America's homeless

[Hyperthetic]

Originally Posted by Iluvmycountry

Now, with the diagnosed mentally ill person it may be difficult (ya know the one hollering and talking to the air with the devilish look on their face, feet going a mile a minute yet not moving an inch) but for the rest why couldn't shelters be put up that they do chores in? Gets them the basics necessities of life.

We really need to step up funding for mental health and addiction. If I had to choose one I would rather have heart disease than be a paranoid schizophrenic. At least there is treatment without the shame and negative stigma in heart disease.

Don't cops do frontal lobe taserings?

[Ellis Bell]

Originally Posted by boneyard1962

My primary concern is for the homeless vets. WE sent them to war and broke them. We owe them. The other 550,000 estimated homeless we owe as well. They are our own citizens. We certainly owe them a hell of a lot more than we do refugees from Syria or anywhere else. The estimated cost of resettling the Syrian refugees is estimated to be 1.2 billion dollars over 6 years..... I would think that 1.2 billion would be far better spent on our own homeless.
From another source
The High Cost of Resettling Middle Eastern Refugees | Center for Immigration Studies
$64,370 per refugee.

Strange things happen all the time:

This State Just Became The First To House All Its Homeless Veterans | ThinkProgress

[J.Thomas]

Originally Posted by Ellis Bell

Strange things happen all the time:

This State Just Became The First To House All Its Homeless Veterans | ThinkProgress

Congrats to Virginia

Hope other states will follow.

[Ellis Bell]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

Huge distinction between temporary and long term homelessness. The former accounts for about 85% of the homelessness. Those in the latter long term homelessness category are mostly mentally ill and/ or addicted to substances.

Are you stating an opinion?

The problem of homelessness is a particularly difficult one for researchers to understand and journalists to cover. - See more at: Homelessness in the United States: Trends and demographics - Journalist's Resource Journalist's Resource

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by freemkt

There are a number of homeless young people - sometimes called "disaffected youth" -who seasonally travel to different parts of the country. e.g. they infest Portland in the summer and are probably in California this time of year. They're sometimes called "travelers".

Absolutely, and I refuse to consider them homeless, the large majority can call mom on their iphone any time they want and get a ticket home