cuba and in North Korea... It's amazing how we suddenely notice realities we didn't before.
Does anyone remember when the ACLU decided it was unconstitutional to keep mentally ill people confined to mental hospitals (where they got 3 meals a day, hot showers, toilets, clean beds, TV, pool tables, rec rooms, mental and physical health care and even field trips.)???? Japan uses this method and they have extremely low homeless rates. And don’t tell me these hospitals were I humane because my mother and my auntie worked there for 25+ years (Sonoma State and Stockton ). I realize this is about 50% of the cases out there, the others need job skills, (big failure of our schools) mental health counseling services for self medicators and mentors.
Eff the ACLU.
It is a tough job to manage and take care of a group of mentally ill persons. 🙏
The COVID-19 pandemic has made million more people homeless and now I see homeless people in rich areas here in North Florida where I never saw before!
Democraps created pandemic and is trying to hurt Trump’s States
I wonder if homelessness will increase in Las Vegas with the Vegas strip being mostly closed down during Corona Virus.
Every city will increase with this shutdown.
@@robertklone8437 - Nope. -
Such people will merely come out of the wood work, becoming 100% more noticable.
There are homeless people who started sleeping in LAX. It's been difficult to roust them out of the terminal areas.
@@regand7830,they are sleeping in the Philadelphia Airport as well,City has now decided to move them out!
We arrest them in Vegas if they won't go to a shelter!
Clayton, rural communities DO NOT want homeless people, that's why they live in rural communities! You Must live in an urban area.
Los Angeles history on homeless is nonstop
I know right
I grew up in LA. There was no homelessness problem in the 1960's and 1970's. It started sprouting up in the 1980's and hasn't stopped since then.
West coast of Canada has the highest rent too. I found myself in my 50s working 3 FT jobs and still not making enough money to cover the bare minimum, so I moved from Victoria to Quebec City.
John Defalque are the Chinese buying up a ton of real estate in Vancouver? Therefore driving up prices?
Horrible thar u need so many jobs. It's so wrong.
@Denny Rubin 120 hrs/wk plus 42 hrs wk on the bus-no life-I'm 52 with diabetes-why I left for Quebec. I had 2 FT resto jobs and rented out my only Bdr on ABnB. Working almost every waking hr and still not enough.
Hats off to you for being a kind and caring human being if more people were like you there would not be a homeless situation ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ummm ok
California city’s the spot. Slab city in riverside county would work too.
California city actually has amenities that are unused so that makes sense
Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles.
Extreme.
Exactly. And to think there's no homelessness in Cuba and in North Korea... It's amazing how we suddenely notice realities we didn't before.
I was stating earlier that some of these people have minor crimes on their records, and bad credit. Once that happens it will be Holy Hell to try to get a job. Restaurant jobs that aren't chains would be their best bet to get a job. Look at a lot of the Spanish folks they work in kitchens....cooks and what have you but they do work hard.
@@metalmike570 Agree 100%
NYc is the worst
in Boston MA. these homeless women know how to work the system and run to shelters with their fatherless child and they are given a voucher or subsidized housing right away . Blame the MEN!! Take care of your children and this shit wouldn't B.
Really didn't expect the singing part! Thank you for the vid, hope it reaches the right people!
I totally agree. Bless them all & keep them ALL safe.👍
By now LA has surpassed Mumbai.
This is about to get much worse. the government doesn't give a flying fk.
. hopelessness = crime and the government and tax payers gonna end up paying to lock up homeless people
Why is it the governments responsibility to fix this growing problem?? Thats what's wrong with America, everyone thinks the government is responsible for everything!! When when they do try and fail miserably everyone critzies them. Every single time.
@@jacquelinefitzpatrick2405 why even have a government then? you think anarchy would fix the problem?
The government doesn't force people to be homeless.
Aman to that. And they've given the mental health system so much fucking power and they have gotten away with getting people thrown out of their houses and it's wrong and they don't do a damn thing about it.
I live in Sacramento, CA and there are thousands of homeless people on the streets and these numbers grow by thousands every year
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
San Jose
Sacramento
Fresno
Bakersfield
Stockton
Modesto
Oakland
Anaheim
San Bernardino
All dealing with homeless problems, high cost of living, and poverty problems. Basically why so many are moving out to places like Texas or Idaho, which are *much* better.
@Jack Hook trickle down economics doesn't work , this problem started decades ago with Republican economic policies.
is being a police officer in california a good ideia?
Bro Tuga no
Thank you so much Kelly this is a very frightening thing as it gets closer
Great intro .. song hit the spot
Nick Johnson...good vid, bto. Your conpassion and humor are genuine and very cool. Thanks for this video. Very informative and eye-opening. Peace!
Okay!
I enjoy watching videos like these whenever I'm down and depressed.
❤️ love ya!
Very good reporting....
Thank you for an updated count of homeless
and their locations.
It's already outdated
Wow that’s sad I’m glad I have a place to live.
They should have right to shelter on the East Coast because it’s unbearably cold in the winter. More homeless people flock to the West Coast or Hawaii because you can pretty much live outside relatively comfortably all year.
Many people think homelessness has a simple solution.
Homeless people can't flock to Hawaii.
@@sheilahollley7129 they can ride dolphins.
Sheila Hollley yes they do. At least 20 % of Hawai’i’s homeless are from the US mainland.
@@mangoman4555 you just pulled that 20% out of nowhere. You wouldn't know if that many homeless people moved to Hawaii to be homeless still.
That was it. Once he sang the theme song for Cheers, I SUBSCRIBED IMMEDIATELY!!! 😂👍😂👍😂👍😂👍😂👍😂👍😂👍😂
I live in California!! There’s homeless people everything. I’m trying to move before I become one of them.
I live in Los Angeles.
The "lacks", can be laid at the doorstep of a persistently incompetent state and local gov't. Many of whom, are decades long in office, and second generation from the same family.
There's a LACK of enough institutions like jails, mental hospitals and addiction wings, for longtime locked down care and containment. It doesn't help to broadcast to the world, that regardless you're undocumented, you'll be cared for. You won't stay incarcerated, and you won't be held accountable or suffer most of the consequences society's reprobates shouldn't get away with.
So we are not only a repository for the sick with mental and addiction problems of other states, But also the economic detritus of other countries. Who couldn't POSSIBLY EVER pay their freight to offset the costs of living here.
These burdens, aren't paid for properly with the tremendous money generated through taxes and fees, and un Constitutional behavior.
Astronomical amounts of money is wasted, or a part of a laundering scheme or disappears without any accountability and oversight of what happened to it.
I am a born and raised, RARE LA native.
Most of the population here is transient and has no knowledge or no interest in any of this. Which is why the local and state incompetents, get away with it.
We do have alot of jails and prisons in California. We also have the largest inmate population in the nation. Even more than the feds. We can't lock people up for anything but committed crimes though. Homelessness is not a crime. Alot of them become victimized in there. Government is a big problem. I don't have any answers. Even if I did, no one would listen.
@@jeffalbillar7625 "A lot"? Evidently not enough space, not enough of them so that every criminal element is contained.
So what if we have the largest inmate population here in CA?
We also have the largest population PERIOD.
And clearly we need hospitals, specifically for the mentally ill for PERMANENT institutionalization. And hospitals specifically for getting the addicted off drugs.
However, either of these demographics will only do time (and should) after they HAVE committed a crime.
Like driving at high rates of speed in a stolen car.
Or domestic violence or other assault.
It USED to be, that jail took SEVERAL acts of lawbreaking that added up to a lack of being able to stay out of trouble.
For example, ONE DUI can result in a devastating accident. But it takes several and the loss of a driver's license, and driving privileges, not jail time.
So please, it's harder to get and KEEP people in jail, than you think.
People who are in jail, are RIGHT where they should be.
It’s too hard to differentiate homeless people. There’s families that lost all their money, people that lost their jobs, no where to turn. Then there’s runaways, mentally unstable people, drug addicts, and people on the run. Of course more categories, but it’s just impossible to solve. In CA our governor raised 22 Million$ and gave it straight to homeless people. What do you think happened? Homelessness #s went UP. Meaning it was a total failure to give $ to people that are most likely going to spend it on drugs. I don’t think of all of them this way, it’s just common sense. I was homeless/runaway once, and it’s hard. If someone would’ve handed me $1,700 to $2,500 I would’ve gotten a place sure, but in that state of mind, I would’ve looked for some “stress relief” and that $ wouldn’t have lasted long.
Giving money will never help. People are lazy because they want others to hand stuff to them. Work for what you have as no one will just hand it over to you.
Agreed!
It's warm in California. It's also one of the most expensive places to rent or own a home.
Was homeless, up in Boston, back in the 90's. Was one of the 1st 200 customers at the Veterans Shelter, at Government Center. Case load #'s now exceed 17,000.
Every night in San Francisco they have to power wash the sidewalks surrounding the 24th and Mission BART subway station since there is so much poop and urine on the sidewalk.
And why are the rich people not helping
@@candyveneer2428 NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
That is liberal CALI for you.
I have a new term for you, the homeless are. “Internally displaced refugees”. And homeless camps are essentially refugee camps.
It is becoming similar with the homelessness situation in Australia, too.
Thank you for sharing...
Beautiful Portland is a nightmare too...
This could be almost any person with a mortgage and makes less than 50k a year. 1 month no work , 2 weeks to get the first check so 1.5 months to get paid , it will probably be a survival job if you got laid off , so it will take 2 checks to pay the mortgage one time , so 2 months to pay once , now you are paying late fees and getting more behind , 1 medical emergency ( need tooth pulled or kid needs doctor)and you will NEVER catch up ....homeless
Pay check to pay check not working.
EL GRECO 777 but where in CA do you live? Most likely not in Los Angeles bc you need to be nearly a millionaire to buy one here (the good or decent parts of it anyway).
Lots of alcoholism in America. Alcohol destroys families. Very sad need a shining light for people. Tiny home compounds seem to work. Gives people a hand up.
Better yet; euthanize the homeless.
Bullcrap! Any government run housing program for the poor or homeless always ends up the same way - a festering heap of crime, drugs, and vandalism!
@@daryllect6659 Unfortunately, that would actually do more to reduce the homeless population than spending a million dollars a piece on each and every one of them.
Free housing is great for the homeless because it frees up money to buy more drugs and alcohol.
Euthanizing people would be *too expensive* and inhumane.
6:10 People keep talking about LA and california, which has 57,700 homeless. What about NYC, with 92,000 homeless?
It ain't new in NYC 🗽
“American dream” 🙄
Laziness, irresponsibility, drug use, and mental illness caused this, not America itself.
@@davidsirmons All those things exist in the rest of the world. But there's a thing called psychic ward, public health and welfare state.
You forgot to complete the sentence is fake
The American dream is to get out of America as fast as you can
@@rafal8560 facts
In RI i feel aharrased in every corner and red light. Theres so Many people begging that its overwhelming.
The US has no shame (I guess); something is going on though because a while back I noticed a decline in it in northern Virginia where I live. I think some of them were moved to shelters. Then I noticed this year I saw more of them working corners again, you know holding the little signs up.
I helped one elderly woman that was being evicted, her husband died several months before and she didn't pay the rent. So I helped her go to court and then she got a second notice with an end date - like only one week then the Sheriffs deputies will move her belongings out. So me and one of the deputies that was on the case; contacted adult protective services (county run) office and the lady said the shelters are full but if they have to she'll be placed in a hotel. Sure enough she was placed into a Red Roof Inn. I went back to visit her a couple weeks later and the room was vacant. I called the deputy I knew and she said well they put her into the hospital because mentally she was losing it. I think it was just too much stress, she was getting suicidal and the desk clerk called someone and that's what happened.
@@metalmike570 That's terrible :(
@@NickJohnson She'll be okay though, she's in a hospital under care, probably medicated. By now I hope she's out and put in a home by the state. I mean 76 years old. Her social security amount was her deceased husbands and a few hundred more was her own. That will just have to be enough man they will Have to place her.
They need to change the rent to lower prices.In order for them to be able to have a roof over their head.That's the biggest problem. Sad😠
The real problem is insurance and taxes, You can have a paid for property you want to rent but just to cover the taxes and insurance almost makes it unaffordable to most people then there is wear and tear and a profit for the owner and its totally unaffordable. So to me the powers that be are the main problem. They spend, spend, spend and tax, tax, tax and who suffers? All of us!
All these problems seem to point to too many layers and too corrupt government. They over-regulate housing, give free drugs to the homeless, bind law enforcement and overtax the working people, all from their $100k per month leased ivory towers.
@Linda Loves Trump very judgmental there.
No every person who is poor is on drugs or has a criminal record there's tons of good law abiding citizens who just can't afford the ridiculous amount of rent's.
Today I went to look at a broken down room for $950 that's just pure greed right there.
That's a reasonable kool e idea. You may say, " greedy landlirds" but lower the RE taxes and rents can be liwered.
@@jstar1000 lowered. You said it. So true, people.
There is no magic solution to a complicated problem, but building more affordable housing can be a good beginning, with more social workers.
Why, USA needs more money to project power and fight unnecessary wars which they shouldn't be a part of.
Wow, it seems like you made this video just before the world ended!!... homelessness has started to snowball...hope I don't get caught in it 😥
I am surprised that my home city chicago is not on this list every where I go there are homeless people
That gives an idea how bad the problem is.
It makes me wonder how they survive during the winter. The shelters cannot take in everyone. I feel sorry for them, even the ones who brought this on themsves.
@@asafaust8869 same
@@jeffalbillar7625 true
@@asafaust8869 alot of the don't care too much.
I was at the store today, when I come out of the Store.. a person ask me if I have a spare of change.. so I gave him $2.00. It's okay.. we need to have heart to those homeless people. They are not invisible. They are somebody's brother, son, father. That could be you or me.
Truth
Sometimes give food because cash can enable a drug habit but I totally agree we must be charitable
do you want a cookie. i don't understand why people feel the need to broadcast good works. take the ego ot f it.
Let's hope they didn't go spend it on dope or booze.....
@@heathermcduffee7058 nah no ego. Do good, spread the word. Sounds like you have an ugly heart. Shame
I hear there is a huge percentage of families in America only one pay cheque away from being made homeless.....my heart goes out to our American brothers and sisters from the UK.... And my prayers.... I've been homeless several times... I know there pain and there sufferings.... Just hang on to hope and faith 🙏
Use abandoned Detroit for a massive homeless shelter!
States should be ready to help, would cut there costs!
You need to do more research on homeless. I was homeless in 2008. It has exploded in the last 10 years. It's about 700 thousand homeless in america. If not more. I'm a truck driver now and you wouldn't believe the people living under bridges on the highway
I lived under a bridge in Cincinnati. People live under every bridge in the city.
@Gary Nelson There are no misfits. Families were under bridges in Tulsa, OK since 1984 I saw mostly white at that time. Noone is a misfit there are a lot of situations brought them there. Stay Safe
I wonder if these people can do something - there's no excuse for a housing shortage here. Let's get the top 1% together and let them pay for housing the homeless. These folks I'll list here could easily fix housing the homeless - supply the apartments......Bezos; Gates; Waltons; Musk; Trump; Winfrey; Mars Family; Zuckerberg; Kanye West; Kardashians; Buffet; Madonna; Company CEO's; and many more. At the very minimum they could put up affordable housing and easily get their money back too. Nothing to lose!!
Honolulu Hawaii is a great city to be homeless all year. One way flights can be cheap sometimes. Lots of fruit and veggies grow there. There are lots of woods in the area to sleep in. New tourists daily to beg from. Don't believe the locals who will tell you not to come. 🤙🏼
Sorry...but when I'm on vacation....I don't need nor like to be hassled by people begging me for money.
Same issue in Northampton, Massachusetts!!!