Noticable reduction in homeless and tents in DC, what about libaries and metro?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there no shelters for the homeless in DC?

Would you like to spend the night in a room with 50 mostly addicted, mentally-ill and often violent individuals off their meds?

Exactly.

The homeless don't want to share a confined space with these people either. The streets are generally safer than the shelters.

Those who refuse to take medications need to be placed in an institutionalized setting or group home with close supervision.

+1

Seems pretty hypocritical coming from the "you can't make me take the COVID shot" crowd.

I've had 5 Covid shots, thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m all for making sure our public spaces are clean and safe, and not places where people sleep or defacate or sit and do drugs in the open or engage in prostitution.

But … I’m unclear on how the GOP thinks that telling people they are not allowed to be homeless will work. Is there plan to just arrest their way out of this so they all end up in jail?

Why hasn't DC built needed facilities and buildings for the unhoused?

The money goes to NGOs that try to run shelters. However, local neighbors fight them. So that money pays salaries to spreadsheet warriors and lawyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m all for making sure our public spaces are clean and safe, and not places where people sleep or defacate or sit and do drugs in the open or engage in prostitution.

But … I’m unclear on how the GOP thinks that telling people they are not allowed to be homeless will work. Is there plan to just arrest their way out of this so they all end up in jail?

Why hasn't DC built needed facilities and buildings for the unhoused?

The money goes to NGOs that try to run shelters. However, local neighbors fight them. So that money pays salaries to spreadsheet warriors and lawyers.

Ok. Thanks for explaining.

[Anonymous]

The homeless have moved to the coffee shops. You see them inside sleeping. They left their belongings in grocery carts left on the sidewalks in front of the shops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The homeless have moved to the coffee shops. You see them inside sleeping. They left their belongings in grocery carts left on the sidewalks in front of the shops.

Good. They have every right to enjoy the perks of living in DC. I'm glad the coffee shops and their other patrons are extending a warm welcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there no shelters for the homeless in DC?

Would you like to spend the night in a room with 50 mostly addicted, mentally-ill and often violent individuals off their meds?

Exactly.

The homeless don't want to share a confined space with these people either. The streets are generally safer than the shelters.

PP here. I agree completely, but they are making the choice to remain on the streets. That's not an acceptable option for the community/city in which they live.

Wrong. There is no choice. The availability of shelter beds changes daily, but yesterday there were 7 male beds and 10 female. Today there are zero available. There are approximately 700 DC people experiencing homelessness.

Surely all the wealthy in dc can build a place to house them.

Trump is wealthy. So is Elon, and Lutnick, McMahon, and Bessent. So is Bezos. All dC residents who could easily provide several shelters for this crime-infested city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there no shelters for the homeless in DC?

Would you like to spend the night in a room with 50 mostly addicted, mentally-ill and often violent individuals off their meds?

Exactly.

The homeless don't want to share a confined space with these people either. The streets are generally safer than the shelters.

PP here. I agree completely, but they are making the choice to remain on the streets. That's not an acceptable option for the community/city in which they live.

Wrong. There is no choice. The availability of shelter beds changes daily, but yesterday there were 7 male beds and 10 female. Today there are zero available. There are approximately 700 DC people experiencing homelessness.

Surely all the wealthy in dc can build a place to house them.

Trump is wealthy. So is Elon, and Lutnick, McMahon, and Bessent. So is Bezos. All dC residents who could easily provide several shelters for this crime-infested city.

+1

[Anonymous]

I havent seen any homeless, including in coffee shops. Its great seeing what this city was like not that long ago. And no murders in more than a week! I know a lot of leftists hate not hearing about DC residents get killed every day, but they will get over it.

[Anonymous]

Didn’t we pay taxes to support social services? The Republican Congress and the Trump White House decided to keep our money, didn’t they? Aren’t they spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on National Guard deployment to low-crime areas instead of neighborhoods that need support or on support for the homeless?

[Anonymous]

I don't see the homeless in alleys anymore climbing in dumpsters looking for food. I guess they stop that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The tents are gone, but most of the homeless are still there.

That's what happened in Manhattan when they removed the tents, people are still outside and there are migrant families begging on busier streets. All the places where people can possibly sleep (benches, dividers, etc) are make impossible to sleep on, but people still sleep there. And also on the ground. Each heated grill surface has a mini compound even without tents where several homeless sleep with their suitcases or carts. Cops sometimes harass them and make them move, but they inevitably return.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t we pay taxes to support social services? The Republican Congress and the Trump White House decided to keep our money, didn’t they? Aren’t they spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on National Guard deployment to low-crime areas instead of neighborhoods that need support or on support for the homeless?

Can you please stop making this about stupid party politics? It's completely irrelevant because under any administration literally nothing is done for this problem and billions of taxpayer dollars are spent every single year no matter who is in power. De Blowisio blew through billions and his wife wasted over 800 mil allocated to mental health initiatives, after which mental health issues of NYers are evidently worse. There are much deeper changes needed in our society to not only provide resources for these people that would make a diff but also to prevent more and more people becoming homeless, addicted, desperate enough to slowly commit their suicide in plain view of others not caring about anything. some of these changes will not be very nice as they will involve forcing people out and removing choices to live on the streets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m all for making sure our public spaces are clean and safe, and not places where people sleep or defacate or sit and do drugs in the open or engage in prostitution.

But … I’m unclear on how the GOP thinks that telling people they are not allowed to be homeless will work. Is there plan to just arrest their way out of this so they all end up in jail?

Why hasn't DC built needed facilities and buildings for the unhoused?

The money goes to NGOs that try to run shelters. However, local neighbors fight them. So that money pays salaries to spreadsheet warriors and lawyers.

Neighbors don't want degeneracy around them, they don't want drug alleys, people screaming or fighting all hours of the day or having sex in the open, they don't want needles to step over. Shelters have draconian rules and do not allow people to do any of the above on premises, they also have curfews. What inevitably happens is that shelter inhabitants take all the activity outside. It's like none of you have a brain to not understand this simple fact or have never been to places near shelters, public housing, methadone clinics or visited glorious SF Tenderloin district where people are not all homeless, but yet you won't want to lilve there or walk around there.

Shelters like we have do not belong in residential areas. Instead we need micro-apartments or dorms with shared kitchens and bathrooms maintained by the residents as part of labor requirement. The only people allowed to live in these shelters have to be enrolled in some rehab, education program and/or do part time community work (like taking care of their own building) This can lead to future job opportunities and these type of shelter would allow couples, pets and life with dignity and privacy. But you cannot stuff these places with mentally ill who need to be in an institution or severely drug addicted who need careful rehabilitation or those who just gave up on life and waiting to die.

Also what happens near shelters is opportunist drug dealer targeting the area knowing there are many customers. Without strict control of this the idea of an urban shelter simply won't succeed. I've lived and worked near shelters and methadone clinics in more than one city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m all for making sure our public spaces are clean and safe, and not places where people sleep or defacate or sit and do drugs in the open or engage in prostitution.

But … I’m unclear on how the GOP thinks that telling people they are not allowed to be homeless will work. Is there plan to just arrest their way out of this so they all end up in jail?

Why hasn't DC built needed facilities and buildings for the unhoused?

The money goes to NGOs that try to run shelters. However, local neighbors fight them. So that money pays salaries to spreadsheet warriors and lawyers.

These NGOs obviously don't have performance reviews or results dependent funding like private business. No accountability to the taxpayer here, just blaming the taxpayer for not wanting to put up with degeneracy trying to enjoy their own homes and neighborhoods they work most of their life to pay for. Or they wouldn't be doing the same stuff every time that they well know doesn't work. I am sure they pay themselves very well too and hire they own connections as "contractors".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there no shelters for the homeless in DC?

Would you like to spend the night in a room with 50 mostly addicted, mentally-ill and often violent individuals off their meds?

Exactly.

The homeless don't want to share a confined space with these people either. The streets are generally safer than the shelters.

Maybe don't put those individuals together? Maybe actually do the work evaluating each of these people and their needs like all homeless and mental health outreach services promise to do? And don't create generic one size fits all shelters. What we need instead is institutionalize mentally ill and severely drug addicted, ship all the lifestyle hobos who prefer outdoor living and don't want any rules outside of city limits into the open campground field somewhere with toilets and communal kitchens (campgrounds), and provide tiny private units or even pods for people who want the rehab and to get back on their feet. Make education or part time work doing whatever one can mandatory to get a unit and you will see that people who seek help will get back on their feet faster and feel like human beings who are respected and contribute, or at least take care of themselves and their housing.