Homeless issue in downtown Houston
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- If you've been in downtown Houston lately, you've likely seem someone living on the streets, but according to Harris County's point and time count homelessness is down in the county right now.
I used to work in downtown. I was waiting on the bus one day and remember a homeless guy shouted at me from across the street that I should give him my gym clothes that I was carrying. I said no. So he threw a a cup that he’d been carrying at me. Most of the homeless folks didn’t bother anyone, but some of them have emotional and psychological issues.
Yes and I saw a disfigured homeless person. I think they were born that way , their speech was slurred. It looked like someone who was born with a lot of issues. It was sad to see someone like that homeless
What a terrible isolated incident! I wonder how many horrible disgusting things have happened to him daily! This must have been so terrible for you! Boo boo
@@Woody10UK Grow up.
I had one years ago I was going to hobby airport get on that 88 bus downtown, scream to I have a sister who shoots lightning out of her hands and she won't get terminated. Then I was slapped. I sent metro police and hpd an email they never even looked for her. They had it on camera. I called the metro police chief and talked to her I told her that woman is going to slap the wrong person one day.
You should have given him everything you own! That's what you democrats preach!
Families used to live together if they needed to. Now instead of family taking care of each other we expect the government to do it
Yeah often family don’t care. It’s everyone for themselves. 😔
@@ashleybcookin yup people look at it that way now its sad there's only enough for themselves they will not share
That's a good thing. I don't want to live with my mom for the rest of my life. I need my own space
@@fartexplosion4480Right. You should be prepared from a small child to live on your own after 18. Go somewhere. Job, trade school, traditional college, the military, somewhere. 😊
We send billions to Ukraine! We spend billions on illegals! What about US citizens that desperately need our help? ZZZZZZZ!
Downtown is not the only place this is happening. Ever since metro rail was built and stops on Fulton road near crosstimbers it is horrible. Can't even buy groceries without being asked for money.
Exactly they’ve pushed them toward the neighborhoods.
Yup there everywhere
@@KingKongStrong downtowns are neighborhoods too. I find it unfair that downtowns have to bear the burden of the homeless crisis. Resources to help homeless should be spread out
Ever since the freeways and insane amount of car infrastructure was built more like.
It’s not new but getting progressively worse
Progressive... your optimal word.
@@jowbloe4700 Just go for the conservative alternative - throw them in jail and charge them with felony drug counts even if they're clean
The guy is right when he said a good portion of folks won't visit downtown because of all the homeless, we sure don't. I really feel for guys like the one at the start of this story who seems legitimately homeless but I wonder why he wasn't working 2 or 3 jobs to get himself into his own housing situation before his temporary stay ran out, I'd have been busting my chops to do that. Don't know the whole story...
Its not as simple as you would think, jobs require things of their employees, and one of the big ones is some form of a home address.
Also formerly homeless, I've been lucky. There's resources, but they are limited and if you aren't in the right location, then you can't get it.
@@AdmiralStoicRum borrow an address. Show up to life.
Careful. You may find yourself there, suddenly. Be kind to one another. You obviously don't understand the mental/emotional toll.
We don't know anyone's story, some people have health issues, and some don't have family, or a big family that might be able to help them, houston has so much money and they can't build places to house people , San Antonio and Austin and Dallas help people , somethings wrong and the money the city has is going into a different pocket , I see so many African-American people in Downtown Houston homeless and Houston can't help them , some areas are controlled and not just anyone came move-into any place, these people need help
@@cagegriffin9734 yeah if you start using tranq of fentanyl you might "suddenly" be there. If not, probably not
" Funding for housing. "
I get that from my paycheck. 🤷🏿♂️
Not everyone can work dick head
What a crazy 🤪 idea 💡 you speak of! It's stunning and brave actually!🤔
Make the homeless work and clean up the city and pay them min wage per hour so they can afford some kind of housing. No more sleeping on sidewalks that are made for walking around town
very good and also require each business in downtown hire one homeless to do some landscaping/trash collection or dish washing so they are the part of the solution. They are the ones probably would also like the idea!
Sir, min wage will keep them homeless dummy
Cute idea but just fyi minimum wage is not the answer. There is a thing called “ working homeless “. Not all homeless people are lazy, some people don’t make enough to afford housing. And some of those programs have year long waiting list! I know, I’ve been homeless before.
@@k7ayalmao yeah sure get homeless to do anything is like finding good
That’s exactly why people don’t want to go downtown anymore 😅
The biggest growing homeless population are senior citizens!
They’re pushing them to the northside area. I remember only seeing homeless people by the freeway. Now they’re all up in down Fulton all the way to the north line area.
This is the city leadership problem......Issue
the buck stops at the top...with Abbott
Remember folks most of these homeless like being homeless cause everything is being given. Most of these homeless have EBT cards (aka food stamps), so when they are begging for money they are getting money for their fix (drugs, alcohol, etc.). Help centers in Houston are huge with great benefits to help the homeless if they take advantage of it, but most won't. A lot of them also need to be put into mental institutions against their will before they become really destructive. I don't sympathize with them they freely are given food, clothes, a place to sleep, education, medical, and all the tools for you to get a job and go back into society. It's amazing how y'all double give them money, they beg you give, and part of your tax dollars are giving them free benefits. In helping the problem Houston needs better leadership in dealing with the problem.
Sounds like you spent time on the ground speaking to homeless folks.
@@evilamo When I was younger I used to be homeless but I worked hard as hell to get out of it. Help centers helped me receive an associate's degree then afterward I worked on my bachelor's. Being homeless you'll never forget the smell and hanging around with a community that takes advantage on everybody, especially the system. Some people do need help but a large portion of them take advantage of the system and are reluctant to work.
Glad you made it out 🫶🏾
@@jstrom3007 yeah most want to be homeless, nah that's still a reach.
@@evilamo To you it's a far reach what I lived through homeless mentality is why should I work if it's given to me for free. Not all homeless are strongly minded when they can't get back to society due to drugs or mental sickness their self-worth goes to zero, and that's where the government and humanity groups come to help. When benefits are given to you repeatedly and freely that freeness becomes a drug, and you become cattle. You are free to roam but if you need food, medical, or board you go back to the help centers. I lived through it, try it out.
Wtf, this isn't new. Has anyone taken the rail? 4 years ago it was still like that.
Why do they have to pee and poop and litter everywhere. They also like to steal shopping carts and then just abandon them.
It's filthy! A huge eyesore to the business community and to the public.
As the working class standard of living becomes more diluted by higher taxes, the national debt, rents, inflation, and utilities. Then AI, wage dilution by immigrants. Municipalities not being able to meet sec 8 housing needs. Then include drugs, and mental illness. Does anyone actually believe the homeless problem will get solved.
Either give assistance, resources, including mental health or prison is perhaps the only other option, but funding for homeless is cheaper than prison costs.
We need Life schools... for Homless...
A lot comes from fostercare when they reach 18 years old they are released from there care
Gotta get loans and go to college. You'll make at least $2 MILLION more in your lifetime.
Is Houston a Sanctuary City? Illegal Immigrants are considered Homeless, & are given housing, before Americans & Veterans.
Many prayers for the homeless
Maybe this carpenter "Jesus" will come down and build them some homes and feed thousands of them with a couple of fish and five loaves of bread. Praise the Lord!!!
Thoughts also
Some homeless lady threw a water bottle at me and lots of homeless I encounter daily downtown are always harassing me. Going to school downtown is a nightmare 🗣️🪦
Remember to vote. Maybe somebody better can fix this
Voting is the adult version of writing to Santa Clause.
@@ARod-br2ui lol. true. I'm still not totally convinced that Great Britain doesn't control us and just lets us elect the person we blame every 4 years.
who's to blame ?? ... Top 3 : Turner,,Hidalgo,,JacksonLee.............
So just cross the border and come back. U get a hotel room.
That festival will feed them for a day but it won’t break their drug addiction. I’ve worked with them. They’d rather stay on Priaire and Fannin than be housed because housing comes with a 0 tolerance drug policy. The DA cuts breaks for them whenever they commit crimes, it’s a fustercluck in Houston. Lock them up instead of setting court dates they won’t show up for, let them dry out and sweat out the drugs, and THEN try to rehabilitate with housing and job opportunities. Because the passing the buck and trying to nice your way into another election cycle option is proving not to work.
The program don't also help neither. I've been trying to get housing and my boyfriend and I can't get housing. We dont do drugs or anythinf
Yeah homelessness is down….DOWNTOWN!
Because they have pushed them out into the county
Sabirah is looking very lovely.🥰
Is not a homeless issue, it's an issue of everyone else keeping our money.
Lol
Almost as if you don't pay people enough to live on minimum wage, then they become homeless 🤔
Almost as if homeless made bad choices, didn't bother to learn a marketable skill. Ppl who are habitually homeless in America are their own problem. Thousands come to the US legally with a few dollars in their pocket, and become business owners, learn a skill, and are not a continuous burden to society taxpayers. YD
@@gdiup9241 That's really not true, since the government is the main cause of homelessness with the welfare state, drug war, taxation, zoning laws, economic regulation, inflation, job killing policies, etc.
I feel like people just want to blame the homeless at large because that's so much easier than actually trying to target government which is the real source of the problem.
They're like, "Homeless people! They suck! Most be their fault and not the government I support through taxation and voting!"
Supporting the system as a whole makes homelessness an issue regardless of who you vote for btw.
Almost as if you understood that minimum wage is to cover your cost of living expenses. One can survive without a house.
IMO minimum wage jobs are for teens just entering the workforce. It requires little skill, you can't expect employers to pay top dollar for that.
Homelessness is NOT down .. Never will be down
Ummm wears a polo…kinda hard to feel bad
To bad they are not illegal aliens they would have a free cell phones new clothes and shoes, accommodations and food. No they are just American citizens of which you can find some veterans as well.
Americans are lazy . That’s the truth. Immigrants or illegals work. I’ve never been approached or ever even seen a hispanic ask me for a penny . I see them selling flowers or manual labor while Americans rather beg. That’s the truth of it .
You never know what you we see, or hear, when walking to jury duty. Really makes you feel safe to do your civic duty!
THAT BUILDING IS A VERY STRANGE FRAMMING NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT, NOT GOOD
I live in Houston Texas, a shity apartment in the hood where ppl get shot and rob they still want $850 with other bills with a $850 deposit for a 1 bed and if you such as a speeding ticket you have to pay an extra $200 because you got a charge on your background rich area $1,500 a month for a 1 bed room and still have to pay water and electricity motel rooms want $300 a week that’s again that’s if you want one on a dangerous low poverty area nicer area $560 a week I think the hardest part about being homeless is family with a bag letting you struggle and you working hard every day giveing it 100 percent not on drugs or not stealing
People arrive to Houston to get away from people that may find here as well.
I skipped comicpaloza because of all the homeless. I don’t go downtown nearly as much anymore because of them. In my own neighborhood my Donald’s is over run by homeless people and prostitution so we don’t take our kids there. Same with Burger King
I only have information about these things from news broadcasts.
I am sure that everyone is doing their sincere best!
Each individual involved has a unique case.
There must be some way to minimize the losses upon anyone involved.
Some of these homeless people may eventually turn to criminal activity and so they need help before it gets any worse.
We cannot have women & children on the street not getting proper daily care.
Thank you for your helpful and informative videos!
Woman and children ? What about men? How sexist can you be ?2
Half of L.A moved to Austin and Houston, what you lot expect.
Sure glad you got um now, I tell all drugged out homeless move to Texas they love you there.
Bus the homeless to the mega churches. They have the resources.
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I'm not homeless thanks to FBWC. 🙏
They are the truth and I've been apart of that family Fbwc when I experienced domestic violence,I sat on the back porch at the shelter and prayed and God said what kinda place you wanna live..I was mentally exhausted and I said townhome kids upstairs and me down stairs and the day we went to move in and I walked in the door I bust out crying and over the door someone left a cross over the 🚪.. They thought I was just happy to have a place,I was mostly happy GOD let me know he hears me and when he asked me I wasn't crazy hearing things lol To know God send you places that he helps to bless is so beautiful ❤️
@@jacquelync2886 💯
@@jacquelync2886 fbwc??!?!
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PAY all humans livable wages that start at $33/Hour for any job! Homelessness will not exist!
Factzzzzz
Inflation disagrees, former homeless working for 16 an hour job that has me on my feet for 8 plus hours a day,
Hell, why stop at $33/Hour? Pay everyone $100/Hour, and not only will homelessness no longer exist, everyone will be able to afford a mini-mansion!
Capitalism doesn’t work without poor people. Someone has to lose in order for others to win
Where's ted cruz?
Why get up so early ? Not like he has a job and under that bridge it just needs walls
Discipline to keep his self respect.
homelessness is a problem that starts with greed. psalm 115:16 The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.
instead of allowing all humans to have their inheritance of land those in power horde it and use greed to control who can have that which they did not create
Why don't you stop thumping the bible and pitch in and help? 😮
@@williamshook982 no help can work unless people are willing to do what is right.
Evolution has been defeated. If you support it you will be defeated.
Part of the problem with homelessness is attitudes like yours
@@williamshook982 God is Good 🙏🏼 the devil is a lie
THEN PUT THE HOMELESS MAN IN THE BACK
Did you see the homeless man laying in the back ground??????🧐🤔
Putting each homeless in theyre Own Apt. At $ 60_ 100,000 a year ! Not the answer ; Not sustainable ,Im Homeless ! Can do it for much less ,
What about employment? They can get them jobs I believe
Doesn't solve the problem minimum wage is 7.25 at that number nobody can even afford rent anywhere
Problem, not "issue." Hey, I thought Houston solved this!
I’m homeless in Houston I just got offered a job that pays $8 an hour I better get used to being homeless lol
Can't help people who don't want to help themselves
A lot of them have autism though
Disinformation
A lot of them have schizophrenia though
@@jowbloe4700 I wonder why....
Hmmm, poor diet due to no access to healthy food due to little or no wages! Duh!!!!!!
@CapitalismIS DivisionOfEvil EBT and Food Banks is a good start. I got a CS Degree and make 6 Figures. I'm OK.
just pretend to be a illegal, you'll get a hotel room in no time.
This is such a puff piece and insult to the intelligence of people that actually live downtown. "Homelessness" is a euphemism for being a bum, a junkie alcoholic, or just plain lazy. Mixed in are some legitimate folks with mental illness, but most of these folks are not the victims of the 2008 housing crash. Why, for instance, do they have to converge downtown? Why not go to some suburb instead? The number of empty office space in downtown is staggering and the primary reason why is because no one, and I mean no one in their right mind, wants to walk a gauntlet of bum aggressively asking them for money or cigarettes' or meth....
Clean it up! You get what you allow.
0:40 Go to the shelter. If you're not on drugs and alcohol get in a program. They always have room. The drug addicts don't want to get in a program! They have to stay clean. You shouldn't be even talking on tv! Waisting time. The rest of us would be back on our feet in six months. You could be at a daily pay labor temp service, instead of talking on the news.
world greatest country 🤣
Downtown crime fest zone
Nobody is perfect and man or woman can be without family or support so whoever judge can eat poop if you're not determined to help those in need..Js I'll repent for being ugly but I did mean it lol js
Hey baby
Smh
Why do you need to do the news right in front of someone laying on the street as things and that person isn’t going through enough and your already telling about the homeless we don’t need to see that as someone who had a homeless friend that passed I find that offensive and disrespectful on that person show some sympathy
😂😂😂😂 democrats love this. Mo money!
Why would anyone love this?
I thought Houston was like Urban Cowboy. You learn something everyday.
Nothing we can do this lame ohh job's they don't pay us enough to make it on a living of a house it's ridiculous you have to have some college degree just to get pay more money
Build Homeless Prisons
I guess you shud blame the democrats for what going on in a republican state too. Lol
This has been going on for a long time y'all just talking about it now
The rail makes it possible
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