Once you’re out on the street, you’re done,” Todd explained. “It’s nearly impossible to get out of it.”Brian McLellan, a homeless man who has already been in jail several times for loitering and panhandling, confirmed what the others explained, that the only options for them are the Salvation Army or jail. “There is no affordable housing here, and there are no jobs for us,” he told the WSWS. “The police won’t talk to us about how to make things better. They just arrest us.”
I've seen first hand how homeless people cluster in parks and downtown areas and completely drive away any desire for "regular" people to shop, eat and do business there. And "homelessness" IMHO is a culture - most of the chronic homeless are choosing to be there and live that way. Some are truly stuck but the region built a whole new facility to help these people. The homeless dont like it because its not in the middle of the city where they can beg, barder fro drugs and hump in bushes. Allowing large groups of people to build makeshift settlements anywhere, even under overpasses is not the answer.You cant put them in section 8 housing because they will destroy the rooms. A jail like facility is the best option.
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