Homeless in Spokane | Sit & Lie, Trent Shelter, and homeless camp update
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2022
- Homelessness is one of the biggest issues in Spokane. KREM 2 News brings more to the story with updates on sit & lie, the Trent Shelter, and the I-90 homeless camp.
This is not a homelessness issue. This is a fentanyl and meth issue. Until the Mayor calls it what it is it can't be fixed
You nailed it.... LA has our "Skid row" ....a violent mess of drug addicts,
gang members and psycho assholes...
Need a prison system that DRIES them all out
I guess cities with huge homeless problems don't have drug sniffing dogs.
Yeah my mom is one of them unfortunately
It's a mental health issue, which is the ROOT of all other problems. Drugs just make it worse!
@@stevehady915 having doesn’t mean anything if they willingly don’t use em
Maybe stop making rent rise so much out maybe put restrictions on rent or set limit for year to increase . Also stop selling the housing to walstreet. This literally was not as big of a issue 5 years you could rent a 1 bed for 500$ and still have money. But you let everyone outside come in inflate our housing market and made rent skyrocket.
The freaking County and City love it because they are raising our Property Taxes along with the inflated housing costs. I bought my house for 189K and now they've assessed the value at over 500K and they are nothing but pleased to change my property taxes to reflect it. Fuc&ing bastar*s
yup its happening in many places now. they just want the working class to struggle and die I swear
this.
Prices increase on everything. If You could rent a spare room to someone in need. How much would you charge?
@@getlitskoden depends on all the factors Im sure. They've got studio apartments in bum f!ck nowhere Moscow ID and Pullman WA where I'm at going for $1000+ 🤷♀️ Like wtf. There is nothing to do in these tiny "cities" the only thing noteworthy about either place is they are college towns. So the ONLY new places being built are for them, which is gentrification of the area. Even the most run down rinky dink places are overpriced if you don't have perfect credit and an amazing job. I get it with bigger cities but here? No things are changing everywhere and not for the better if you're financially restricted.
The more shelter and services you provide the more they will come from states in the south and midwest. You provide a drug market for the dealers and users.
I moved away from Spokane about a year ago. Lived close to the illegal camp. The camp needs to go.
When will Camp Dope be removed?
More fascist comments
Hopefully soon
Maybe DOT could sell that block .... to build housing. Eminent Domain.
@@BEINGOOD77 wtf
"shelters suck blah blah" guy translation: i can't smoke my blues there, man.
Its the sign up front that says no drugs, alcohol, smoking or aggressive behavior that scare them off.
"My question is, is that place made of empathy?" -- translation: will they allow me to shoot up in there?
"Have you seen it, it looks like a concentration camp!" -- translation: I hate rules and structure.
"Homeless crisis" -- translation: drugs, crime and vagrancy.
State hospitals, as sad as so many were, kept all of this from happening. Bring them back!
@@kristophersurbrook4001 invite them into your home if you care so much. What's your solution?
Labor farms would be far better. These people are just lazy.
Since Seattle and Portland shipped a bunch of them over here with free bus tickets…ship them right back.
^^^LITERALLY THIS^^^
Largest homeless problem in Washington is in Spokane. Think about that. I am sick of our state reps. Building houses for them will not work, they did this is LA and it's 90% empty and the homeless sleep on the sidewalk outside of the tiny homes, why because they can drink, use drugs ect. There is a short documentary on it. 600 + people at camp no hope and les then 20 went to the service center. That tells you all you need to know. I am so sick of my tax money going to this BS problem
If you will not work you should not eat. If you cannot work because of a genuine disability then we should provide for you if you are a legal resident of the united states. If not you shoul be removed from country.
Yup. 👌👌👌
Geneva convention…. Vagrancy laws… Im exhausted - you actually don’t get to decide entitlements programs and people can legally be homeless. They have the same rights as you.
I don't want to sound like a terrible person, but all they deserve is a helping hand to give them the opportunity to get THEMSELVES off the streets. They don't deserve to have permanent housing paid for by everybody else. Nobody does, myself included. They deserve help, but no more than that.
Actually you Do sound like a terrible person.
Please don't hate on me because you are shortsighted.
Concur
Nah just round them all up and grind them into dog food or fertilizer.
I Know Exactly Where This Is At , The City Gate On Madison . I Was Homeless There Back In 2019 , Got My Stuff Together Now Im Back Home In Texas Doing Well
Spokane hasn’t cared about making down town safe, and Seattle has been encouraging people to come here for the benefits
I’ve had $1400 worth of property stolen in the last 3 years. I don’t even recognize the police as authorities anymore since they don’t show up to petty property crime or attempted carjackings. I make sure my block is safe and encourage everyone else to take up this role for themselves in their neighborhood. We haven’t had a theft here that I’m aware of in 6 months. If you see someone breaking into cars, don’t call the cops; call the coroner.
@@deltacharlieecho4732 I wish you were my neighbor!!!
Seems like Spokane really just doesn’t have any idea how to handle these problems, because they city has become exponentially worse in the last 5 years. The extensive amount of drug abuse, the never ending expanse of homelessness, hell the driving capability of the public has become horrible too. Oh, then there’s the rental and housing market (which luckily isn’t as bad as last year.) It just bums me out, it’s like our town became an extension of Northern Cali.
@@DisDatK9 I feel this to the bone.
What benefits do we have that Seattle doesn't??
I don't want to seem uncompassionate but the fact that they have that homeless camp not that far from a school it's quite frightening. I know people that are homeless and won't go near that camp and will also advise other homeless people to stay away from there because that place is very violent. It has a lot of drug activities even though there are police officers in that area. I don't want it to take a tragedy before everybody starts seeing that's something needs to change a lot faster.
Too late. Two people died there already.
Moving day camper.
yeah lets just kill all if the homeless people get rid of the undesirables
@@BEINGOOD77 you misunderstand, the OP believes the homeless will hurt the children not themselves. They did say they didn’t want to appear uncompassionate - which is code for a paranoid fear that homeless people are going to massacre kids
There are schools everywhere within city limits. You'd have to build these facilities our in rural areas, and you'd have to force people to be there. At that point it's just prison, which is where most of these people need to be.
Landlords are a big problem. But these people have to want a better life. Giving them something for no responsibility to give back is a joke. We all have rules some of them don't want rules.
💯 agree with you. Over here on the Moscow Pullman border we are experiencing an increase homeless population. Trying to get an apartment here the past year is a joke, they only want to cater to rich college kids so they've essentially gentrified this area and its just going to get worse. I used to have my own apartment and could afford rent, now everything has skyrocketed and landlords only want people with perfect credit and high paying jobs.
Owning a rental is a business not a charity. Oh no!!!! The owner doesn't want worthless trash costing them money, HOW EVIL... 🤣
@@shaunah.1165 Go buy a building and rent it out for less than cost of ownership then if thats your solution. You will last less than a year and turn the neighborhood into a ghetto. I've lived out of my truck from slow times and got a better job. Now own multiple properties and am an "evil" landlord according to you. Maybe you should pay your bills on time and not work at McDonald's.
@@2birddogsandawolfdog945 Spoken like someone who probably hasn't fallen on hard times/truly struggled in life for that type of heartless comment. Its about unfair price hikes & landlords making it close to impossible for normal (low and middle class) hardworking people to afford even the most basic places, if you can even get past the gatekeeping initial information gathering they do. You gotta have perfect credit, wonderful high paying job you've had for years, no pets, etc... Where I live studio apartments are now $1000+ and here its a border of 2 states that BOTH cities cater only to college kids. These also aren't big cities, they're small with very little to do, so the price hikes make no sense other than greedy landlords and banks. They are only building places for college kids because they bankroll off their rich parents, thats fundamentally wrong to screw over EVERYONE else in these places hence the rise in homelessness. Its simple facts that if you gentrify a location you're going to increase its homeless population. Sh!t even South Park a stupid show can grasp that basic concept 🙄
@@2birddogsandawolfdog945 Oh you're one of those types! Well you're obviously part of the problem with that type of thinking. Glad to see you have zero value for people who work crap jobs for a living even tho it doesn't apply to me 🤣 Thanks for outing yourself as a heartless p0s and confirming you're the kind of person making it worse for everyone else 👌💯 The age old " I struggled so now I'm gonna make others struggle" because God forbid we make change that makes lives better... good luck with where your souls heading you're gonna need it. And don't be surprised when karma f!cks you too for being a horrible person 🤣
My rent in Spokane has risen to $200 over my Social Security check. I am running out of savings. I will be totally broke and homeless by Jan 2023. I am elderly and I don't think I will last very long on the streets. I don't do drugs and I am not crazy. I am just alone, poor, sad and scared.
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Those on Social Security will receive an increase 1/2023.
@@thebastardgift The increase will only result in our housing and our Medicare premiums to increase which sucks up the entire $ SSI raise.
The Government gives a little then TAKES BACK EVEN MORE
@@cindytackett7106, what better way to control, feed people but never fill them. Your point is The Point.
Get a roommate, or ask family for help.
Spokane looks like a good place to be homeless !
Not when it gets -5 *F in a few months
TAKE A BERMING BATH 🎵
People freeze to death here.
@@BEINGOOD77 what a bummer. What do birds do when it gets cold? Just saying. Id go to where its warm before its too late
@@BEINGOOD77 natural selection, if you're too dumb to not freeze to death, good riddance
The homeless issue is actually a drug issue.
The government still dragging it's feet on enforcing stopping illegal drug use and spread. When person doesn't have access to job, food and slowly starving some turn to drug to escape the pain. People who haven't been w/o food don't understand the Pain of hunger. The body basically eats itself. Why do you think concentration camps, prisoners were walking skeletons?
It's more than just drugs. They don't want to be part of society.
Not all homeless are drug addicts. To label all homeless addicts is wrong.
@@amandamiller2159 At least 85% are druggies. It's despicable how these cites are labeling then " Homeless" ..
Berming bath
It's a difficult problem. They're still humans, and we need comprehensive plans to help the various demographics of the homeless population. For some, they just need a home. Others need jobs, and still others need rehab and many other sources of support. It's obviously not as simple as offering help. It's going to be a long and arduous task to develop the pathways for these people to find themselves in healthier circumstances. And still, many never will. Some will come here if we offer the resources, which will further tax our system. It's sad, but we can't afford to turn our backs on people.
Why?
@@anon-yw4wd you don't heal a wound by ignoring it.
Can't afford to help them all either
@@Monica-wg2np you help those who will accept and appreciate it. Many are on their own mission to fail, others are caught up in something greater than any indivual. Those of us who have either been lucky enough to survive or even succeed while people are caught in the gears of society owe it to them to help. We're all in this together and no one would survivor their own.
Or you could save a lot of money and just burn down Camp Dope and grind up the bodies into dog food or fertilizer.
Democrats need to quit sending them here you can Blame king inglseeZ for all this bullshit hes a BIG part of the problem
If there are rules, curfews, and drug tests.. No one will go... I have a heart for the homeless, and I don't think there will ever be a solution that actually solves the issue for homelessness, and make the people in the city happy... We are all human and it could be anybody in their position, soon the laws will make it to where they have no where to go or be, then what???
Build apartments for them. It's not that hard. There needs to be more housing in this god awful rundown city. We don't need high-end housing or single family housing we need micro social housing for the people who need it most. The ones who live in the streets, shelters and motels. The money is there they just aren't spending properly. It's a joke how the homeless problem grows each year but no one does a thing to help the problem just bandaids the problem then everyone complains. No one wants a detox center in their rundown neighborhoods but those are exactly the areas they need them the most and would be best served. Don't want homeless in your area but do little to help with the problem. People are so damn ridiculous.
Fentanyl is destroying our society slowly but steadily.
Yea but then after they are built then what? It's just outta sight outta mind and that's not fixing the problem... They will be back on the streets once it comes time for them to pay rent or percentage of rent... They need to be offered some real help with therapy and rehabilitation for many things, and with a capitalist country that's not gonna happen... It's so sad
@@87clits There will still be problems in the apartment, because you would have to have rules. Firemarshalls would have to make sure apartments and hallways are free of possible fire hazards (or the city would get sued). Cops would be called constantly because of domestic violence or unruly neighbors. I could see drugs being sold and used in the publicly funded facility (taxpayers). You would have to have security, which means rules. Too many of the homeless don't like rules, like the last guy in the video. The question he should have been asked is " Fine, you want to stay here and want the city to leave you alone, but what about those in the camp that are causing problems, bothering people in nearby businesses, or leaving needles and doing drugs, and devaluing the properties in the area? Should they be allowed to stay? If not tell us who they are and we will get rid of them first." Also those on the cusp of being homeless and paying rent (barely) would say "hey wait. why should i have to pay rent? I should just be homeless, get a micro apartment and not have to waste my money ($1000) on rent anymore....and if food is included...no brainer"
@@87clits when you go to a national park they tell you not to feed the animals or they will become dependent. The same goes for these people, feed them and house them and they will never do anything to provide for themselves.
Like down here near Boise, some homeless don't want better conditions. Because they don't want the scrutiny. Even if it's to give them a safe place. And yes, some are addicts or alcoholics, mentally unstable.
They don't want the rules they want to live like wild animals and the filth is horrible
MOST are addicts or alcoholics, mentally unstable.
😂 Nadine, if they can’t afford a home what makes you think they’re gonna be able or even agree to paying a fine? These guys aren’t going to comply. Good luck with that idea. 😂
Trying to squeeze blood from a turnip 🤣
If it doesn’t sound logical then you have to start asking question. I contend they are simply trying to down play the drug issue. I lived in Spokane off and on for nearly 25 years. I recently visited and what I say was very disturbing. Downtown Spokane is deplorable.
@@sevinbamuels6560 I’m not allowed to say out loud what I’d like to do.
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They are not paying fines they are going to community court where they get services and then the charges stay off their record
@@rotorav8 …lol… right right …lol… these humans are too far gone to help. That’s why most of them are still outdoors. They’re bitter, frustrated and pissed off. Mental illness plays a major part as well.
Need more private, harsh, come on. Wonderful, put some humanity in this place.
What we need is a new mayor... One who thinks beyond reporting on the situation.
Is that your idea of a joke?
@@BEINGOOD77 that ambiguous response is exactly what I would expect from mAgA "supporters". Thanks!
Where do all the bikes come from does Spokane have some sort of homeless bike program instead of food and shelter?
Drove by Salinas Calif. Lots of people working the fields working, plus lots of newer car on the dirt road near the fields. Hard work but people seems to make a living at and do not end up on the streets.
Salinas, Hollister, Watsonville...... They're being encroached by workers from Silicon Valley because housing prices are outrageous there. Homes there are not affordable to younger workers.
@@sweetmcnasty Yup true, but somehow the people who work the fields are not living on the street.
@@KongSunWu Wow, you did some intense research, didn't you? Field workers have difficult lives. They are. packed in small houses with 3 generations together , common occurrence.
@@BEINGOOD77 -Owe my god how horrible. But what you are saying it is Ok for Hispanicks to live that way but not sertainly not drug addicts
@@BEINGOOD77 I also want to make clear that I belive your response4 was racist in nature
They don’t want it to turn into Oakland CA or Kensington ave Philadelphia pa
Spokane needs more apartments for people on SSI and SSA who can't afford $800.00 to 1 k apartments we need low income apartments around $500.00 to $600.00 rent since social security don't pay more a month than 800.00 a month
Its called affordable housing. States all over our country have the same issues.
Housing shortage.....So where does Brandon (Biden) expect to house 3 million illegals ??? SSI does pay more than $ 800 a month. Its based on how much you have been a productive citizen and WORKED. I started working at age 15 and just retired at age 66. My SSI is $ 1,400 still below poverty level when a one bedroom
Apt rents for $ 1,200 or more monthly.
$800 -$1000 for a 1 bedroom apartment is cheap, I wish I could get a 1 bedroom apartment for $1000 a month ,where I live
@@donkeyballs3307 that is not cheap that is way to expensive for low income people
@@richard1678 “low income” nowadays is around 1500 a month now
@@cindytackett7106 theirs people on SSI who didn't work at al l some or most have disabilities or have physical limitations for example can't walk and so forth. or have a limited education. or a variety of issues. and not everybody on SSI gets $1.400 a month myself get about $800.00 a month and i worked for about 10 years not in a row every person case or situation different. besides if you worked you get SSA on top of the SSI. and don't start up politics about a current president. or i report you or block you this is a civil discussion about affordable housing apartments and etc. why theirs so many in the USA who can't afford or able to get on a housing program or low income place. at least ones clean of drugs and alcohol.
SPOKANE SPENDING 27 MILLION ON THE SHELTER AND IT DOESNT EVEN HAVE INDOOR PLUMBING. SPEND THAT MONEY ON TREATMENT CENTERS TO FIX THE PROBLEM
Glad to see spokane still doing the bare fuckin minimum for its problems
Does this ever end???
Such a wonderful democrat community.
How stupid. This entire side of the state votes for the same party as the 9/10 poorest states in America.
Imagine if those people helped to fill some of the jobs around Spokane?? How about we think about the property owners around that “ camp hope “ mess?? There’s enough work out there to help them get into housing if they choose
90% can't pass a drug test.
They don't want to work
Camp inslee...
What’s their address? Where do they shower? Can they afford clothing for the interviews?
Even if you have a job you basically have to be working none stop to afford a place or be in a relationship to afford rent vs 5 years ago rent was like 600$ that's nearly a 200-300% increase.
That homelessness guy wants compassion? That's why the problem is so ABSOLUTELY APPAULING. Too my sympathy no rules no consequences no self responsibility!!
You have to want to change your situation. Health should be the primary focus, medical treatment, drug treatment, mental health services, etc.
What if they refuse?
I'm glad we are doing everything we can. Tent city needs to be cleared out sorry to say but it does. The homeless should be happy.we are all trying to house them
They should be but most won't pass a drug test so they probably feel attacked more then being helped
@Red RuM
Then they need to stop doing drugs.
@@RedRum. Trent site is a low barrier shelter. You Don't have to be clean/sober. That's the whole point.
@@anon-yw4wd The dealers of the drugs should get job & pay restitution to the lives they destroy. And
Seize the liquid assets from drug makers for people to rebuild their lives. The billionaire Saks family know they killed many..
I hope enforcing this won't push them up the South Hill. They already come up here to steal off porches. Yet Downtown does need to get cleaned up. It's gross to walk where the tents are under the bridges leading to Downtown.
Fentanyl is destroying our society slowly but steadily.
Too late, they wait outside supermarkets to panhandle. I experienced this going to Rosauers on 29th when I visited.
Careful, you're gonna turn those pearls to dust if you clutch them any harder
@@ItsRileyNJ he just wanted to make sure you are not late for work.
You should put in a rv park for those with rvs
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Blues 💙 is what these people live on
Wrong they live off of stealing our things
Are you saying cops are what these people live on?
The problem existed before blues arrived. We have a nation of people in excruciating pain, be it mental or physical. THAT'S the root, the hurt many exist with on a daily basis.
@@phillaflamme9952 blue pills, Mexis, Fentanyl. Many spend $50-200 a day on them.
@@rotorav8 ahh, gotcha, I was like "what's he mean?"
Can they have affordable housing damn!!!!
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People need privacy,why can't they make shelters to have there own rooms? With locks. That would get them to come in
Just wait until North/South Freeway/Highway is done especially along Hillyard Northside areas criminals/drug addicts will flock to that area crime will skyrocket & hopefully by that time we vote in better politicians/lawmakers over in Olympia for making Spokane Washington more safer because lenient laws don't help most homeless people want everything for free with no laws no rules or structure & they won't go to rehab or they don't want help with mental health problems with free counseling or they don't want to work even if you gave them a job because they all want free social security checks for more drugs (fentanyl/meth/heroin/) plus they want free rent pay nothing or they want free pallet homes with rent free property in their own community & that's what most people believe in camp hope (dope) ain't going to happen
I was just in Spokane..... there were fast food places hiring for $25 an hour. Businesses had to decrease hours because they couldn't find employees because even with that wage you couldn't afford rent. Inflation and the mass exodus of those fleeing CA, Portland, and Seattle has made the perfect storm. Industry is all but nil in Spokane because city and state leadership drive them out. For years Spokane has attracted druggies and the drug culture because it's easy to get funding from the state and the Federal government for rehabs, social workers, and a myriad of government workers/ programs. Therein lies Spokane's problem, dependency. Government and drug dependency.
whoa whoa 25an hour??? what job you see as a fast food doing that?😂, i live in spokane and most places aren’t any higher than 15 an hour especially starters. but you are right abt the drugs here its been outta hand since i can remember
Avatar checks out, I would recommend this tho: 🤡
@@namo3450 McDonalds on the South Hill on Regal close to Target was hiring for $25.00 awhile back. Other fast food restaurants on the South Hill we’re paying $20.00 an hour. There’s jobs everywhere.
@@psychedelicpython Hey! Good work! Way to double up on the lie! That McDonald's wasn't paying that ever. Wanna pull some more made up stuff out of your ass whack a mole style or...what? I'm not saying I'm against whacking your ass some more. I hear it pays $50 an hooouuuur! And allllll the homeless can live in there!
That $25 an hour is total bait-and-switch.
Nadine failed, the one thing she said again and again she would fix. Its got a whole lot worse.
Fire Ant, how did the Mayor fail? Nadine pushed to get the Trent shelter open. With city hall griping the whole time. It may have a few more hurdles, but now homeless population has more options.
Finally people can walk through key areas & not disturb someone sleeping on a sidewalk.
Sounds like these homeless people in Spokane are ungrateful
THE VAST majority are ungrateful and entitled!
Did I hear three meals and they're eating pizza? That's better than I eat now. I'm spending $900 a month and can't sleep because of the drug people in my mobile home park, I think I'll go to Spokane and get a nice quiet bunk. Free food!! and save my money!
Why not man
Yeah just being sarcastic. Spokane is a high-end City now. They might have a nice homeless shelter but I'll get spit at and try to run over all day by the people that hate homeless!
Every shelter has rules so ticketing homeless fixes nothing☹
Yes, getting them into court for services to get them off the street is a terrible idea. (Sarcasm)
@@rotorav8 you recognize they have as many civil rights as you do? This isnt a caste system.
@@secularmeditation what makes you think I don’t recognize that they have rights? What are you assuming that based on? Yes, equal rights, enforced equally across the board. If I break the same laws I expect to get the same punishment. In reality the homeless have more rights and less punishment. If I were to be arrested for a misdemeanor I’d have to pay real fines and go to regular jail. If a homeless person is arrested for a misdemeanor they go to community court where as part of the “punishment” they are pushed into services, that’s right they are given free stuff and signed up for benefits as punishment, and don’t do any real punishment. Some of them 20-100 times per year. Imagine if your average citizen got arrested 20 times per year, quite the criminal record. If you are homeless the charges never go on your record. What was it you were saying about fair treatment or equal rights?
How we start by checking magnesium. Step 1. It’s responsible for more than 300, neurological functions. Everyone’s missing the point
😂 dudes right - lets stay on top of their supplements stat!
Ok I live in Missoula. That one guy really hit the nail on the head; the shelter lacks empathy. I remember when camping was a recreational activity and not a crime. I think a lot of people are only one accident or tragedy away from not being able to afford things they take for granted. I worry that people living in poverty do not have adequate access to health care and safe housing. This seems to affect all of America on a systemic level
What he meant by "empathy" was whether or not they have a no drugs policy.
You're welcome to buy all of these people a bus ride to Missoula and "empathize" with them there.
Mayor Nadine Woodward demonstrating very well how she knows very little about how to help the homeless and gives words of placation with no actual solutions
Exactly. You just defined a basic politician. 😉
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So sick of it can’t even get gas anymore with out being bothered
i lived on the streets of spokane for about 3 years, on the streets of seattle for about a year and the streets of olympia down by the tracks for about 6 months they know me by richie and /or old man richie, over the past ten years ive went to oxicodone, to morphine, to methadone to suboxone, to herion and then the the most fucked up drug ont he streets, fetti (fentanyl) i finally got off that and now im two weeks clean of methadone again, homeliness is a major issue in these places, but the cause of the homeless problem the the availability and legality of these drugs. look at any other city where drugs are not decriminalized there will be homeless people everwhere but not like this
Too bad this isn’t a housing issue but more of a DRUG issue. Seriously, do they think we’re dumb?
Everyone in our city council and Woodward need to go! All this growth Spokane is experiencing and the city still looks old!
I just walked into the public library downtown today to use the printer.. it's a homeless shelter in all but name. Maybe we should start arresting people with drugs...
it will never change......to much money to be made on drugs ...it's job security for the police........
Build shelter and make them go like NY does.
Hopefully they have that hotel remodeled before winter so they can go there & hopefully Spokane Washington don't have more problems with more homeless people come from all over USA because most cities/states kick them out or give them a bus ticket to Spokane Washington we don't need more criminals/drug addicts here
i realise im not in the position to make decisions but i believe the shelter should put dividers' between the beds so these people have just tiny bit privacy im not
a rich person but i live like king in his palace compared to these homeless tent city people
Talk about ungrateful . Those homeless should be so grateful that they will be off the streets come winter. Any housing is better than NO housing. They will most likely change their tune once the bitter cold comes in and bites their ass . 🥶😊
These people have enough time to panhandle, but they don't have time to look for a job? Plenty of businesses out there looking for employees. Personally I think a shelter should be a hand up, not a hand out. You want to use them, show proof of a job, or a valid job search every day.
Chill Stacy. What they REALLY need are more TREATMENT AND DETOX CENTERS to fight the Fentanyl epidemic
MOST are lazy!
most employers won't hire homeless people. And, If you were homeless and without any liquid assets, you think getting a job tomorrow you'd find a home right away? Rent is higher than it ever has been EVERYWHERE. Landlords want first and last and security deposit. Nothing is as simple as finding a job. Mental and physical illness/disability are the main causes of homelessness. Ya'll are cold, godless people.
@@nlamorte90 most employers won't hire homeless? That good sir is a bald faced lie. I was homeless after my divorce I found a job, now I'm not homeless. Never in my entire life have I had an employer ask if I had a house or not.
how are they supposed to get a job if they have no address to put down? no phone number to contact? they would need the shelter to let them be used as an address and a phone to access. Also job applications are online now for every basic job, like McDonalds. Also it can look sketchy if lots of people use the same address and phone number. Employers will quickly catch onto what address the homeless shelter is and there is no law to stop discrimination of that.
Does the new shelter require you to be sober? If so no one is going to go
Don't be so rude, do you know how hard it is to be homeless in the first place. And there are lots of people who don't use and are homeless and WORK. Ignorance is a ugly quality.
@@87clits most of them are on drugs either as a byproduct of becoming homeless or the reason they're homeless. Sometimes the inconvenient truth is more important to address than comfortable lies.
Fentanyl is destroying our society slowly but steadily.
@@87clits I'm not ignorant. I actually have a lot of empathy for the homeless. Sometimes it is not by choice but to others it is that way they can do what they want. You dont know me from a hole in the wall. Assuming is ignorance. You have no idea what I meant by that comment
@@87clits YOU are ignorant to the reality of the homeless assholes.. ...most on drugs ...most criminal.....most loving lawless living
fuckU
It'll never get fixed as long as the concern is that it's a problem for US and not THEM!
Worst mayor we ever had I've lived here for 63 years every promise she made she's broken higher rant higher housing more homeless just like Seattle and she promised she wouldn't lies lies lies
If you can't tax them jail them
Vagrancy laws have been a historic failure and wil ultimately cost you way more in taxes than what is devoted now.
I've been homeless and I live here in alaska
800 people at camp hope but only 250 beds eventually not even now
washington supreme court ruled they cant enforce anti camping laws or sit and lie if theres not enough beds available
you can just see the disgust on woodward that she has for the homeless
They suck...they MADE THEIR OWN BAD CHOICES IN LIFE....
lock them up....til they dry out....then KEEP THE LOCKED UP
Profits come before homelessness.. Power and Control...Shame..
We built restrooms.
In the shelter for the homeless?
… No. we uh we wanted some so we didn’t have to share the icky portopotty with them.
Oh so you made one for them too? That’s nice!
…No. they get shacks and shower sheds. Ask Congress.
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If you want to Cure crim,e addiction and homelessness you half to make it profitable for the really rich. They make to much easy money on the residual income of treatment, Jail phone billing and homless housing /shelters. Sean Penn learned it the hard way in Haiti. LOL
Set up parking for people who live in their vehicles
6-800 people & 250 beds... Who failed Math Class?
That’s dumb you got a warrant out for not showing up to court for being homeless… THATS GROSS SPOKANE
Allow rent to increase like it does and you will be homeless next. Why does everyone need a next bigger quarter of earnings? Greed
ah yes homelessness is one of the biggest issues in Spokane, totally not mental health and substance abuse issues.
Pull a DeSantis and ship them off to Seattle or Portland, its there politics that are allowing this to happen.
He’s in litigation for that decision.
Send them to King 👑 Inslee house
Guy @ 3:46 "It looks like a concentration camp."
That's what I was just thinking. It may sound like a CT, but can it be they aren't doing anything to resolve the deep roots of poverty (thus, all of its domino effects), because of power and control?
drug addicts and A holes most of them...
Best option is that they all OD
Sick of the burden of criminal druggies in this country...
keeps getting worse
That is an insult to every single person who died in concentration camps. You have absolutely no idea what you are saying.
2 addicted to drugs and
2 lazy to work.
Honestly I hate to say it this way but they shouldn't give them a choice to go to the shelter Thy need to show up one day with some buses and garbage trucks and make ppl get on the busses to shelter Otherwise they are just gonna post up at different place
Ironically, that would actually be trespassing as its on state land.
So make the homeless not only a social stigma but also a felon? WTH!
Compassion has a fine line
Oh look at our County segregating the homeless into different homeless groups how sweet of them.
Lets build more centers, the requirement should be community service, sweeping streets, picking up garbage, cleaning up our town, then you can get a place and eventually get to a point you can get paid, and eventually get a job and then your own place. Handouts only make people expecting more handouts. People who are physically not able, there should me accommodations for that. There are many ideas we can all come up with and agree on, but at what it is now, its not working and we need to accept the fact that our governor is useless and just sits in an office collecting a check on our dime not doing a damn thing.
You need to accept the fact that these people are all drug addicts and would not do community service, sweep streets, pick up garbage, get jobs or pay rent. They won't even check into a shelter that doesn't allow them do drink, smoke or do drugs.
Disgusting.....how are the cops supposed to keep up with that?! Only reason I am not homeless is someone is letting me stay in their basement....I work full time, no felonies...all i have on my record is the eviction from losing my job due to Covid...and I cant find an affordable place anywhere....this city is not good.....its catering to the upper class big time, screw those of us barely making it.....if at all.
How you expect a ticket to be paid by someone who's homeless?
The point it to force them to get help. They won’t do it without being compelled
@@lukemccandless4314 the vast majority won't do it even if compelled
@@NordicDan I’m not sure what your definition of “compelled “ is. By definition it means there is no option to not do it.
@@lukemccandless4314 yeah because simply telling someone not willing to follow through is sure "compelling" 🙄
The only ones who will be compelled to get themselves out of their situation are the ones willing to do the work to accomplish it, which are a vast minority of the population that this is targeting.
How's about help them find jobs or dshs or SSI depending on the needs give them a solution not a hand out
"Why don't they just get a job"
Here are some things you need to have most jobs:
- clean clothes
- a debit card
- an address
- a license
- a car or money for transportation
- a clean body
Things that you can't have to have most jobs:
- large gaps in employment
- disability
- addiction
Do you see why homeless people can't just "get a job", and that's not even mentioning that about 40% of homeless people are employed.
How's about making housing affordable cap the massive apartments so they can't raise prices so high no one can afford them
If a person is disabled why don’t they get on disability? They get a check, reduced rent on housing, medical, and an EBT card for food. Instead of being on the streets they can fill out paperwork for disability and help.
Seriously
Use Texas Moto bus them to New York or Washington DC or Chicago or California
No more excuses to turn into a human blob. Can NOT say idunno where to get help from the city, county, etc... Some people don't want that, just want to mooch off others. Some others LET Family take their Soc. Sec. Checks and Let their family kick out into street !
Yeah I'm living in motel right this moment but even I can't stand the amount of people that live on the sidewalks downtown spokane plus the smell is absolutely horrible.....
I hope everyone realizes that when you give them money you may be the one buying them the last drugs they ever take, and the second to last person they ever see, right before the dealer. People are overdosing EVERY day.
The dealer don't want the 2$ I give em. Stfu
So everyone is a drug addict? C'mon don't be so ignorant.
@@davescott686 Did I say that everyone is? No. Almost all of the panhandlers, yes. I have a huge amount of experience with them, so I’m not being ignorant, maybe you are turning a blind eye because you don’t want to face the reality. When you talk to them after they are saved from an overdose the story usually goes that they came upon enough cash, ran to the dealer, overdosed.
I've tried buying them a meal they want money for drugs I don't condone that crap 💩 & I'm not a enabler & really pathetic especially the gas can scam saying I need $50 for gas to my job for work so I try saying well lets get some gas fill the car up geterdone but they don't have a car I'm not that gullible or ignorant
Bus them all to Inslee's neighborhood.
Spokane where not Seattle we have shelter 😂 😆😆😆
why cant they make shelters look more like bedrooms? why do they always look like prison dorms? of course people would rather live in tents. Hey Mayor... stay a night there!