Denver sweeps homeless encampment; first time in months city not offering other housing options

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3 ай бұрын

On Tuesday, the City of Denver said it started a sweep of a homeless encampment in the La Alma Lincoln Park area due to public health risks.
The sweep is happening in the area of West Eighth Avenue and Mariposa Street to Sixth Avenue and Lipan Street. The city said the sweep should take about three days.
It's the first time in six months that the administration has posted an encampment closure without providing resolution on housing for the people there, the city said in a statement.
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@brendangalios1961 3 ай бұрын

I'm all for helping the homeless, but it's incredibly difficult helping folks who don't want to help themselves.

@Caterider 13 күн бұрын

Yup, people usually view the homeless as down on their luck when most got themselves in that situation with drugs, violence, and poor choices.

@TennesseeHomesteadUSA Ай бұрын

If they didn't totally trash the place and cleaned the area a bit, they could probably get left alone many times.

@reachthesingularity 3 ай бұрын

I wonder if the 132 that returned to homeless did so because they refuse help or that's just how bad the success rate is

@conniedziepak6760 3 ай бұрын

I would venture a guess that Denver has abandoned government- owned facilities which could be transformed to house homeless residents. Why does the city exacerbate the problem for the homeless population by forcing them to search for new shelter? That's not a "plan", that's cruelty.

@Jeeps_guns_bbq 3 ай бұрын

I know what will solve that.. more taxes and more government. LOL.

@txcaco1 3 ай бұрын

Who said Government finds solutions. They only create problems and then solutions that make it worse. These people have many more problems way beyond being homeless that throwing more Government money at them will never solve.

@PaulCsomething 3 ай бұрын

I prefer the term "Flushed".

@septemberg.287 3 ай бұрын

Stop giving to the migrants help us Americans

@Daniel-js7on 3 ай бұрын

Immigrants and migrant taking all the people I'm in poverty American,my family fought for USA,I live in hotel one pay check to going back homeless,was homeless for 10 years couldn't afford rent

@johnpaulwebb3440 3 ай бұрын

@@Daniel-js7on follow one of those Immigrants and migrants to work and see how to lift yourself out of poverty.

@septemberg.287 3 ай бұрын

@@Daniel-js7on I wish you the best if luck we deserve better..

@edumops1 3 ай бұрын

They’re all coming to Aurora at I-225 and Parker rd. Under the bridge right next to the dam rd trail

@johnydoey5450 3 ай бұрын

Throw things at them. Hit one and kill it that's 20 points

@chanyd3623 3 ай бұрын

I would ask anyone who is commenting here to take 20mins. Out of their lives & watch criminalizing homelessness Leeja Miller it's an extremely informative quick history lesson

@NENEGetto 3 ай бұрын

Understand that they don’t want to work, they want to be given everything for free.

@chanyd3623 3 ай бұрын

You have no idea what you're talking about have you been homeless have you been forced to live on the street and take the abuse that we do I don't think so watch criminalizing homelessness with Leeja Miller then you might be educated on the situation correctly and we could talk until then you don't have a clue😢

@NENEGetto 3 ай бұрын

@@chanyd3623 tell me why I, who don’t know the language, can find a job to rent a house, but these homeless people who were born here with excellent English can’t find a job?

@NAGRstaff 2 ай бұрын

The reporter at the end is the DeeDee Mega DooDoo Lady lol.

@conniedziepak6760 3 ай бұрын

Minimum wage in Colorado is about $14.50 per hour. In a 40 hr week a worker will gross about $600. The average rent in Denver is about $1,900 . To those coldhearted, "pick yourself up by your bootstraps" types who criticize people with no shoes , I say, "Grow an ounce of compassion for your fellow man."

@txcaco1 3 ай бұрын

Easy. move to a place you can afford. If you are only worth $14.50 per hour, then you sure as hell don't belong in Denver. Perhaps rural Wyoming or Nebraska will suit you better. Housing is cheap and you can pretty much walk to work in any small town. Plus some of the nicest folks live in those small towns. Easy huh?

@chanyd3623 3 ай бұрын

That saying came from Reagan at the same time that he was cutting housing subsidies remember Reaganomics it was supposed to trickle down from corporate America that's a big fat laugh nothing trickled down it all pooled at the top and stayed there while he cut and privatized housing haaa?

@chanyd3623 3 ай бұрын

See you don't understand what you're talking about at all they don't pay $ 14.50 in those rural towns & your assuming there will be a job for a homeless person & that they will not have to stay with their personal private property because DPD or whatever police department is not continuously terrorizing threatening and stealing their property! Also that there will be affordable apartments that a homeless person will qualify to APPLY FOR! MEANING YOU MAKE ENOUGH MONEY, NOT THE SAME AS WHAT A PERSONS WORTH IS & I'M SORRY BUT WHO R U TO SAY WHAT SOMEONE IS WORTH OR THEIR CAPABILITIES OR PRODUCTIVITY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GENERAL HOMELESS?YOU'VE BEEN AT YOUR JOB FOR 2 YEARS OR MORE, RIGHT? TRUST AND BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY HOMELESS THAT ARE WORTH FAR MORE THAN MINIMUM WAGE THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO GET HOUSED IN FACT THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN OUT ON THE STREETS BRILLIANT JUST SAYING! WHAT CORPORATE AMERICA ISN'T KNOWN FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR WORKERS, WOW! and that's if you have the ability to MOVE there HELLO! Allot of housed people say move and it's the same thing there because there is a severe affordable housing crisis in this country that was created by past administration's bad policies you cannot rapid rehouse people when you don't have long-term affordable housing they can get in! U need to watch criminalizing homelessness it is a stat trac history lesson! I have lived in Denver 60 years how long have you lived here?

@user-dw1ls3rp1l 3 ай бұрын

Physically able to push a cart around, physically able to get a job and pay rent.

@Jeeps_guns_bbq 3 ай бұрын

Physically able to stand for a few hours at a intersection a day.. physically able to stand at a cash register at McDonald's or Walmart.

@really5453 2 ай бұрын

Part of the problem is that the jobs do not pay what the rent demands you know that if you had any education in the matter

@user-dw1ls3rp1l 2 ай бұрын

@@really5453 The person who cannot use punctuation shouldn't be invoking the "education" argument.

@conniedziepak6760 3 ай бұрын

Federal minimum wage is $7.25. Twenty or so states don't have a minimum wage. They follow the Feds wage rate. So, to say a person is "worth" any given amount of payment, I believe, is misleading and demeans the value of human labor. I have heard it said that a large percentage of Americans are 2-3 paychecks away from the street. Affordable housing is a national (and. perhaps international) problem.

@JohnSmith-vy7ck 2 ай бұрын

Doesn’t mean they should be allowed to ruin a city that was beautiful just 5 years ago. Liberals have destroyed Denver. Looks like 28 days later. Don’t have this problem in Dallas or Houston.

@chcch3484 3 ай бұрын

Give them jobs. Which translates into housing for alot of them. The mayor should endure what he is doing to these people who can't help themselves.

@Jeeps_guns_bbq 3 ай бұрын

And who pays for those jobs? Private industry the government?

@txcaco1 3 ай бұрын

The mayor is enabling this mess in what was a great city. What i wouldn't give to have the corrupt mayors of the past who seemed to know how to run a city.

@AlexZ-lc6nl 14 күн бұрын

Give an inch, take 100 miles. welcome to Denver. Why we moved.

@catpax6075 3 ай бұрын

At least during The Great Depression they didn’t “sweep” Hoovervilles. Poor unhoused people banned together to build their own shelters and work together to keep each other safe if the government wouldn’t. Unfortunately, in the 21st century, things are worse. Disruptive and groups divided. Thanks for clearing away people’s homes since you won’t ensure they have other shelters. Truly a great solution.

@kevinmitchell8515 2 ай бұрын

Maybe they'd feel safe if they quit us9ng drugs get a job and maybe a place in a shelter

@nerdygamerguy8378 3 ай бұрын

Majority of them, not all, would rather be on the streets. Plenty of jobs hiring that's suffering shortages. There's still resources the government offers. Not our fault that the select few choose drugs and the street just because they don't want to obey homeless shelter rules.

@JohnSmith-vy7ck 2 ай бұрын

Liberal policies. But Denver will vote the same liberal politicians into office

@dmoney5003 3 ай бұрын

Well, they wouldn't be homeless if we gave them places to live. When did the homeless come to be so entitled. Including immigrants.

@danielgoddard8476 3 ай бұрын

The government gives immigrants $2300 a month

@jay851038 3 ай бұрын

The ones who pretend to be normal, don’t they have friends or families to take them in temporary to get back on their feet?

@chronicbullets6751 3 ай бұрын

So they have to find a new place to do drugs.

@txcaco1 3 ай бұрын

Pretty much lol

@TravisNeumannTheTraveler2024 3 ай бұрын

Shame on Denver 😢 boycott Denver Colorado. Bad city

@bwhok_e_1 3 ай бұрын

Maybe allow them to live in some billionaire abandoned mansion?

@Jeeps_guns_bbq 3 ай бұрын

And exactly how many of those billionaire abandoned mansions are available in Denver? And what do you mean by abandoned? No one present for 2 hrs? 24hrs? A week? A month?

@bwhok_e_1 3 ай бұрын

@@Jeeps_guns_bbq ...or an abandoned building, a piece of land?

@Jeeps_guns_bbq 3 ай бұрын

@@bwhok_e_1 at whose expense? Is the government going to claim imminent domain on a property?

@bwhok_e_1 3 ай бұрын

@@Jeeps_guns_bbq ..TO ACT and HELP OUR FELLOW CITIZENS 😇💜🙏

@txcaco1 3 ай бұрын

Didn't work so well in Martha's Vinyard a few years back.

@brey111 4 күн бұрын

Most of these people are dope fiends

@stevensims3342 21 күн бұрын

Freaking medieval plague being found in Colorado.

@brennanaskew7193 3 ай бұрын

Good

@jacobgrzanowicz2337 2 ай бұрын

Get off the drugs first!!!

@chcch3484 3 ай бұрын

Terrible

@GodbreadGilfredBiago 3 ай бұрын

stop....doing....drugs....

@johnsakrekov3874 3 ай бұрын

Go get a job

@SageLittleHawk 3 ай бұрын

Where?

@NENEGetto 3 ай бұрын

@@SageLittleHawk not enough work?

@brendangalios1961 3 ай бұрын

@@SageLittleHawk there are so many jobs open in this country. Perhaps if they don't find success in Denver, they could try elsewhere.

@catherinemartinez5542 3 ай бұрын

@SageLittleHawk literally anywhere.

@seanthomas3432 3 ай бұрын

@@SageLittleHawk anywhere. The postal service is always hiring. McDonald's always has openings.

@Duck778 2 ай бұрын

Christ is the cure. Can't go through life in hate and expect love in return. I've been homeless off and on for years all over the US. Denver was favorite spot during the summer. Plenty of work and places to park overnight and save money. It's what kind of homeless these people are. You either like it trashy or you don't.