Nick Johnson has outdone every mainstream reporter covering the homeless problem in the US. This footage is moving and unfortunately very real. It’s obvious we have an untreated drug & psychiatric catastrophe occurring in this country. Thank you Nick for showing everyone the truth.

he should win a media award. this is what real news looks like. getting out there and interviewing , gaining perspective, approaching it unbiased just to get what others have to say.

I had a Rwandan driver taking me to the hospital when i asked him if he was enjoying the U.S. and he started crying stating he wished he would have stayed because the US was the hardest place he ever saw to survive in.

This country is so corrupt it’s sickening, the middle class will be joining these poor souls sooner than you think

Nick, that's a deep dive. It's tough to swallow. The mental issues are the common thread.

As a person from a third-world country, this is not the America you taught us about in Hollywood movies.

I can't believe how many people are homeless after becoming a widow or having an illness or injury. Our system is broken. Thanks for helping these people tell their stories Nick Johnson.

I saw in the news last year that millions of Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless.

Meanwhile, Newsom can't explain what happened to all the money that was supposed to go to these people to help them.

Meanwhile we send tens of billions of dollars to other countries all kinds of reasons. We need help here at home and need it now! Is this Build Back Better?

Stop sending 196 billion dollars to Ukraine and help our Citizens!

wtf am I paying taxes for if we don't have services to help these people and give them the medical services and housing they need to live with dignity.

Keep up the good work Nick. Show the world what's really going on.

Breaks my heart to see beautiful people broken down to dirt. May Jesus save us with his grace.

what a video! our society is broken both morally, spiritually and for many, financially. not every homeless person is lazy or on drugs - some folks just can't fend for themselves.

Thank you for highlighting the plight of the homeless. Mental Health issues are REAL

YOU WILL OWN NOTHING, AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY... 😊

Got billions to give to wars and other countries (Ukraine)...but BIG F to our own. Even if the homeless citizen is lazy and on drugs, I'd rather take care of them than the political interests around the globe. Politian crooks would love us all to be down and out.

Great reporting Nick! A sickening look at the crisis going on in America. It’s humiliating knowing many of my family members fought and died for this country. Expenses for people to have a simple home outweighs the money they can make to pay for it. Many of us are a paycheck away from homelessness.

If you had made $500K on BTC as that one guy claimed, then why would you sleep in a tent with your pregnant girlfriend, next to a sketchy encampment with drugs etc going on. Sounds like an unbelievable story.

We need more mental health facilities for American people and no money for people who are here illegally. Tremendous work Nick

He’s right - being a homeless drug addict is a full time job - stealing everything not bolted down and looking over your shoulder nonstop is hard work.

Every time I see someone on the side of the road I give money and drive away crying. I was almost homeless and scared to death. I got a better job. Bless your heart and God help the USA.🇺🇸

Your work captures these stories with humility, honesty, and without bias.

Homelessness is a real problem all over America and I don't see an end to it

I work as a helper for an old lady in Germany. She has her pension ( retirement income ) and she can afford to pay me decently. She is in a wheel chair since 1996 year, as post polio patient. All this years she had her monthly income and all of her medical needs are covered by the state. This is SOCIAL SECURITY at its best. In America - she will be dead in a few months.

It’s not red vs blue it’s the uni-party vs you. Abolish the uni-party and start over.

Ironically, many Americans are now moving to Mexico for a better life…can’t say I blame them either.

Thanks for the video Nick. Among other things, your videos help me realize all the good things in my life that I take for granted everyday.

Our country is in very very deep trouble… we send billions of dollars overseas to people that probably wish we didn’t… and a Few that do. We have American citizens living like wild raccoons. This is the new world order playing out. God Bless our country and peace to the people

This is excellent work. This should win an award.

I read through many of the comments from Nick’s videos-and, one MAJOR thing that sticks out when people from other countries comment is that this does not happen in many modernized countries outside the US. What are we doing wrong????

Can you think of other causes of homelessness besides addiction, mental illness, criminal record, lack of family support, lack of education, low employment rate, trauma?

Whenever I get homesick, I use your videos as motivation to stay away from America

This is sad, I never thought there were places like this in America, what we see on TV is totally different. I thought it's only us here in Africa who experience this kind of poverty.

But no problem with sending money to Ukraine. Disgusting

1:16 i would take that woman to the bus station and pay for her bus ticket and some lodging. some of these people are angels in disguise.

This should never ever be happening in our beautiful country 😢😢 FJB 🤬

My man @Nick Johnson, the thing that blows my mind is most of these people use to be like you and myself. Unfortunately due to life decisions most of these people will never be like us again. But they are they're still trying to share their stories knowing how bad it looks. Knowing they likely will never know anything different again. . It's up to people like us to educate and stop this cycle. Keep doing what you do. Just remember they didn't start life like this. . If they did even . . Respect the fact that they reached back to you for an interview.. Be safe nick and thank you for the things you bring to the light.

Thanks nick. For doing this.

Stop doing drugs, develop your skill, live a life of personal responsibility, discipline your mind

I respect You Nick! You are doing good work. People need to see this, and understand we need to stop helping the world when we are bad shape here at home.🙏

Mappy would know what to do with those people 😅

USA government should construct tiny houses for poor and homeless people because they do have rights to live as human beings. Who will voice for these helpless people. US government is responsible for this miserable living conditions.

What would really help in this situation.. is to get the cost of rent down.. the rental industry has lost its mind.. and is completely out of touch with reality in our current economic situation.. also the real estate companies.. everything and I mean everything is overpriced and overvalued,.

You can’t even talk to half these people because of how out of touch with reality they are. What happened to the asylums..

Nick! Wow, this is an awesome version of your usual footage! Keep it up and keep safe! Love this!!!!

Thx4share great Journalism Nick 👍

I can't believe that they gave 60 USD BILLION TO UKRAIN

Always dropping amazing content, Nick

This is so sad... thanks Nick. We need to be aware of how far all of this goes. This country is falling down so fast...

I'm sorry- the first guy with the "injury" that he claimed he got at work? Nope... That is an abscess from IV drug use. He's so full of crap. Don't give ANY money to these people!!!!

I love how you talk to these folks. A few clearly are mentally unstable; you just skip on through and ask another question. And then the ones who you can tell are intelligent. And how about a vet, homeless, now wtf is up with that! Sad.

No way that 90% of homeless plan on personally earning their own way out of their situation!! It’s “Societies fault”!! If most of them saved up $100, where would they spend it!!? Let’s cut the BS.

Thank you for your excellent work!!! 👏👏👏

I lived a good life. Lost it all because of drinking. Spent two nights on the streets at Myrtle Beach in February and it was miserable. No resources, no friends. By the grace of God, i was accepted back by my family. But being out there, i was hopeless and couldn't stop drinking because of the stress. These people live very difficult lives. I don't know why anyone would choose to live on the streets. My experience was brief but it nearly drove me to suicide. Life is much better three months later. But i know i am so close to ending up back in Hell

It’s sad. God please help these people 😢

Herein lies part of the problem; if you are a landlord who gets paid by the government, you can get exorbitant amounts of rent, and that in turn helps you keep up with regulations. A landlord who gets paid by private citizens often falls behind on upkeep especially to 'code' (gov standards) and end up folding. The fewer private pay landlords there are, the higher the rent for gov regulated housing - even if their tenants aren't gov subsidized, and more people are pushed into homelessness - waiting for the gov to help. It's a vicious cycle. My heart goes out to all these people. Please note i'm only highlighting part of the problem, we all know it's much more complex than that. Thanks Nick

Thanks for covering this what MSM doesn't touch, even though this is the worst result in the entire western world. And as a German, I'm shocked, not by this topic alone, the other topics you present to us are shocking too, because we don't have this in Germany at all because we care about the community.

I will admit I haven’t watched all your videos, yet all the ones you posted on this one, I remember watching. I guess they really are memorable. 👍🏼 👍🏼👍🏼

What the heck is wrong with this country. I keep hearing the stories of the homeless, and after hearing them talk about their situation I discover that many of them, are smart and did everything right. That could be any of us. No politician is even talking about the 2 things that most people worry about. Housing and transportation.

Love what you do to bring the truth to us!! Thank you Nick!

Thanks for showing the world the dark end of the street. Keep em coming.

Nick, thank you so very much for this in depth video on our homeless people. The problems are very individual, and if we do not approach each situation one-on-one, we will never find a solution. I do not believe that everyone will eventually have a home because many of the drug addicts have a home, and they remain on the street "living the life." But, for the people who are mentally ill: they need care, and the state of mental health care in the US is terrible even for those who have insurance, a job, and loving support from friends and family. The people who want to work: they need to be hired. Hiring the homeless is also a challenge. As that gentleman in Oakland by the freeway stated, if they get hired, they will need showers, clean clothing, and transportation to and from work. Gee, instead of hiring 87,000 IRS workers, perhaps the President should have hired an army of social workers, counselors, and volunteers. Having said that, let me also say that the federal and state governments are the worst administrators of programs and normally make things worse. Look at the ridiculous wait times some of these folks told us they had. What the feds and states can do is fund local organizations that have proven programs that work. Like any grant program, the recipient organizations should submit a full account of the budget expenditures, their failures/success to the granting agency in order to receive further funding. Honestly, the best help for these people should come from local grassroots organizations such as churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, etc. Soup kitchens are OK, but all they do is keep people alive without getting them out of their circumstances.

Now that´s a noble move: Helping those people and giving them a voice!

Good morning Nick, good to see you, Thanks for the video, Regards Simon, Dumpster Diver in Adelaide Australia 😊

Fantastic job 👍👏❤ hearing these stories.

Great coverage nick. Best i have seen.

Hi Nick n ALL !!! ❤ 🕊 Pray ALL is Well n Fine !!! ❤ 🕊 ThankYou4Sharing!!! MuchLove

Bring back asylums

Great video as always Nick Johnson thanks again for the endless entertainment 😊😊😊😊

The big shabang!!!! Only 20 seconds in & I already know I'm in for a sweet ride, thank you Nick for the great content. Greetings from Arkansas

I can't believe Nick doesn't have 10 million subs. Top notch, real journalism. Asks all the questions, isn't afraid to go into the worst of America.

Been homeless before myself.

Good video thank you for documenting this I hope all these people the best of luck its emotionally draining just seeing it I cant imagine being out there.

Nick, I never miss a video but this is a full fledged documentary with real stories. Thank you for sharing.

This is what happen when you promote drug

“It’s not drug addiction” “Well how’d you get here?” “…drug addiction “

Thanks 🙏

Hes asking good questions and the folk are responding as best they can because hes repectful and genuine. It really is award worthy

Lots of BS from some of these homeless.

Another Gem Nick

i watch from belgium and this looks incredible sad

I live in Albuquerque and right in the middle of downtown I deal with homeless people on a daily basis and some have drug problems but most are good people that life situations be it of their making or situations beyond their control have put them on the streets. Here rents doubled after covid in some places and me and my wife pay more rent for a one bedroom duplex than our kids pay for a three bedroom house or our other daughter pays for a two bedroom apartment so if you had a place before COVID than likely you are much better off . Some of the elderly homeless simply can not afford rent , utilities , food etc By the grace of god although retired and disabled we manage to keep a roof over our heads.

Yo Nick, you deserve ALL the views for this content..... respect

Your brave putting yourself out there like you did. I hope all get help as well, and even for those of us that are not homeless, knowing how close it could be now days is unsettling to say the least.

Thank you, Nick.

Homelessness sure has a lot of differences depending on the location. As far as the individual attitudes.

FENTANYL IS A PAIN REDUCER. j have a homeowner in my neighborhood that had fentanyl patches for his back...prescribed by his doctor. Obviously a slippery slope leading towards addiction.

Great coverage and commentary...as real as it gets

Oh boy, buckle up for this one folks! This is gonna be hard to watch.

Everyone wants to come here to "better their lives," well...good luck.

I have a tiny house but too many rules🙄 typical. I won’t take something free if I have to follow rules. I have no sympathy.

This is important , bravo and thanks ...we have a Soviet attitude twords...poverty....its unciviliz ...housing and some grub ..what could it possibly cost ?

A+ video! Impressive, eye-opening, and thought-provoking documenary worthy of an award!

btw i spent 8 years living on the street in Oz if you have any questions feel free...

This was a good informative video. Where's My Friend Mappy..? ✌🏾

Why we spending money, wars? We need money for people in our country. "according to their calculations, the United States spent $916 billion on national defense in 2023"

its real Tragic how this going in USA its unbelievable😢

We’ve all had tragedy, stress, mental health issues but we keep going. We don’t sit around in the dirt taking drugs blaming the government, lying, and acting feral.