Homeless encampments

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Anonymous wrote:Good news though!

The children of migrants exported by Gov. Abbot from Texas to DC will now be enrolled in DC schools.

Win!

From the footage I see there aren't many kids though... mostly young men, actually. If they come for free housing and food and medicine, they should turn back, if they are willing to work, there is plenty of work to go around municipal projects and city improvements, make people work for the shelter and food at least 4 hours a day, don't give anything free, problem solved.

My church took in some of the migrants on a temporary basis until they could get on their feet. My understanding was that they very much want to work. And are working almost immediately upon arrival.

Migrants tend to be hardworking people who are looking for opportunities not handouts.

They tended to be, but we don't know what the new wave of massive illegal immigration will bring, especially if we give them free housing and other freebies. There is little motivation to work back breaking jobs for peanuts when you get a free hotel room and 3 meals a day, free clothing and schools for kids, etc. You would expect some portion of migrants might want to take advantage becoming new welfare class if they can ride the wave. Still better life on handouts than what they used to have where they came from, why not.

There are very very few reasons why able-bodied grown-ass adults should be coddled with free housing, food and other things.

Yeah, down with trust fund babies!

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Anonymous wrote:Is there an organization that is helping them in terms of toiletries and winter clothing? Are there any children in those encampments and do they have access to a school, school supplies clothing etc.?

I can't speak to DC but my town has groups (some charity, some government funded) that drive around and drop off tents, sleeping bags,
socks, food, and give information on where do get medical and dental assistance.

My boyfriend has an encampment behind his work place and a RN and social worker have dropped by to check on one of the residents
several times.

Why are we encouraging encampments and focusing on making people comfortable camping on city streets? This is not the right thing to do and helps nobody. The focus should be on relocating these people into permanent or at least temporary housing with sanitary facilities and hopefully services that these people need. These are people, not stray cats! Your fake compassion is actually killing them by perpetuating the problem and encouraging the proliferation of street life and all the ills it brings with it: drugs, sexual assaults, crime, trash and more rats. Turning our city neighborhoods into 3rd world shanty towns isn't the solution, but this is precisely what will happen if people will keep focusing on keeping street campers comfortable where they are instead of finding solution to relocate them and help those who could be helped get on their feet and acquire permanent housing and jobs, and getting those addicted or mentally ill help they need.

We closed the mental institutions in the 1970's and it is legal not to treat your own mental illness.

Addiction too.

DC purportedly provides "services" to those it gives housing vouchers to and sticks in apartments in W3 but there is no requirement that they even open the door. That compulsory treatment of mental illness or addcition is the missing piece in the US approach.

Housing First funds from HUD do not allow ANY condiditons to be put on voucher holders.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone seen the man and his piles of trash by the gas station just before the bridge that cross over to Georgetown. I think it's near a Presbyterian Church?

There was another man with carts and piles of junk outside a church on 16th street and I think P He was washing his clothes with a hose on the sidewalk and hanging them on a stick in a tree.

These are two really obscene encampments that I'm surprised have not been removed.

There used to be one on the triangle across from Logan Circle that was hideous. That person must be in a 3k a month for life in W3 now.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone seen the man and his piles of trash by the gas station just before the bridge that cross over to Georgetown. I think it's near a Presbyterian Church?

There was another man with carts and piles of junk outside a church on 16th street and I think P He was washing his clothes with a hose on the sidewalk and hanging them on a stick in a tree.

These are two really obscene encampments that I'm surprised have not been removed.

There used to be one on the triangle across from Logan Circle that was hideous. That person must be in a 3k a month for life in W3 now.

It's my understanding that different vouchers have different durations, but I think they can be used one after another moving to different buildings.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there an organization that is helping them in terms of toiletries and winter clothing? Are there any children in those encampments and do they have access to a school, school supplies clothing etc.?

I can't speak to DC but my town has groups (some charity, some government funded) that drive around and drop off tents, sleeping bags,
socks, food, and give information on where do get medical and dental assistance.

My boyfriend has an encampment behind his work place and a RN and social worker have dropped by to check on one of the residents
several times.

Why are we encouraging encampments and focusing on making people comfortable camping on city streets? This is not the right thing to do and helps nobody. The focus should be on relocating these people into permanent or at least temporary housing with sanitary facilities and hopefully services that these people need. These are people, not stray cats! Your fake compassion is actually killing them by perpetuating the problem and encouraging the proliferation of street life and all the ills it brings with it: drugs, sexual assaults, crime, trash and more rats. Turning our city neighborhoods into 3rd world shanty towns isn't the solution, but this is precisely what will happen if people will keep focusing on keeping street campers comfortable where they are instead of finding solution to relocate them and help those who could be helped get on their feet and acquire permanent housing and jobs, and getting those addicted or mentally ill help they need.

We closed the mental institutions in the 1970's and it is legal not to treat your own mental illness.

Addiction too.

DC purportedly provides "services" to those it gives housing vouchers to and sticks in apartments in W3 but there is no requirement that they even open the door. That compulsory treatment of mental illness or addcition is the missing piece in the US approach.

Mental illness and addiction are difficult to treat, but yes, this is the missing piece, and especially resources for mental illness are woefully underfunded across the board and across the country despite everyone seemingly in agreement how important they are.

Look at the waitlist of 1+ yrs at nearly every outpatient mental health resource other than the military and $$$$ cash pay in advance ones. Adults and children are still waiting in hallways of emergency rooms across the nation for DAYS for placement they urgently need, but there is simply no place for them, regardless of ability to pay. Despite all the talk NOTHING has changed with severe lack of access to mental health.