Too many are just one paycheck away from being homeless....IN AMERICA!

Be grateful of what you have today because you may not tomorrow.

What is scary is how many are at the risk of homelessness as rent continues to increase.

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”-Malcolm S. Forbes.

It's not always that people are making bad decisions. It's the fact that individuals can't keep up! Employers are not paying enough money for you to keep up. And you don't have support from anywhere else.

Even honest hard working people are getting priced out of their apartments.Government need to put a ceiling cap on rent increases so that more tenants dont end up being homeless.

How is this the greatest country on earth when its citizens doesn't even have a roof over their heads?

Housing is a basic necessity. And we literally have enough vacant homes/apts for everyone..

Having volunteers go out in the middle of the night in the dead of Winter looking for homeless doesn't seem safe.

The homeless count should be done in the fall, when homelessness is at its highest. That way, they'll be able to get a better picture of the issue! Homelessness will never be fixed or solved. The reason is that there's no money in it! You can't find anybody if you're sitting in your car! Go out and find these folks! Make sure they're properly counted and represented! Leave no one behind! Nobody should be thrown in jail just because they're homeless!

"It not homelessness, it's houselessness." George Carlin.

I'm a homeless single mother. Lots of homeless people are living in campgrounds.

It only takes one or two missed days at work(with no paid sick days),one Doctor visit or surgery,one automobile repair or simply an emergency that sets you back in this crazy expensive time in this "Great Nation" to put you on the streets. Those without savings or financial strong friends or and family that can help during hard times are screwed if almost anything goes wrong.

They need to roll out rent control to prevent the greed of corporations who own the rentals. 100 million dollars could have built several units of affordable housing.

As a current homeless person there is no help or enough resources for us

person sleeping out in freezing weather covered in piss, feces, and vomit. Social worker, "do you need anything?" Homeless person, "no" STOP ASKING PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED. THEY NEED A HOUSE AND A MILLION DOLLARS

I’m living in the house I grew up in if I didn’t have I would be homeless. We need to build Tiny Homes Communities.

Im homeless and im never gonna stop the grind. I probably never live a "normal" life in America

All these officials they interviewed are masters of passing the buck

The fact that volunteers have to do this, and that HUD are, according to its director, they plan to continue ‘counting’ as they’ve historically done ( she said this flippantly in my opinion ) … is disgraceful . And drones ??!! I can only imagine how traumatic and dehumanizing for a family with kids experiencing homelessness is 😢

There's also a category of homeless people who aren't on the street. Some of us don't want to stand out. So, we sleep in our vehicle. Some park at big box stores. Others are lucky and find a residential street somewhere.

Tbh 95% of society don’t really care for homeless people. And a lot act like they care.

I hear that people applying for HUD could be wait years for a home to open up.

Stop putting foreigners in front of your own people

Why don't they just set up free pad sites with security and facilities were anyone can just set up a tent.

Politician: "and we're using tax payers dollars, so we want to be sure that they are being used properly" Someone come back to my comment when the news is finally out that the hundreds of millions used for this "project" has yet again been wasted while the higher ups get paid hundreds of thousands to do nothing. Just like it has happened in multiple US cities like nyc

Why are you counting the homeless instead of housing them???

it will be UNDER ESTIMATED (the numbers) BIG TIME !

So Many Living With Friends or Family Because They Can’t Afford or Find Anything 😒

one paycheck away from this

5:03 Here let me translate "It is in our best interest to keep the homeless count low, it's always been done in January, and therefore the only reason to change it to fall would be to get optimal numbers which go against our interests in keeping the homeless count low, be it on paper or in reality."

‘Help starts at home’ not with immigrants

With these housing and renting prices...

This is beyond sad. 😢

The best solution is common sense. There is no monetary incentive to help at any level, and society doesn't like giving handouts outside of viral videos.

Gets to my heart. ...wish I could help all.... I wanna volunteer ... Let's help !!!

through my years of homelessness and endless battles to get out. The help was thin. Not the facilitators dedications but the people that knew who you were in the past that turned a blind eye. Still today I bare a large scar of shame upon me but wear a badge of honor of true friendship I lost along the way. People just needing people to listen, share basics and relate to yes the world is F'd. It is not so hard to be awake

You get on a waitlist and still have to live outdoors for two years. You might get lucky and win a “lottery .” This is on the state level. My experience was in Boulder/ Denver and I am a single white male with no dependents and mental health issues… just a glimpse.

These workers and the reporters shining light on this are doing Godly work.

Way rent is every where that's homeless people

Millions being spent to hire and start agencies. 30 years later. Nothing done. For the people it was designed for..

0:45 In Lansing Michigan they have a building where people can come off the street at any time but they have to be processed so that it can be determined what their situation is . They are not allowed to lay down, just use the facilities. They will take you in if you are drunk or high but if you act up too much you will b arrested

Go to Hawaii there’s Tons of Homeless there and I’m Sam Fran and La

6:20 As the old saying goes: "Better late than never."

❤this is beautiful how they are helping us the homeless people.thank you everyone ❤

I went to KC during tail end of Covid. I never saw homeless. I been down the east side and downtown.

Us at taxpayers should be able to choose where our tax money goes, it should be invested in schools and housing veterans and families in need

Struggling with finding homes in the land of plenty.😢??WHY!!.

but providing billions of aid to Israel is more important for America.

9:45 It's obviously a violation of a person's rights as a human being. If the shelters in their city are full. They don't really have a choice.

I’m a disabled semi retired gig worker on the verge of being homeless due to rent skyrocketing 33% per year for the last 3 years. Greedy landlords and bureaucrats don’t care

Hoteliers will need state support

America is great again 😢

Change

If Oregon and HUD can't even agree on the amount of homelessness they have, well then, all the best.

The way things are going more and more homeless ! I work a low paying full time tough job and have a hard time paying rent can’t afford Medical Insurance and debt ! I could very easily end up on the street !? 😔🙏

There's a lot to survey!

You don't think a lawyer with a nice car can become homeless???? THINK AGAIN

USA! Where the people screaming it's a free country are also the same people screaming you can't do that. It's almost ironic, but I think moronic is a closer word.

Interesting footage on homelessness in the USA.. 🙏🇺🇲🙏

The elderly are the fastest growing homeless population.

I surrendered myself to a homeless shelter in 2019 after two full decades of under-employment, low wage entry level part-time jobs after I graduated college. There was no career for me, no upward mobility, no savings. I finally just gave up bc I couldn’t struggle anymore.

Sooo many more homeless than what the eye can see. People living in vehicles and couch surfing. Also, there are millions more to become homeless in the next couple of years. 😢

Small or tiny house eco-housing. Everyone needs their own washroom, kitchen, and warm sleeping area. We can do it. Car-culture needs to be phased out. With flooding we can see that trams, be it mag-lev covered solar etc, need to be elevated off the ground in many areas. Greenways to make the urban areas livable please. The building restrictions have to be eased. People should be allowed to construct dwellings according to their needs. Not be forced to comply with onerous building codes and dictatorial inspection requirements. Years ago, I built a log cabin on leased land. The building inspector basically told me it’s illegal, and I moved out.

We shouldn't ignore our fellow man because it could be us ... You know where you've been but you don't know where you're goin

Pick count or point time count - what is the reason this can’t be done at least twice a year? Being that the un-housed numbers have grown. Sometimes you don’t have to reinvent the wheel and are there successful homeless communities that worked out the kinks?

I'm so sick of this! Let them go away like in the past. If you can't afford it, figure out how to make a life for yourself. Go away! Stop being a burden and waste of space. Edit- I was homeless living on my car for months and had to give my first son up for adoption because of herion. No one helped me, got clean, cold turkey. Pulled myself up from my boot straps and made a good life. NO EXCUSES!

The person who keeps faith in the Lord is gonna be alright

High GDP with no regards for Gini coefficient

There's a lot people living in cars near where i live. The part i don't understand is their living in a vehicle newer than what I'm driving to work. That make sense to you? Should be a answer

small homes are the answer ,organized encampments are good. with reduced rent, food, transportation. labor temp service with van transport to and from job site.

In a city of 50K homeless, it would not be possible to put all of them in a jail cell. It would be total bedlam.

When the Declaration of Independence was being written, there was a homeless person laying on the sidewalk outside so this isn’t something new

I am not an illegal. I was born here. Sitting in my car. I just beg god to take me home. Homelessness is very devastating. They raised hud housing cost where i was yes hud. I can't afford hardly food. We the homeless. The money is not there.

The biggest hurdle to tackling homelessness is taxpayers often don't want to contribute to any solution, so projects and funding don't happen. It's a NIMBY-like attitude where if it's not affecting "me" then I don't care. But at the same time a lot of people complain about the problem and expect governments to wave a magic wand to fix it.

Honestly, Wall Street overall is the main reason we have such a homeless problem and they should have to pay to correct it.

Oh me

Why homeless americans without help are on the streets but the government gives the help of homes food medical services and even school to total strangers coming in our country demanding that we pay for them in instead of our Americans in need on the streets !!!...and some of this people are police agressors how it happened recently in NY!!!

"Some people are gonna have to be creative" like how is creativity gonna keep anyone off the streets? WHAT DID I MISS?

It's easy to blame homelessness on the homeless, but that's extremely short sighted. Almost every homeless person can tell you about loosing their job, about low wages that no long cover even the cheapest apartments. Medical costs have forced many people out of their housing. Even people who owned homes can loose them because of big medical bills because someone in the family had a serious illness. Many homeless people have jobs they go to every day, but can't make enough to cover a damage deposit, current and last month's rent. If they have an eviction on their records, if employers find they're homeless, it's just that much harder for people to get hired or find housing. Homelessness is going to keep growing until people receive a living wage, to redesign our healthcare system so hardworking people, even those with health insurance, can't be forced into bankruptcy if someone becomes seriously ill, and getting a handle on soaring rental rates that even middle class workers are struggling to pay. Unmitigated greed is driving it all.

Only if we actually had politicians that do their jobs

Surveying! Yeah they been doing that for decades. Homeless people call it STARING though

You're one paycheck away from this yourself -

I currently live in my van and have a gym membership for exercise and showers. I was paying over $ 2k a month in rent😮. I donated some stuff to the Salvation Army, put some other stuff in storage, and moved into my van. I'm so happy to be rent-free. I only owe about $3500 more bucks on my van. This isn't so bad. 😊

Outreach personnel: "We are doing some street outreach...need anything?" Homeless person: "Yeah, $1MM lady!"

If homeless people had homes what would all those govt workers do then???

Wait, so you will be criminalizing homeless? How is it a solution?? 🤦‍♀️

it's always been done in January well change it if it doesn't work wtf

what a nice governor 😌

Hud housing allows people to be threatened with knives and guns. Your safer in your car if you have one. Many have had there kids get them out and take them to there homes. I have children that don't care. I am in less fear now that I am not being stalked, just a new fear. I can't work elderly and disabled. I am the kind that falls through the cracks .

Everyone, we are chatting about the Super Bowl, not random stuff. Sorry to be rude!!!

George Carlin predicted the future.

And they got the nerve to bring all those migrant here it's a shame on the government 😮😢

it boggles my mind that no mention of the need of public housing units are need it across the country, restore public housing budget now!!! no local government or city or state its going to solve homelessness without Federal Funding, think about it!

The city of Henderson Nevada doesn't have a homeless problem and the city receives Government money to help the homeless isn't this called inbeselment by the city of Henderson Nevada of taxpayer money

please help us abc news. help the homeless

Mental illness is probably one of the many reasons to why alot of individuals are homeless we need to fix the mental health problem in this country .........

It’s so y’all can wake TF up and fix it

In the meantime, we're sending billions to other countries. How many homeless people would be save by just $1 million? Americans are exhausted from being involved in Israel's conflicts. Israel, a country in the middle east should learn to coexist peacefully with its neighbours. No more superiority mentality.

not that hard to understand. people get old. you get more tired when your older. some people aren't born with the energy to work 8 hours a day let alone 2 jobs.