Community solves homelessness... By paying cops over 3 million dollars
Community solves homelessness... By paying cops over 3 million dollars
Amid a homeless crisis plaguing Colorado’s most populated city, a county just south of Denver claims to have found an effective solution to curbing homelessness in its communities.
I hate this news story. If I wasn't living in this community (Douglas county) I would think it's a good story. However, Douglas county has massive NIMBY policies, including outlawing everything that would allow someone experiencing homelessness anywhere near here. No homeless shelters are legal, no sleeping outside is legal, hell even weed stores are illegal in this massive county, despite it being legal in the majority of the state. Douglas county also created its own health department in protest of mask and vaccine mandates. It's a very affluent deeply conservative pocket in Colorado that makes me sick.
Maybe it's time to get started with local politics. Not saying run for city council, but most local issues are done because a very bored minority go to a lot of council meetings. Maybe it's time to start going and showing that not everybody agrees
57"He said no, Err.....with his foot."
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So what happens if you try to sleep outside? Do the cops pick you up and bring you to a shelter where they provide a bed, meals, and a roommate named Bubba who thinks you're purdy?
Conservatives are so short sighted - this is just giving handouts with extra hands and limited humanity.
29That's probably exactly what happens. Or they get a bus ticket to the nearest big city that does have some services, after which conservatives can rail about how the city has become a hellhole that's full of homeless people.
32AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! Stop being factually correct, but completely wrong!!!
8Did you read the article? The actual details of the program are pretty far from what you say here. Don't have time to bullet point at the moment but please trust me and just take a full look. As someone with deep personal experience around this issue, their method might be a genuine answer to the problem, when properly scaled. Not the first time a plan like theirs has been tried either; Olympia, WA has a similar program for direct outreach.
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The point isn't to get rid of homelessness, but to get rid of the homeless within their communities.
12Wait till you read about "crime free housing"
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Enacts a bunch of draconian bullshit that cause homeless to move 10 miles away
"We fixed homelessness!"
23That's kind of funny actually. The don't want the homeless so they just ban the homeless. Talk about sticking your head in the sand.
11Treat your fellow man like a nuissance, as Jesus said.
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