Living in a VAN or an RV does NOT mean you are HOMELESS, THAT is your home, this is a TERRIBLE statement.

​@@MARKLINMAN1 It's not a bad statement. Because society will still class that as homelessness. Society want people to live on a paycheck to paycheck life, paying rent, taxes as well as consume a tons unnecessary goods to stimulate the economy. If you decide to live outside all of that, like an RV, you are in fact "homeless" in the eyes of society. Even if it is a personal choice, even if you consider it your home, it's not how society dictates how you suppose to live. Some states are more hostile towards vehicle dwelling and want to ban it. Ultimately you will still be harassed by the police. Being told that you can't be there. So what OP means is that people should be humane, show compassion and be kind to others and their life choices.

@@PixelShade DITTO. Living by Government / Societies’s expectations means fueling Taxes Revenue to stimulate the Economy. Vehicle living by choice and maintaining the mobile live style done responsibly hurting no one is a creative option win win. Unfortunately, Government chooses to Technically classify this as “homeless” stigmatizing as a Whole. Currently, funding Billions on top of Billions a testosterone war no outrage yet SJWarriors only express distaste over a 44-Billion buyout hypocritical🤔⁉️Crazy World ALL of US live in.

You can park in front of my house any time old chap.

​@@MARKLINMAN1 🤫

Agreements rather than rules. Self governing rather than policed. Recycle rather than trash. There are so many solutions to the entrenched problems in society manifested in Dignity Village .

Yes. But: can it scale, especially in the direst situations? Is any human ready to work for the common good under any circumstance? Are we fully rational beings? If it can scale, then why is it so challenging to try out? Can you reproduce something like it for tens of thousands of people, for hundreds of thousands of people, across several locations, keeping the same ethos and sense of community?

Maybe it's location and available land. Also zoning can be stopping the tiny home progress.

@@nicolasboullosa I don't think the problem is one that has a one size fits all solution, but Dignity Village certainly shows that solutions that are both workable and humane can be found, if the will is there by authorities and land owners.

@@himselfe 👌

I felt the same way about habitat for humanity, like it exploited the poor.

It really is perspective. I live in a cabin in the woods off grid. Some see it as poverty and others look at it as im living their dream. I've put over 50k in all of it.

Dude, you think it's worth $100,000. Stop this nonsense

@@solovantraveldude some converted buses are worth $200k!

Hey ammogan: need a roommate, or someone who does? You sound cooler than hell

Amen. 💜

Nothing external can break you. We all choose our own thoughts and actions.

Well said.... amen 🙏

Amen!

@@kiwioffgrid2437 easier said than done

Very healthy in many ways ❤🧡💛

The biggest calming influence on my life is knowing Jesus Christ

Yes she seemed very sad that she was not able to stay. It didn't seem to be covered in the video how long people had the units for.

Such transitory housing is better than a tent somewhere, when you can get "vacated" with 72hrs notice & nowhere else to go. I get that. But, transitory means temporary & it's insecurity still ~ it IS better than tents on the street, for sure! But being insecure about where & how you'll be able to live can lead to relapse, especially when one feels at home in that community & builds relationships there, then has to leave & start over. How long can they stay at this place? Where to from there & is it going to be stable then? Stability & safety are the 2 biggest things everyone needs to live; only then can you breathe & focus on long term. But hey, we are dealing eith a situation that has been growing & ignored for a very long time! It's great to see some ideas, well thought out plans to help those cast aside by society ~ gives me hope! It would be great if gov't eould find some tax dollars to contribute to these solutions that others are implementing. Most of them were tax paying citizens like rest of us before ending up homeless. Thr problem is so huge cuz' those we elect to govern, didn't do the hard part of that job & kept thinking it would "just go away". Cost of housing & wages paid for most jobs have a HUGE gap between them & I see no changes in that! There's housing that sits empty because alot of real estate gets bought up by "investment groups" who pay cash & have NO intention of renting it out, just holding onto it long term. There should be a special tax on that type investment, as it is taking needed housing out of commission for later profits! Remaining housing gets even more expensive & these groups with plenty of $$$ at their disposal are outbidding REAL people trying to buy a home to live in! There should be a penalty paid for doing this to real Americans ~ investor groups either need to rent out what they buy up, or pay a penalty for keeping empty!

I felt that she is longing for company and bonds that are permanent. I hope that happens for her.❤

Why can't they stay indefinitely?

@@jehouse61 other people need an opportunity as well, this is a stepping stone

all it needs is will, and one less fighter jet.

@@rahulat85 Very good!

@@rahulat85 Agree. But I’d like to see more landscaping and beautification. Right now it looks like a cheap, off the highway, fast food place. They create beautiful very low income housing in other countries because they know it makes a HUGE difference in how people feel about themselves and consequently how they behave. This place will soon be reduced to prison-like behavior because it’s basically an open-air prison. Unlike prisons in Denmark which are actually very beautiful!

Living in the forest, so you think it is a shame that we don't create prisons all over the world

@@sharongillesp Rahul, thank you so much for saying it's so much better than I did because yes it is a prison and it is totally a prison in every way you do not have privacy you do not have the ability to do as you wish you have curfews you have to answer to all of the staff around 2 anytime they wish to intrude upon your space you do not have a space that looks like home or Feels Like Home you have a space that feels and looks more sterile than a hospital room and it really is not a place that you can heal, thank you, rahul, for making people hopefully be more aware that not only I but there are others who recognize that dignity Village is a prison

Dog is adorable

And when the interviewer said "Hopefully, you will have your own little house someday," this sweet lady looked down and said "Yeah. Hopefully." And she says this smiling, staring ahead. Hope is what she clings to, like so many others. They know the reality of their situation, and hope is sometimes all they have, and it is enough for now. She is bright, gracious and full of dignity. I too, hope for her and people like her.

❤

They really should've stop by. In my opinion, that is a major deal to offer someone to stop by.. its a big deal for her to be able to even offer.

But you chose NOT to live in a tent on the street. Good for you! Hope you're back on your feet now.

@@SternDrive I was bent, not broken. I wish more women could understand the difference. That happened many years ago and I have learned a lot!

The problem is "my husband."

Why is it sad? These people made miserable selfish choices in their lives, so why do you think other people or Society is responsible for this? Your virtue signaling is puke inducing

No, this video is dishonest. There are no viable solutions & mankind should become extinct. "Each and every time that humans speak, their thoughts are simultaneously BROADCAST in a much richer way than can be fit into words." No belief included, I simply remember before being taught verbal language. (mom later said that I was not a year old) Our languages serve NO greater purpose than to enable dishonesty. The lies go back much farther than people realize today.

But these aren’t homes, they’re open-space prisons and look like cheap fast food places. Where’s the landscaping, where’s the beauty, where’s the feeling of tranquility, and where’s the feeling of community? People deserve better. It’s a start but it must get better and SOON!

Seems like a lot of people end up homeless who do not have family, or even if they do have a family member, it's only 1 other person. I encounter a lot of homeless people who say they have a family member, somewhere, but it's just one who is also struggling. Our families are failing. Families used to be seen as fundamental to human existence. Now families are seen as a burden, a waste of resources and socially irresponsible.

​@@SamsungGalaxy-nm5qt I have family, but they are selfish & greedy, with no empathy for ANYONE. When I was 9 years old, I saved their lives by pulling them out of a house fire. (they were asleep)

I'm from New Orleans, and fun fact 90 per cent of people from the lower nine..were generational home owners... You would see one house very well taken care of, and the next falling down... ( I guess that's what you were calling the slums)... It was a matter of who cared more for their properties... But yeah, the majority of people from the lower nine owned thier property. Another reason why people might not have been able to reopen business is bc there was no electricity for 3 months..among other major infrastructure issues.

The levee broke and flooded the poor areas because it hadn't been maintained. The Army Corps of Engineers had warned of the problem long before.

Nach einem Krieg oder einer Naturkatastrophe mussten viele Menschen wieder ihre Dörfer und Städte aufbauen, alle, die überlebt haben, mussten zusammen arbeiten und mithelfen. Die Menschen lebten in Bunkern, Bauwagen, Kellern und Kasernen. In Kälte, Hunger und widrigsten Umständen . Niemand hat die Hände in den Schoss gelegt und gewartet dass ein Wunder geschieht.

Lahaina Maui, Paradise CA.

@@kookietherapy9398 ❤AMEN TO THESE TWO BEAUTIFUL PLACES ALSO ‼️

Hope, that's the most important thing.

I don’t understand how you can ensure this facility doesn’t become a draw.

@@beth3535 what do u mean?!

i agree, its sick... 😟

The greatest country in the world was propaganda to keep you on the corporate plantation. The reality mask is being pulled off, the dream is dead compliments of the cronyism.

and... so what do you do with the open frickin southern border......millions of folks coming now, within less than a year...where will everyone be housed??!! madness....nightmare.....

@@floyd2222 the “open border” is a fallacy being pushed by far right media outlets. The number of crossings are actually down.

Our minimum wage in California is $15.50 but most places pay more. However it’s still not enough for the expensive housing and many people cannot work and will never be able to work. This is happening all over not only in the USA, I was in Vancouver and they have blocks in the city of homeless encampments. Inflation, recessions, rising costs of living, supply chain issues…it’s not just a US thing.

I agree with you and I believe that the secret to financial stability is having the right investment ideas to enable you earn more money, I don’t know who agrees with me but either way I recommend either real estate or bitcoin and stocks.

I keep wondering how people earn money in financial markets, i tried trading bitcoin on my own made a huge loss and now I'm scared of investing more.

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@@bjoe631 You allow people to trade for you? that's interesting, I would love to learn, hope it’s safe?

@thirtyonesolid Well this not my first time of seeing this name on social platform. A CNBC news host spoke highly of this man and his trading strategies. Do you know him ? if yes , did you invest with him?

I also have chronic illness and I'm in groups... There always are people in the groups in intolerable situations and/or on the edge of homelessness. And they're too sick to do anything about it. I'd like to create a safe place for chronically ill people to live a reasonable life on their disability payments and be able to pay their medical costs with Medicare/Medicaid. Medicaid is currently being taken away from a lot of people.

@@andreawisner7358 without creating a prison without creating a deadline to be in the home without creating common showers and toilets and even makeshift showers and toilets but actually creating a home for someone that has everything they need without it being so small that is is impossible to get around like not having the space to take a shower in the shower like not having enough space even to get into the home or to pass from the living room to the kitchen it is crazy how small tiny homes are and I don't think any home should be less than 600 square feet for one man or woman. If you are going to create homes for others have the honour to create a home that shows respect for them and honor towards them because no man should be put into a box less than 600 square feet it is just too small for most people, and some people are doing it and they're going into 100 or 200 or 300 or 400 square feet because they now label at tiny house 400 square feet or less and that is too small and even if that man or woman says they can do it it still makes the Consciousness feel badly it is not good for us to be confined into such a small space and I say this as a woman who is called a fengshui for Optimal Health consultant.

Joy Jones, then I hope you are happy in prison because that is what this is why are you so blind

@@secrets2youth I live in 700 Square feet (2 people plus pets) and I absolutely could live in much less, so I don't see why people should to be provided more than what they need. Maybe you have unreasonable expectations. Those expectations should not be projected onto the homeless. If some of them do want larger houses, then a tiny home is their first step toward their dream. Also, by insisting that houses always be over 600 feet, you're just making housing the homeless more difficult and less likely to occur. Did you see any of them complaining? Personally I think the distance between the houses was too much, but there's probably a reason like regulations limiting the number of residents per acre and/or even a psychological reason. People having their own small space feel safer and find it easier to function in the world.

Also, you're lying about being a qualified Feng shui consultant if you think people need living spaces bigger than 400 square feet. You obviously haven't seen how spacious tiny homes can feel. Also refer to the story The Boy Who Drew Cats and the admonition to avoid large spaces and keep to small.

@@stacyjaye6350 Got an opinion?

"Want to change your life" is the key phrase here. The folks in the Portland and SF tiny villages acknowledged that addiction is a major problem in their communities. Both those places require residents to be clean. Unfortunately too many are unwilling to give up that life.

Yea! The Oregon coast is pretty cool! I lived across from Netarts bay and people were always offering warm clothes and blankets and food to the house less! I moved to Seattle and instantly regretted it!🥲

Would you please share the name of the tiny villages on Oregon and also if there's any phone number or email for any of them that would be terrific I would love to explore that

@@kathyschreiber9947 Kathy, I don't see that what you're saying is true I think that people who are addicted to wish usually most all of them wish to give up the addiction but addictions are not something that is as simple as saying I wish to stop the addiction there are many steps that need to be taken just to not crave whatever it is one is addicted to, I have helped many people eliminate their cravings and it is about extreme health and if someone doesn't have an idea how to help someone become extremely or optimally healthy then you are not going to be able to help that man or woman stop craving their addiction and you have to remember that no man truly wishes to be put in a prison no man truly wishes to be treated without respect have all of his belongings gone through be given a room that is worse than a hospital room very sterile with even the small narrow bed not even a double which everyone needs at least a double or queen bed that seems like a minimum need to me but this is my viewpoint, and because sleep a great sleep must be rejuvenative every night and if we're not comfortable then we are not going to get the great sleep and for me I actually turned from one side to the other two or three times a night and that means if I have to narrow of a bed less than a queen I am not able to turn back and forth without having to wake up totally and move the pillows over to the other side and move my body so there's room for the pillows and it's our major chore and then it takes me time to get back into the deep sleep to be able to heal, there are so many more issues with this place that I have mentioned in other postings but it is truly not a great place as the people you can tell that are living there or not joyful they're not talking about the place or their space as a great space they just speak about it very offhandedly and you have to recognize that if you're told you have curfews as an adult and if you're told you know you can't go anywhere unless it's approved or you have to get approval to go out or any of this other s*** you are living in a f****** prison and that is not the way to create an opportunity for men to heal

pure dishonesty

I feel in part 1 People finding good communities to live in While they Worked , studied and lived in the RV’s Seems Fully viable and reasonable to me.

@@IndigoBellyDance Sad that our corrupt leaders cannot see what you see.

🎀 yes Ma'am ! You are angelic ✨

@jimcarrington6744 They do see what is happening but obviously don't care. Only when people rise up and revolt against all of their greed and corruption, will be the time that they will care, as their safety, health, power and status will be jeopardised. Violence is (unfortunately) the "only thing" that will make them right the wrongdoings that they have perpetrated against these poor and unfortunate homeless people. Corruption and greed rules supreme everywhere, in this godforsaken planet!!

I agree! So why are they not our policy makers? Why are you not a policy maker?

True.

I agree with you and I believe that the secret to financial stability is having the right investment ideas to enable you earn more money, I don’t know who agrees with me but either way I recommend either real estate or bitcoin and stocks.

I keep wondering how people earn money in financial markets, i tried trading bitcoin on my own made a huge loss and now I'm scared of investing more.

@@izagdlife That won't bother you if you trade with a professional like *Sarah Alma Martinez* my consultant. I found her on a CNBC interview where she was featured and reached out to her afterwards. She has since provide entry and exit points on the securities I focus on. I basically follow her trade pattern and haven’t regretted doing so..

@@BeverlyTalley You allow people to trade for you? that's interesting, I would love to learn, hope it’s safe?

Wow I can't believe you guys are discussing about Sarah Alma Martinez, I once met her at a conference in California 2019, just before the pandemic. I can testify that she’s very good in trading..Highly recommended.

A very candid response, Thank you for having some compassion also.

Hello bell

same here in San Antonio....45,000 folks on waiting list for public housing...

And yet you vote Republican. 😆

@@TheUtuber999 oh NO! Never!

Our local housing is a joke!! They rob your apt Everytime you leave, steal your clothes, food, even your pot of soup out of your refrigerator!! I moved, went homeless to my car rather than put up with Housing robbing my apt!!

Venice Beach encampments were cleared of homeless and cleaned. Businesses and the community came back. The footage from in the beginning of this video is from years ago.

@@PDogB That's super encouraging!

A good channel to watch is German in Venice. Indeed looks better in Venice lately.

@@jakelittle1261 You don't have to be homeless to be the perpetrator of crime. Your comment shows a lack of understanding and a bias that is not helpfull.

"Newsom said that the homes will cost around $30 million to build" They are hemming and hawing about 30 million? The cost of ONE of their homes. Ridiculous.

@@IntuitiveCoachTheresa thank you for the information... יוי

About 4-years ago Road Travel Newsom’s watch State Capital Sacramento lost navigating next to the American River where Politicians turn a Blind Eye to Homeless encampments and visually shocking to my eyes.

Plants and trees would require maintenance, increase costs.

Well I can bring things inside to make it more cheerful

It kinda like a prison cell. We use to take troubled kids to the jails for a visual effect, this kinda is the same look. The cells are just kinda spaced out a tad. Color matters, appearance matters, environmental cues, and really studying what motivates happiness, will, and mental stability. The Evanlyn lady looked worried about transitioning (that does not put a person with a disease or a mental hung up any room to not stress, it kinda defeats the purpose of transitioning. In no way am I slamming on the program but I am suggesting.

This is California though. I cannot imagine how much all that costs. The Government is shockingly wasteful.

Exactly! I’m in Iowa and winters can be brutal. We have an organization trying desperately to get a tiny home village set up and they are blocked at every turn. It took YEARS to get the shelter moved because no one wanted it in THEIR neighborhood. 🤯

Oh, and I forgot to mention, the state was planning one of these tiny home villages & projected the cost for each tiny home to be something like 6-850k....for a SHED. That included ZERO for operating cost, that was simply building cost. It's rather sickening.

exactly, very true.

@@tammiehinkle2040 Almost a mil for a shed!?!?

@etherial9385 welcome to the California bureaucracy!! A church set up something in their parking lot, cost them 20/25k per, with electric!! They were shut down. Only the state knows how do it here in CA!!

And they should be evicted, It's a chance to get back on your feet, and start managing one's life again. One will have to have the right mind set going into said accommodations. Not all will adhere to the challenge.

@@albertawheat6832 Probably said by someone who has never been in that position. That's not to say that I disagree with the essence of what you're saying. It's like a relationship. To sustain a healthy relationship, it's best to come into it when you are able to provide the best version of yourself. The opposite scenario is much more likely to result in breakup and heartache. So you're not wrong in that sense. The thing that doesn't quite sit right with me here is that "they should be evicted". That is just shifting the problem. And if the problem keeps getting "shifted", it's not solved. It only gets worse or becomes someone else's problem.

Bad choice like buying a home and having an honest bank taken over by a criminal enterprise that steals your property. Destroys your credit. Creates false arrearages..that has happened to so many.

@@raptureready5004 That's not the kind of bad choices he was referring to. I don't deny that loans from banks can be a massive and unfair burden, though.

Yes, dumb choices is keeping money in the bank because inflation eats it away. Need to invest in gold, silver, bitcoin and buy shares in the stock market.

@@raptureready5004 Your 100%right

@@abesapien9930 not true. I saw homeless people in tents in Emeryville with signs up saying the bank stole their homes. I also see people in the desert in Arizona living in RV's because their homes were stolen, credit ruined, once they take you down its practically impossible to rebuild.

Nobody is helping the homeless. This is all just more dishonesty. I have been to these exact places as a permanently disabled veteran, who has been homeless for the past 30 years.

That's a very sociopathic way to look at it but okay.

Requires people who care to step up. Not the government.

Not just a problem in Canada and the US but also in the UK ( and I suspect other developed countries).Increasing income disparities with the results we see here.

@@mcdibbern9919 100%

This video is dishonest, as there are no solutions & there is nobody helping the homeless. I have been to these exact locations, as a permanently disabled veteran who has been homeless for the past 30 years. "Each and every time that humans speak, their thoughts are simultaneously BROADCAST in a much richer way than can be fit into words." No belief included, I simply remember before being taught verbal language. (mom later said that I was not a year old) Our languages serve NO greater purpose than to enable dishonesty. The lies go back much farther than people realize today.

I'm unhoused, about 10mins away from where I was born.

Who's gonna pay for that, ya great big fool?

hi rises dont work with such people

@@shamkay832 nonsense.

@@shamkay832 "These people" aren't just people with psychological or addiction issues. Lots of them are just homeless for financial reasons, and all they need is a cheaper and more effective option for housing such as like high-rise appartments that aren't run for profit.

@UWU - I get your point but highrises have already been tried and most (if not all) have failed miserably. Don't just take my word for it, look up the history of the now "thanklfully" defunct (and leveled) Cabrini Green highrises in Chicago. "Fresh Start" homeless housing programs (like what was seen in the video) work well because they are built as small manageable units that remain in touch with nature, and are easily monitored during the day and night. Multi-story homeless dwellings offer too many places for criminal elements to setup shop and become useen and hidden in the many hallways, stairwells, side-door entrances and upper units, plus, they can take years to build and once built, they tend to be very costly to maintain.

By no means am I being mean spirited but your 1st sentence struck me odd sounding like you never seen Homeless until this Vid. It’s an epidemic and cannot be missed.