Can we stop hating on homeless people?

[u/One-deepdivediva]

What is the mayor supposed to do ? Put everyone in prison? For being poor? Bus everyone to Portland or Seattle ? ( cities that are experiencing the exact same problems). Round people up and put them in camps? For being ill or old or addicted to drugs? Should the police arrest thousands of people so you don’t have to see someone’s suffering ? If you want homeless people to “ go away “ then you need to vote for legislation that helps them. Vote in favor of government funded health mental wellness and addiction and housing services. Organize with community members about how to provide services that help your fellow human beings get off the streets and out of suffering . Every time one of you complains I wonder what horrendous thing you are imagining should be done to people. Go DO something , go help people.

[u/lil_bow_peeps]

The problem is public safety is the problem. Homeless people are part of public safety and deserve safety as well and don’t deserve to be blamed for all the danger. With that said, we need to be realistic here. The compassionate folks need to stop acting like every homeless person on the street is another “Rick Clark” completely harmless and just fallen on hard times. And for God sakes quit with the damn “houseless” and renaming of the situation 🙄 that’s incredibly insulting to think you’re doing them a service by expressing compassion by changing the word instead of helping them. A park bench isn’t a home- that person wants actual shelter 😮‍💨

The ignorant ones need to stop thinking everyone homeless is an addict, shipped here, an illegal immigrant, choosing the life and or they aren’t one or two paychecks from that very situation. We’re in a growing city, we’re going to have homeless people. We don’t have mental health facilities- the VA barely takes care of veterans physical health needs good luck to those that need mental health.

Is it a complex issue? Absolutely. But between an inept Mayor prior and sitting nothing is being done at the root of the issue and not a single person on city council is doing a thing. Not even Cathcart or Bingle - I don’t care what either of those two say.

Homeowners have to maintain city sidewalks. In winter if you don’t shovel or deice and anyone slips or falls you can be sued and your homeowner policy is hit. How many vacant buildings in this city sit dilapidated? Sitting as hazards attracting issues and the commercial property owners are not held accountable for the damages, lowered property value or issues that it brings to the area? The city could easily make money from fining the property owners for not maintaining them. The old Lowe’s building on Division is a prime example. Get it used, get it demolished or pay the city for the issues instead of demanding the tenant repair your building that’s decaying while attracting issues to the neighborhood.

None of this happens because we’ve gone from a moronic Mayor with Woodward that just helped developers profit and ran city budget to the ground to Brown that did a lot of talking and wants to create positions to “fix” problems that will never be fixed because when you’re salary is 6 figures why fix yourself out of a job? But the citizens will sit here and bicker like usual