@ISIDEWITHQuestionsHousing IssuesStarted 3yrs agoActive 2 days ago

Should homeless individuals, that have refused available shelter or housing, be allowed to sleep or encamp on public property?

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Yes
66%
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26%
Yes
65%
No
7%
Yes, and create more social programs to provide free food, clothing, and medicine
1%
No, and make it a criminal offense

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 @932FW2Manswered…3yrs3Y

Yes, and we should look at why they have refused available shelter i.e. maybe they have had bad experiences before

 @B4BT64Danswered…2 days2D

No, make more shelters with programs to help with job seeking, make it necessary to stay in these places so they find jobs.

 @B4BRYLTanswered…2 days2D

Investigate suitability of current public housing opinions. Explore more creative options for public housing types and locations.

 @B4BRN3Canswered…2 days2D

I think it would be really hard to prove that they refused shelter. And I wouldn't want people to be sent away. If there is no shelter they have no other option

 @B4BR4LHanswered…2 days2D

These people need acceptable options, not statistics that make the LNP look compassionate on Sky News.

 @B4BNL97answered…2 days2D

They should be allowed to sleep publicly since the Australian government has given available housing the investors, the Chinese and immigrants. People should see the outcome in public.

 @B4BL5YXanswered…2 days2D

No, but exceptions/investigations made as to why they refused the shelter/housing. Create more social programs to provide free food, clothing, and medicine

 @B498TG8answered…5 days5D

Yes, but obviously not in areas of which public. If they are sleeping in high traffic walk ways they can be asked to move along but in more private areas.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…6mos6MO

Drug Crisis Prompts Portland to Reboot City Government

In a sign of either hope or desperation, Portland voters decided to throw out their entire government structure and replace it with a weaker mayor, expanded City Council and ranked choice voting.A major driving factor was the passage of “Measure 110” decriminalizing all drugs in 2020, which was backed by 74 percent of Multnomah County’s residents. Voters couldn’t — or at least didn’t — anticipate how this policy change would reshape a city already strapped for money, dealing with a public health crisis and confronting rising rates of homelessness and fentanyl abuse.Drug use shot up, homelessness worsened and taxpayers fled.“Political rhetoric in 2020-2021 in the City of Portland was incredibly ideologically driven,” Gonzalez said, explaining that there was a “default conversation” on topics like homelessness or police reform that shut down an exchange of ideas.The City Council race, meanwhile, is mayhem. Portland is switching from four at-large seats to twelve seats representing four districts. The dozens of candidates include Black Lives Matter leaders, nonprofit advocates, business owners and police officers.There are 19 people running for mayor and 98 people seeking seats on the City Council. They’re nearly all campaigning on left-of-center platforms — this is Portland.Pandemic closures, protests, elevated crime rates and rising homelessness buffeted many liberal cities in recent years, including San Francisco and Minneapolis. But policy choices made by the city and state aggravated their impact in Portland.The ramifications are measurable: Nearly 12,000 people moved out of Multnomah County between 2020 and 2023, per data from Portland State University. The exodus between 2020 and 2021 alone took nearly $1.1 billion in taxable income out of the city, according to data analyzed by the Economic Innovation Group. Portland’s once bustling downtown is nearly empty, and a negative national reputation clouds its economic future.Drug decriminalization and the city’s open camping rules compounded the feeling of insecurity. Homeless encampments spread through empty public spaces and filled sidewalks during the lockdown, and some became epicenters for the fentanyl trade. Even Portlanders who voted for decriminalization and believe in a compassionate approach to homelessness didn’t feel as safe in their own neighborhoods.

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