How Supreme Court ruling on homelessness could impact Washington state

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Күн бұрын

The case centers around a ban on homelessness in Grants Pass, Oregon.

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@karlchristensen6277 27 күн бұрын

Let us all agree on this: The present situation CANNOT continue; it victimizes everyone, including the environment. And two issues must be tied together or this human tragedy will continue; mental illness and drug addiction.

@Variety1985 25 күн бұрын

SUPREME COURT ... are there any RULES allowing for AFFORDABLE HOUSING and to PREVENT CORPORATE OWNERSHIP of HOMES that leads to HIGH RENTS 🤔

@Wizardof 25 күн бұрын

SCOTUS also said the police have ZERO obligation to respond to calls on tents or any other crime. ZERO. Please note this.

@superdivemaster 25 күн бұрын

This is a horrible state of affairs !!! Think how the homeless folks feel ... like the entire world cares nothing about their plight !!! Imagine the horrible suffering in jail and courts that this decision will bring upon the poor folk !!!

@jasonsingleton2138 27 күн бұрын

How do we punish people for sleeping outside if not by putting them in a jail inside that as taxpayers we also pay for and imagine the number of homeless overcrowding jails why can't we just start recognizing homelessness and fix it we have so many dilapidating buildings around this this state we need to make jobs and fix this

@raquelmascara6382 27 күн бұрын

Wouldn't it be easier to LOWER THE RENTS??? IT'S not that complicated!! We rented out our home after researching surroundings rents -- we were charging low & had great tenants because they didn't want to lose their low rent home. Drug & mental health lacks --- government fails here!

@lordgoro 27 күн бұрын

thats ant-greed/profit, isnt allowed

@elementaldin0720 27 күн бұрын

The homeless are either asylum seekers, mentally ill, or drug addicts. This would not address any of the most common reasons people become homeless here.

@saintbees2088 27 күн бұрын

Wouldn't it be easier if apartment owners let them live there for free?

@AmyStuffings-eb4fq 27 күн бұрын

@@saintbees2088the migrants are

@ShelliLK 27 күн бұрын

The cities need to own the buildings. Right now I know that private owners are typically required to provide a percentage of low income units. Problem is they cannot get loans to buy or purchase either rental projections. The low income projections don’t support the build or purchase prices. Basically it’s not as simple as just lower the rents. If the property owners cannot take on enough income to pay their loans, it goes into foreclose and nobody has a place to live.

@pjstach134 25 күн бұрын

Nice, so we feed and house them for free! Why don’t you just give everyone half an acre and we move on.

@Jaymargera28 25 күн бұрын

They could always go live out in the Woods

@lordgoro 12 күн бұрын

@@Jaymargera28 how? EVERY woods is OWNED by either the gov or "private property"!

@heatherheimbigner5855 24 күн бұрын

Outta sight, outta mind for the ones who don’t wanna see it and still collect a paycheck. That’s the issue.

@rohitkhosla8110 25 күн бұрын

Wonder where they will go?

@user-uq2rr4xt9g 25 күн бұрын

The problem is that they are not addressing homelessness, but how the homeless live. The decision doesn't do anything to address the root cause of why people are forced to sleep on the streets.

@SeanJoseW 27 күн бұрын

Just leading into or the woods. I cant beleave I've seen towns ship the homeless to seattle

@saintbees2088 27 күн бұрын

Seattle wants the homeless.

@mikemitchell5435 25 күн бұрын

unhoused. Listen to their language!

@saintbees2088 27 күн бұрын

Jail is a form of shelter and housing, correct?

@duanecarroll8255 27 күн бұрын

Jail is way more expensive than housing! Are you ready to pay higher taxes?

@davidlangston7489 27 күн бұрын

@@duanecarroll8255exactly we already pay for it so lets use them taxes for good and get homeless of the streets and into jails simple or what am i really paying taxes for? I think we should decide where our tax money goes you decide where yours goes

@eriks8382 27 күн бұрын

….yes… but you forgot the whole not robbing people of their rights and dignity thing. Kinda important

@saintbees2088 27 күн бұрын

@@eriks8382 it's more dignified to sleep in a tent on the sidewalk than in jail?

@eriks8382 27 күн бұрын

@@saintbees2088 have you ever been in jail before?

@URnickel_MY2cents 27 күн бұрын

Me like, I am not sure that I must pay for the homeless. Otherwise, they have no initiative to become un-homeless without a little push !!!!

@albertmooney2628 25 күн бұрын

Repurpose failing malls into low income housing

@miken7629 25 күн бұрын

Grants Pass homeless camping law wasn't abusive, they allow homeless to camp in designated parks but they must move to a new park every week, this distinction means they are camping and the park is NOT their home. Homeless advocates think making them move every week was criminalizing homelessness, it is not, they would only get a ticket if they wouldn't move, some resisted moving to test the law, they failed.

@CalvinJGreen 27 күн бұрын

We need laws preventing cities from enabling this problem. If the city is going to allow people to camp in public places, then strict standards for doing so. No drugs, no piles of trash, no disturbing residents, etc. We also need more public treatment for those with severe mental illness. That way the people just down on their luck with little support or who aren't compitent get help, not junkies and petty thives.

@punchkitten874 27 күн бұрын

blah blah blah... homelessness is big business in Seattle. Why would anyone want to reduce federal and state funding? You get the cheapest frontline workers you can scrape off the bottom of the barrel and grant yourself six figures a year for "administration". Who cares if a social worker isn't remotely qualified to deal with mental health? It's the minimum the law requires, that's enough, right? Who cares if the employees are bullies who rely on favoritism over need? No one's gonna give a sht about an elderly cripple, let them sleep on the shelter floor for a dozen years! You can just step over them! Oh, and if there's any program that might possibly help the average homeless guy, you just make the hoops so impossible to jump thru you can keep your slush fund going (and call it help even tho it helps zero homeless). Why change when there's so many ways to make money???

@CalvinJGreen 27 күн бұрын

@punchkitten874 Yea, pretty much. Not saying that isn't how it works currently. Just saying what should be done if they actually cared.

@punchkitten874 27 күн бұрын

@@CalvinJGreen sigh, sorry, been thru it, seeing some folks I knew still suffering just chafes my britches. I hate Seattle

@markm31017 22 күн бұрын

Everything is down except fentanyl use is sky high sadly there's been so many overdose deaths thats prob the only reason there's less ppl homeless..😢.I'm definitely not trying to offend anyone it just doesn't make sense where did all these people go?

@Blaccsparrow 25 күн бұрын

SMH

@thenotoriousgryyn342 25 күн бұрын

Forced Workhouses are the only solution

@Mauser1965 27 күн бұрын

kind of curious about how many of the homeless are those whose lives went sideways as opposed to those who are committing crimes due to addiction. if one eliminated the drug dealers the where do they go afterwards? Get more drones , camera's, grapplers as well. Break off racers by impounding their vehicles and revoking licenses.

@WBWLM 24 күн бұрын

Weeding out the weak

@GR3YD3ATH 27 күн бұрын

jail is shelter... move along.

@eriks8382 27 күн бұрын

That’s the last thing we need right now is to shove more people into overcrowded poorly maintained prisons

@ans88682 27 күн бұрын

@@eriks8382 keep 'em at your house then.

@michaelblake1023 27 күн бұрын

@@ans88682 shut up

@lordgoro 27 күн бұрын

Attitudes like that are why the human race is doomed.

@saintbees2088 27 күн бұрын

@eriks8382 prisons have plenty of room since no prosecutor or judge will send any criminals there.

@1dognight166 25 күн бұрын

Being formerly homeless, I understand both sides . Haven't forgotten about sleeping on busses and trains and showering in McDonald's bathrooms. But in having done security work fo the past 16 years and dealing with homeless, I understand there has to be some order .

@DeannaSouders-sg6of 25 күн бұрын

Deanna souders Rensselaer in thats wrong for homeless Deanna souders Rensselaer in says do not give them cash only talk help or food souders llc

@Prxyshj 27 күн бұрын

Obviously they should not be allowed to take up public space that is INTENDED for other things. We pay taxes for our spaces. Not to make housing for people that cannot afford to live here. If you can’t make it here, show responsibility and move elsewhere.

@lordgoro 27 күн бұрын

nice! 😈

@pjstach134 25 күн бұрын

I pay taxes and you also get say over what I do with the land. If I like to camp out in my park, I will. You’re not special. You don’t get all of the public land to yourself.

@Prxyshj 25 күн бұрын

@@pjstach134 Public land is set up for purposes designated by taxpayers and their representatives. A park is meant for daytime recreational use, not for housing. So no, you’re not special. But hte rest of us are correct in pushing for deadbeats to get arrested instead of stealing our property. And let’s be honest - you probably pay barely any taxes.

@Aiesha87 24 күн бұрын

There are services to help the homeless! They just don’t want to use them because there are rules and requirements that they don’t agree with. When you’re begging for help, you don’t get to be picky and cry about “what you don’t like” when what they’re offering is FREE 😡😡😡💯💯💯