Homeless people are big business in cities like New York, San Francisco, and L.A.
Billions of dollars flow to nonprofits, bureaucrats, and contractors whose job it is to “solve” the homeless crisis.
“Homelessness & Affordability Crisis”
Skid Row ‘governor’ slams LA officials for demolishing tricked-out tent mansion with hot tub
The self-proclaimed “governor” of Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row has lashed out after her tent mansion — complete with a hot tub and kitchen — was torn down by city officials.
Stephanie Arnold Williams’ encampment, known as the White House, was among a handful of tents demolished with a bulldozer earlier this month by the city’s sanitation department as part of a “routine cleanup,” LAMag reported.
Her pop-up home, which was located at 5th and San Pedro streets, had been tricked-out with windows and linoleum floors, two queen-size beds, portable toilets, an inflatable hot tub and gas stove.
Vancouver’s efforts to remove DTES tent city residents “a violation of human rights”: advocate
The Office of the Federal Housing Advocate called the dismantlement of homeless encampments during winter a “serious violation of human rights.”
Jason Rondeau was asleep Wednesday when his girlfriend burst into their tent to wake him up.
“You gotta get up, the city’s here, they’re gonna throw away our shit,” he said she told him.
Gonna be a wild summer in TO.
Federal housing advocate reviewing ‘human rights crisis’ of homeless encampments
The federal housing advocate is launching a review of homeless encampments in Canada, calling the situation a human rights crisis fuelled in part by the failure of all levels of government to provide adequate housing.
Marie-Josée Houle says the review will collect testimony from people living in encampments along with experts in housing and human rights.
Progressive Good Intentions Run into Big Government in San Francisco
San Francisco is stuck between a rock and a hard place: Progressive good intentions are running up against big government.
It’s no secret that it’s difficult to get new buildings approved in San Francisco, and if they are approved, they are expensive to build. It turns out that same principle applies to the latest progressive policy innovation to help the homeless.
WARMINGTON: TTC stations and entrances new tent cities for homeless
The TTC has become a homeless encampment, just like Toronto’s parks during warmer months.
But this is a tent city without the tents. Vagrants don’t need tents when they have warm hallways, platforms, bathrooms, buses, trains and streetcars to camp out in.
This won’t get better, it will only get worse.
The left want visible homelessness and lots of it.
They use it to demand more and more tax payer money not to fix the problem but to fund endlessness homelessness.
And it works in liberal-left run cities all over North America.
Zombie Nation: Harrowing images lay bare the crippling drug crisis ravaging America’s communities
The numbers are horrifying, but drug overdose death statistics can’t fully convey the crisis ravaging America, so DailyMail.com has documented the suffering in some of the worst-affected communities.
There were 107,622 deaths from drug overdoses in the US in 2021, an increase of nearly 15 percent from the year prior, and shocking national trends show few signs of the crisis abating.
Just two milligrams of fentanyl – the amount that fits on the top of a pencil tip – is deadly. Despite successful nationwide stings to bust dealers, authorities admit there’s no end in sight for the epidemic.
Colby Cosh: Disabled man solved homelessness with trailer home. The government would have none of it
No doubt everyday journalism has lost much of its power to shock the conscience in a world in which everyone’s a victim one way or another. But I unexpectedly found my hackles still functioning when I read in Nova Scotia’s ancient Chronicle Herald about the predicament of Robert Antle, a resident of Upper Stewiacke.
This solution works for those who can make it work.
Unfortunately most of the homeless crisis is in fact a mental illness and drug abuse crisis.
Those sheltering in the transit system worry about their safety amid the recent spate of TTC violence
With few shelter options available, homeless people are turning to subway stations, trains, buses and streetcars.
Last October, for the first time in his life, Dan Watson was “nameless.”
He was sleeping on Toronto subway cars and in coffee shops. For one whole month, nobody called him by his name. “You don’t feel like you belong,” he said this past week, bundled in a beanie and a winter coat during a drop-in program at All Saints Church.
They should form a union.
Some Homeless Encampments Can Stay, but the Underlying Issues Remain
In many Canadians cities, one noticeable consequence of the pandemic has been a rise in the number of homeless people living in encampments. Now three separate court rulings in British Columbia and Ontario have upheld the right of their residents to not be removed.
There is a widespread housing affordability crisis in Canada right now for all but the wealthy. But as the situation for people at the bottom continues to worsen, much of the political response has focused on people with stable incomes and jobs who want to buy a home.
Tory came through last year and dismantled the main “Homeless camps” so give him credit.
However this new ruling means Toronto could have a worse situation on its hands than before.
Given TO is a Liberal voting city I don’t much care what happens any longer.
Court ruling blocking Kitchener, Ont., encampment eviction could affect cases across Canada, say legal experts
An Ontario court’s decision that blocks the eviction of a Kitchener encampment could affect municipalities across Canada that are contending with tent cities of their own, according to legal experts.
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision released Friday says the Region of Waterloo isn’t allowed to evict people living in tents on one if its vacant lots, at 100 Victoria St., because its shelter system didn’t have enough beds for people experiencing homelessness.
In his 51-page decision, Justice M.J. Valente said clearing encampments without sufficient shelter spaces would infringe on their constitutional rights.
Oh Great. Now the whole country can be just like San Francisco.
Executive describes ‘scary’ trip to San Francisco bar where ‘hundreds of homeless people and addicts’ were ‘folded over’ outside shuttered businesses
A San Francisco tech executive has branded the downtown area ‘dystopian’ after she walked past ‘hundreds’ of homeless people.
Michelle Tandler, 37, shared a picture from her Saturday night trip to a bar in the wilting Democrat-run city.
She posted the image of a distressing scene that featured a group of homeless men surrounding by trash and graffiti.
Is Seattle finished? Crime-ridden woke city’s dying downtown
Crime-ridden Seattle has lost its downtown Nike flagship store and multiplex movie theater as crime runs rampant and the number of homeless people dying soars.
The Rain City’s downtown area suffered its latest blow on Friday when the popular Nike store, located at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Pike Street, shut its doors for good.
Nike’s exit came right after Regal Cinemas announced it would reject the lease of the Meridian 16 multiplex located on Seventh Avenue and Pike Street.
Portland has released an online dashboard that documents more than 30,000 homeless campsites
The City of Portland, Oregon, has released an online dashboard that documents more than 30,000 homeless campsites reported in the past year as officials vow to clean them up.
The Homelessness and Urban Camping Incident Response Program (HUCIRP) launched the dashboard on Wednesday to give the public more clarity on how they are handling the dire homeless situation in the City of Roses.
The interactive map shows the thousands of camps in the Oregon city, their risk level, and before and after photos after crews have cleaned up.
Gallery owner who hosed homeless woman in San Francisco arrested
A San Francisco art gallery owner who sprayed a homeless woman with a hose has been arrested, police have said.
Collier Gwin, 71, has been charged with misdemeanour battery, after a video of him spraying the woman outside his gallery on 9 January caused outrage.
He faces up to six months in prison and a $2,000 (£1,600) fine, the city’s district attorney said.
Mr Gwin has since apologised for his actions, describing them as indefensible.
Only in San Francisco. Business owner #reelsinstagram #shorts #briochesf @sfgov @SFGate @SupervisorTang @AaronPeskin @Telemundo48 No respect ✊🏼 pic.twitter.com/Gn2mmPpLtb
— #briochesf (@briochesf) January 9, 2023