I acknowledge that the issue of unsheltered homelessness is complex and that it will be difficult to solve. I hope that my own experiences can portray this issue in a more humane light.
Thanks for this insight, Jessica. It makes me realize that trying to talk homeless campers off the streets one by one may not be as successful as getting groups of the homeless who rely on each other to transition to settings where they can live together, temporarily or even longer term, in community.
Thanks a lot for your article. Although I have created a project to help homeless people (www.howtohelpthehomeless.net), I never realized that people experiencing homelessness in the same camp, are also part of a community. This makes dismantling those camps even more of an issue.
Let's not: these are primarily people who have a blatant disregard for the most basic laws of society, drug usage and criminal activity is more than commonplace, and they have literally zero regard for other members of the community. If these same persons were camped on YOUR front porch, personal front or back yard, and/or your place of business and having a direct negative impact on your right to pursue wealth and happiness, I'm sure you would have a radically different tone. With that said, we as a community have had ENOUGH of less than half of 1 percent of the people who live here be allowed to destroy our beautiful country, not to mention the literal millions of dollars being spent to achieve nothing more than media time, political and feel-good points. Enough is enough.
Thanks for this insight, Jessica. It makes me realize that trying to talk homeless campers off the streets one by one may not be as successful as getting groups of the homeless who rely on each other to transition to settings where they can live together, temporarily or even longer term, in community.
Thanks a lot for your article. Although I have created a project to help homeless people (www.howtohelpthehomeless.net), I never realized that people experiencing homelessness in the same camp, are also part of a community. This makes dismantling those camps even more of an issue.
Let's not: these are primarily people who have a blatant disregard for the most basic laws of society, drug usage and criminal activity is more than commonplace, and they have literally zero regard for other members of the community. If these same persons were camped on YOUR front porch, personal front or back yard, and/or your place of business and having a direct negative impact on your right to pursue wealth and happiness, I'm sure you would have a radically different tone. With that said, we as a community have had ENOUGH of less than half of 1 percent of the people who live here be allowed to destroy our beautiful country, not to mention the literal millions of dollars being spent to achieve nothing more than media time, political and feel-good points. Enough is enough.