Unhoused and subsidized in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there any statistics about percentage of locals vs transplants among unhoused and low income/voucher housing residents?

do you mean homeless people?

[Anonymous]

Homeless people travel for a number of reasons:

1. Some travel for better "services."
2. Some travel due to the climate.
3. Some areas are more receptive to tents in the woods.
4. Some travel to be near VA services.
5. Some travel for medical support.
6. Many travel seasonally.

Most homeless get monthly checks/automated deposits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why I as a DC taxpayer should be paying to house a homeless guy from North Carolina? Isn't he North Carolina's problem? Shouldn't NC be paying for him? I think they should.

Can someone explain to me why I should put a guy with raging untreated mental illness into an apartment when he destroyed the last place he lived? Seems like poor stewardship of taxpayer dollars. I'd do it if he's getting treatment and has solid case management and oversight in place, but otherwise? Nah.

Can someone explain to me why I should put a guy with a raging untreated drug addiction into an apartment when he's been known to sell the appliances, fixtures, even rip the copper wiring out to sell for drug money? I'd do it if he's getting treatment and has solid case management in place, but otherwise? Nah.

I'm more than willing to help those in need but I feel zero obligation whatsoever to take care of those who take advantage.

You should ask these questions of your elected leaders. They are the ones putting policy into place that uses your tax dollars for these things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why I as a DC taxpayer should be paying to house a homeless guy from North Carolina? Isn't he North Carolina's problem? Shouldn't NC be paying for him? I think they should.

Can someone explain to me why I should put a guy with raging untreated mental illness into an apartment when he destroyed the last place he lived? Seems like poor stewardship of taxpayer dollars. I'd do it if he's getting treatment and has solid case management and oversight in place, but otherwise? Nah.

Can someone explain to me why I should put a guy with a raging untreated drug addiction into an apartment when he's been known to sell the appliances, fixtures, even rip the copper wiring out to sell for drug money? I'd do it if he's getting treatment and has solid case management in place, but otherwise? Nah.

I'm more than willing to help those in need but I feel zero obligation whatsoever to take care of those who take advantage.

You should ask these questions of your elected leaders. They are the ones putting policy into place that uses your tax dollars for these things.

Yeah read up on “Housing First”. It’s the current policy and definitely doesn’t cover all the bases. Then there’s Rapid Rehousing, another current policy that works great for some but is awful for others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Homeless people travel for a number of reasons:

1. Some travel for better "services."
2. Some travel due to the climate.
3. Some areas are more receptive to tents in the woods.
4. Some travel to be near VA services.
5. Some travel for medical support.
6. Many travel seasonally.

Most homeless get monthly checks/automated deposits.

Homeless veterans do not exist anymore. Unless they choose to be homeless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Homeless people travel for a number of reasons:

1. Some travel for better "services."
2. Some travel due to the climate.
3. Some areas are more receptive to tents in the woods.
4. Some travel to be near VA services.
5. Some travel for medical support.
6. Many travel seasonally.

Most homeless get monthly checks/automated deposits.

Homeless veterans do not exist anymore. Unless they choose to be homeless.

The other day some panhandler told me he was a homeless Vietnam vet. He looked like he was maybe 50 years old, tops. "Dude, if that were true, you would have been a toddler in diapers stepping off the plane at Tan Son Nhut." A lot of these guys claiming to be homeless vets aren't even good liars.