jordanlundSupreme Court to hear Grants Pass homeless case April 22nd
Super complicated issue on the West Coast where homelessness is a giant problem.
Portland in particular has an issue with the “nowhere else to go” part of the equation as there are OFTEN places for people to go, but they choose not to for a variety of reasons:
kgw.com/…/283-f028c410-3bf0-4425-bc3b-94eaeeaa10e…
“Every night, roughly 260 shelter beds for Portland homeless aren’t being used”
The sanitation and safety issues of campsites on public property are costing cities money they don’t have, for people who aren’t paying taxes to fund it.
“In 2019 the program collected an average of 500,000 pounds of trash near campsites each month. That monthly total increased to 650,000 pounds in 2020. In March 2021, work teams removed a record 818,560 pounds of garbage.”
SpaceNoodleA place to go with strings attached is not a place to go. Being required to abandon your partner, your pet, or your property is not tolerable to all. Being vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse in a “place to go” also makes it the opposite of that.
In most cases it’s “no drugs, alcohol, or weapons” that’s the barrier to entry.
In most cases
That’s a pretty bold claim. Got any evidence for it?
Living in Portland and reading interviews with tweaked out homeless people for 4 years?