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In reply to the discussion: 10 Unbelievably Sh**ty Things America Does to Homeless People [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)35. No. I'm occupying the spare trailer on someone else's property myself.
But my point is that those people who don't want to look at humanity suffering in the streets in front of them should do something constructive about removing them that doesn't involve herding them like cattle out of sight and out of mind. I know most people aren't willing to take in the destitute so they should be prepared to do the next best thing and that is to move their public servants to do something about it that isn't cruel and inhumane.
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The Portland OR city council is considering a program to purchase micro-houses for the homeless.
Maedhros
Sep 2014
#60
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor . . .
Journeyman
Sep 2014
#7
Homeless torture infrastructure.... "Coin-op benches with retractable homeless spikes"
NYC_SKP
Sep 2014
#4
China and London are among the places we find these, but NYC has had them for 100+ yrs.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2014
#56
And yet some people don't understand the utter terror that possibly becoming homeless holds. n/t
ColesCountyDem
Sep 2014
#13
There isn't a Hell hot enough for those who would bleed it out of the homeless...
Aristus
Sep 2014
#14
That is the function of right-wing demagogues like Reagan, Limbaugh and O'Reilly.
Maedhros
Sep 2014
#61
Long ago, I read that the #of SRO hotel rooms that had been taken off the market
Bette Noir
Sep 2014
#34
Yup, and many end up in prison, which costs us way more than housing the homeless would. nt
SunSeeker
Sep 2014
#40