Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:America doesn’t have mental health services. America has an affordable housing. This is what happens when you have these problems.
Perhaps the answer is to hospitalize the mentally ill like we used to and separate them from society. I can’t think we have enough money and resources to deal with all the people that need the services and many of them do not want the services even if available. The only way to mandate they get help is to commit them. Otherwise we will have thousands of people in every city homeless, mentally ill, using drugs and committing crime and endangering other people…
Between 70 and 80 percent of the chronically homeless have serious mental health issues and/or substance abuse problems. They need to be in a place where they are in supervised living conditions, receiving treatment.
Anonymous wrote:Listening to Lori Lightfoot, this is a problem all over!!!
Reached for comment, the Mayor’s Office emailed The Post a response from the Chicago Department of Aviation that said homeless encampments at airports are a “common occurrence” during winter.
“The CDA is aware of the increasing population of unsheltered individuals at O’Hare International Airport. It’s a common occurrence at this airport and airports nationwide when temperatures drop in the winter months,” the statement read.
“The City of Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) and their delegate agencies continue to provide 24/7 outreach to unsheltered residents at O’Hare. Outreach professionals engage with individuals experiencing homelessness at O’Hare and conduct needs assessments,” it added.
Anonymous wrote:Listening to Lori Lightfoot, this is a problem all over!!!
Reached for comment, the Mayor’s Office emailed The Post a response from the Chicago Department of Aviation that said homeless encampments at airports are a “common occurrence” during winter.
“The CDA is aware of the increasing population of unsheltered individuals at O’Hare International Airport. It’s a common occurrence at this airport and airports nationwide when temperatures drop in the winter months,” the statement read.
“The City of Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) and their delegate agencies continue to provide 24/7 outreach to unsheltered residents at O’Hare. Outreach professionals engage with individuals experiencing homelessness at O’Hare and conduct needs assessments,” it added.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where should they go?
The right wing keeps sending millions and millions of dollars to grifters like Joel Osteen and Donald Trump, so let them open their doors and take the homeless in.
Ah, didn't take long for the usual suspect to deflect to "but Republicans!!" So typical. This is a Democratic-led city, and like most Dem-led cities is becoming a cesspool. Own it.
DP
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:America doesn’t have mental health services. America has an affordable housing. This is what happens when you have these problems.
Perhaps the answer is to hospitalize the mentally ill like we used to and separate them from society. I can’t think we have enough money and resources to deal with all the people that need the services and many of them do not want the services even if available. The only way to mandate they get help is to commit them. Otherwise we will have thousands of people in every city homeless, mentally ill, using drugs and committing crime and endangering other people…
Between 70 and 80 percent of the chronically homeless have serious mental health issues and/or substance abuse problems. They need to be in a place where they are in supervised living conditions, receiving treatment.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where should they go?
The right wing keeps sending millions and millions of dollars to grifters like Joel Osteen and Donald Trump, so let them open their doors and take the homeless in.
Anonymous wrote:If Chicago elects Lightfoot again, this problem will get 10x worse on top of the crime, murder, drug problem the city is facing…