The Los Angeles Homeless Containment Thread (car wash, Presbyterian, apartments)

[Suburban_Guy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEaTIsXDNRg

[henrychen]

Originally Posted by Suburban_Guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEaTIsXDNRg

Too bad one of them didn't have a gun and blow a hole in the dirtbag's chest.

[CA4Now]

Six things the next mayor must get about homelessness:

Don’t say the root cause of homelessness is mental illness and substance abuse.

Yes, both of those problems bedevil some people on the street, and they can be contributing factors to an individual becoming homeless or staying homeless. According to the 2020 demographic survey of homeless people conducted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, 25% reported that they suffered from a mental illness and 27% reported that they had a substance use problem. About 41% had one or the other or both in 2020, according to the authority’s analysis. But the most pressing problem for all homeless people is a lack of housing.

Talk about how you’re going to increase the housing supply in the city.

Talk about how you’ll protect vulnerable renters and others from losing their housing.

On average, in Los Angeles County, 227 people become homeless each day, while an additional 207 people get out of homelessness, either on their own or through a housing placement or rental subsidy. The Homeless Services Authority says it placed 20,690 people into permanent housing in 2021. But the county and the city haven’t been able to lessen, let alone stop, the inflow of people into homelessness.

Acknowledge that the city needs more permanent housing than shelter beds.

The city cannot shelter-bed its way out of homelessness. Temporary housing is expensive and, ultimately, a homeless person in a shelter is still a homeless person. The county needs five permanent housing placements for every shelter bed, according to the Homeless Services Authority.

Don’t pander to voters by talking only about enforcement efforts.

Put a stop to the fragmented approach to homeless housing.

Homelessness is a citywide problem. The candidates need to explain how they will be aggressive — or persuasive — enough to finally address homelessness on a citywide basis.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...r-homelessness

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by ca4now

six things the next mayor must get about homelessness:

don’t say the root cause of homelessness is mental illness and substance abuse.

yes, both of those problems bedevil some people on the street, and they can be contributing factors to an individual becoming homeless or staying homeless. According to the 2020 demographic survey of homeless people conducted by the los angeles homeless services authority, 25% reported that they suffered from a mental illness and 27% reported that they had a substance use problem. About 41% had one or the other or both in 2020, according to the authority’s analysis. But the most pressing problem for all homeless people is a lack of housing.

talk about how you’re going to increase the housing supply in the city.

talk about how you’ll protect vulnerable renters and others from losing their housing.

on average, in los angeles county, 227 people become homeless each day, while an additional 207 people get out of homelessness, either on their own or through a housing placement or rental subsidy. The homeless services authority says it placed 20,690 people into permanent housing in 2021. But the county and the city haven’t been able to lessen, let alone stop, the inflow of people into homelessness.

acknowledge that the city needs more permanent housing than shelter beds.

the city cannot shelter-bed its way out of homelessness. Temporary housing is expensive and, ultimately, a homeless person in a shelter is still a homeless person. The county needs five permanent housing placements for every shelter bed, according to the homeless services authority.

don’t pander to voters by talking only about enforcement efforts.

put a stop to the fragmented approach to homeless housing.

homelessness is a citywide problem. The candidates need to explain how they will be aggressive — or persuasive — enough to finally address homelessness on a citywide basis.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...r-homelessness

^^^^^ homelessness post of the year candidate ^^^^^

[Racer46]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Six things the next mayor must get about homelessness:

Don’t say the root cause of homelessness is mental illness and substance abuse.

Yes, both of those problems bedevil some people on the street, and they can be contributing factors to an individual becoming homeless or staying homeless. According to the 2020 demographic survey of homeless people conducted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, 25% reported that they suffered from a mental illness and 27% reported that they had a substance use problem. About 41% had one or the other or both in 2020, according to the authority’s analysis. But the most pressing problem for all homeless people is a lack of housing.

Talk about how you’re going to increase the housing supply in the city.

Talk about how you’ll protect vulnerable renters and others from losing their housing.

On average, in Los Angeles County, 227 people become homeless each day, while an additional 207 people get out of homelessness, either on their own or through a housing placement or rental subsidy. The Homeless Services Authority says it placed 20,690 people into permanent housing in 2021. But the county and the city haven’t been able to lessen, let alone stop, the inflow of people into homelessness.

Acknowledge that the city needs more permanent housing than shelter beds.

The city cannot shelter-bed its way out of homelessness. Temporary housing is expensive and, ultimately, a homeless person in a shelter is still a homeless person. The county needs five permanent housing placements for every shelter bed, according to the Homeless Services Authority.

Don’t pander to voters by talking only about enforcement efforts.

Put a stop to the fragmented approach to homeless housing.

Homelessness is a citywide problem. The candidates need to explain how they will be aggressive — or persuasive — enough to finally address homelessness on a citywide basis.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...r-homelessness

Good overall description.

Really though when most refer to the Homeless they are ONLY referring to the druggies and alcoholics on the streets not the people who are doing their best to get off the streets. That is an issue that is very hard to fix because they avoid the housing opportunities because it can limit what they want to do. How do they get helped and the report shows it is a large percentage of the homeless, even if not the majority.

[V8 Vega]

Responsible people get a job and don't become homeless. Alcoholics and drug addics don'r want any responsibilities at all. To solve homeless enforce every law from jaywalking on up, they'll get the message.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by V8 Vega

Responsible people get a job and don't become homeless.

Read the rest of point 3 in the article linked above, Vega.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by V8 Vega

Responsible people get a job and don't become homeless. Alcoholics and drug addics don'r want any responsibilities at all. To solve homeless enforce every law from jaywalking on up, they'll get the message.

Employment alone isn’t enough to solve homelessness, study …
“ More than half of people residing in homeless shelters in the United States had formal earnings in the same year they were homeless, according to a new study that deepens understanding of housing insecurity in the U.S.

Among unhoused individuals who were not in shelters, about 40% had earnings from formal employment. The findings contrast with common perceptions and stereotypes about people who are homeless—suggesting that even consistent work isn’t enough to help Americans facing skyrocketing housing costs.
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/empl...study-suggests

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by V8 Vega

Responsible people get a job and don't become homeless. Alcoholics and drug addics don'r want any responsibilities at all. To solve homeless enforce every law from jaywalking on up, they'll get the message.

There are large numbers of people who become homeless even though they have a job. You don't hear about them because most of them end up staying with family or friends or are very discrete about where they sleep because they don't want to draw attention to themselves. Unfortunately the loudest, dirtiest and most obnoxious homeless suck up all the air giving the impression that all homeless people are like them, but they truly aren't

[Racer46]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

Employment alone isn’t enough to solve homelessness, study …
“ More than half of people residing in homeless shelters in the United States had formal earnings in the same year they were homeless, according to a new study that deepens understanding of housing insecurity in the U.S.

Among unhoused individuals who were not in shelters, about 40% had earnings from formal employment. The findings contrast with common perceptions and stereotypes about people who are homeless—suggesting that even consistent work isn’t enough to help Americans facing skyrocketing housing costs.
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/empl...study-suggests

Maybe we need to change the term a bit for each class.

For those out of work and trying to get back to work and a home we can call them 'Home-lust" as they want work and a home

For the druggies, etc. we can still call them "Home-less" because they want to do very little about it.