I'm Disabled, a Veteran, and have been homeless for two years. I'm not a drug addict, just lost my housing two years ago when the apartment complex I was living at in Mesa Arizona was sold to a buyer in Toronto, who promptly notified the tenants living with Section 8 or VASH assistance they had the option to move out or pay full market value rent without assistance. I found while looking for a place to move to, that most low income housing in my area was eliminated in this same fashion by greedy investors and was unavailable to find another place to live. I bought an old van on payments and was forced to start living in it. I did so for a year and was offered a tiny fiberglass trailer on payments. I found that the person I bought it from had mislead me on a clear title, and have had difficulty getting it registered and legal to tow. I have been stranded at a Recreation Area, above Kingman Arizona for seven months now trying to get repairs done to my van. It is no longer safe to drive, and definitely not suitable to tow my trailer. It has been a living hell, upto 128 degrees at times this summer, now dealing with freezing cold at night and heavy winds. Every time I try to get some repairs made, something comes up. I bought a used generator which failed in a couple weeks, had to buy another one, then my emotional support dog Archie was badly bitten and required veterinary care, my air conditioning compressor failed in my Van, I cut my knuckle to the bone and ligaments on some glass discarding some trash which resulted in an Emergency Room Visit. I have been trying to get help, and have not had much success. I was accepted for PATH Rapid Rehousing through the Catholic Charities, but have searched all over Mohave County but found I cannot afford an apartment on my disability income. I have been looking for a room for rent, but no luck. So now I'm in a panic as I was notified by the Catholic Charities Caseworker handling my information, had their computer stolen and now my personal information has been compromised. I am on a waiting list for Section 8, basically started over. I did not choose to be in this homeless situation, and have been doing my best to deal with everything I have experienced the past 2 years. I had to literally give everything I owned away when I lost my apartment EVERYTHING!, I did try and keep my many tools, but those to were lost to a "friend" who was going but keep them until I get settled, but would never respond to my calls or texts. I am absolutely sick of my life. I don't live anymore, I merely exist, and it's not much of an existence at that. I have not showered in nearly 8 months, and haven't bathed in over two years since losing my apartment. My teeth are broken, many missing, and I broke another one recently, not looking forward to the toothache that's coming. I am nearly blind in one eye and can only see clearly with glasses, but I lost one of the lenses. I have reached out to every VA organization or service center I know of for help, but am ineligible. I worked for the Air Force starting my senior year of high school, as a civilian employee and for the next decade. I also simultaneously served 6 years in the Air National Guard, and was honorably discharged, but still don't meet the requirements as I was on active duty for well over a year with Avionics Technical School, and was activated during Desert Storm, but could not deploy with my unit, as I was a 3 level technician straight out of school. I have no family for support, no friends, only a few people I have met while being homeless. I have had a fellow vet brings some water bottles and food items several months back, and just today was given a propane tank, heavy sleeping bag, and nice winter coat by Catholic charities, these were definitely a blessing and will definitely help, but I don't see how I can ever get out of my situation as my limited income doesn't suffice to handle the many needs I currently have trying to get out of my homeless situation along with handling my major dental problems, lack now of a safe vehicle, and trailer registration. Any day the area I am staying may be closed, the BLM Rangers have told me they plan to close access to this Recreation Area soon. I will be in an Emergency Situation when they do, and have no idea yet what I will do .
I was homeless in NWPA for 11+ years and the biggest issue I had was the policy of having to leave and permitted to return. If it's raining, snowing, etc. --I'm going to require a roof over my head, especially for more than just a place to sleep. This is where I noticed other homeless people panhandling, loitering, and thus creating/perpetuating the stigma of homeless people. For-granted there were those that did gather bottles & cans, but when conditions weren't favorable, this caused several problems. After a few months of this, I developed several friends, and pulled our efforts together. We ended up getting a warehouse to rent & live at ...we got into basket weaving, small part assembly, recycling, etc. And when it came to eventually getting a vehicle, we got a van, and it allowed us to transport each other to jobs if/when we got them. What these organizations and so-called organizers need to do is stop aiding/perpetuating and actually organize. In the movie Planet of The Apes, Caesar said: "Apes alone, weak ...Apes together, strong" And it's that concept that got ALL of us up & out of the gutter ;)
Wow I’ve been a worker in the field for 20 years, in Toronto 🇨🇦, we have a very large unhoused population… the ordnances in This town are amazing and this organization is doing great work!!!
just sitting here and listening to this guy wine about nobody helping him when his housing his food and everything he needs to exist is provided for him is more than I can take
Zakiyyah Iman , Praise God for the work you are doing , may you be blessed for caring to bring attention to these hardships and the great work people are doing do help solve these problems, Blessings
My younger brother is homeless in Eugene. He took off from Tennessee in 2016. Haven't heard from him since but I do occasionally see his mugshot online. So at least we know he's alive.
I’m retired with little money on a strict budget, but my part in helping the homeless, especially the female homeless is by way of using the Dollar Store issuing common survival provisions as I encounter them and their pets. If I have some extra money, I’ll give cigarettes as well.
Between 30:33 and 31:05 is the real question. I don't have an answer for that. As services got better, and I have worked as part of those services, I've only seen the problem become more acute. Best intentions, are supposed to work. I am certain now that since most of the US isn't providing these services, that Eugene is now a magnet.
I have sympathy and compassion for people who are disabled, old and feeble but NOT tweakers or potheads who want to be "free". I moved to Oregon in 94, almost ran out of money once I moved to Portland, living in a motel paying weekly rent. But I took any job I could find while trying to get a job in the field I wanted to be in. I got a job as a telemarketer, then a bank courier and finally found a room to rent for $400 a month (which wasn't cheap in 94). I kept at it and got my first job working in the filed I am now in (without a college degree) amking $10 an hour and have been doing well ever since, thank God. I am tired of all the excuses from able bodied people, especially those who are able bodied enough to work but collect disability. Anyone who wants a job can find one and if you have to work two jobs to get on your feet, then that's what you do. As for the comments at 36:39, the bearded wonder should be proud that his "war" is only making things worse, not better, for the homeless.
The homeless problem is Eugene is enormous. Eric and CSS are amazing and I would know. I lived across the alley from their HQ where they have conastoga huts. Before they bought the property it was a vacant lot where mentally ill homeless lived. I used to cry myself to sleep because my daughter's window was 10feet from a very mentally ill man. I could do nothing. Only the owner of the vacant lot could trespass them. But one day Eric knocked on my door to tell me the plans for the vacant lot. I had seen the conastoga huts before and knew they that rules. After the community was built I felt SAFER. Why? Bevause anyone coming down that alley between us that might cause a ruckus or worse would get the attention of the tenets of the place. And the homeless respect them more than me. When they say "get outta this alley" they do. I knew that behind me, across that alley was a group that people looking out for each other and the neighborhood. I moved but not because of the CSS community. It was a positive for our street. One one side ofy house you see a solution, the CSS community and on the other side, out front, you see tents and RV and needles all over. I couldn't let my daughter grow up with what was going on out front. Thanks Eric. You and your communities are great neighbors
You need better equipment and editing. This is the best video on the real issue of homelessness I've ever seen. Dignified and highlights the REAL reason: unreasonable housing costs that do not match average income for the area. Well done! Please keep going with this!
if this is best you've seen you haven't seen the two docs made by Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Excellent, honest hard looks at homelessness (mostly in California)
The several times I was homeless I was careful about where I went and what I did. Never ever did I leave trash anywhere. It's not that people hate the homeless but instead they hate the trash they leave behind. Mountains of trash everywhere.
How does breaking up with somebody and moving on leave you without a driver's license in a vehicle make no sense especially the no driving license part did she revoke it
😂its called "ungrownup"!!😂😂 irresponsible with money, multiple addictions unchecked psychological issues and just overall laziness and lack of self-motivation!!! Too many "Kyles" in this place!!!
Come to northwest ohio. We have tons of factory jobs and they hire almost anybody. I work with dudes who have been to prison and people who don't have high school diplomas making 18 to 20 bucks an hour with pretty good health and dental insurance. The weather sucks but you can work if you want to. I used to live in eugene and worked at Lantz cabinets for 10 bucks an hour back in 2001. Ohio is better if you want a life.
That Taco Bell guy is the exact mentality that makes somebody homeless glad he's got his priorities straight smoke pot and cigarettes and has a dog you can't afford
Cigarettes and weed come free to people on the streets because they all share. And also, when you only have $10, what are you going to do? Save it for rent???? Dumb. No. You'll use it to have what you need and want and when food is free (and it is) you have room to buy comfort items.
Unfortunate events happen in everyones life it shouldnt be an excuse but it should be a reason to bounce back and try harder. What you have in life depends on your ambition,want and desire plan and simple.
the guy at the beginning of this video pretends that he is having a hard time finding a job. one of his problems is that he can't bring his dog to work? who is allowed to bring their dog to work? Why would anybody want to bring their dog to work? And what makes him so special that he should need to do so? This guy is only pretending to look for work. In reality he already has a job it's being a victim so far it feeds him houses him and keeps him from having to have a real job.
The guy is a frickin fruit cake. He wants a job that will pick him up for work only when he feels in the mood to work. He wants to take his dog and get stoned while at work to boot. Geez... You can't make this shit up.
Who is allowed to bring their dog to work? Lots of people! A person does not have to look disabled to be disabled enough to need a service dog. I know one person who is teaching her dog to be a therapy dog, and in that case, has to bring her dog to work in order to learn commands. A service dog, though, is one you would never know is there since they are quiet and very well behaved.
I started doing private tree working 1983 I'm a tree climber I can do flower beds and clean and organize anything whatsoever my children went to work with me I ran a string line from One Tree to another build a harness for my children and hooked into it through down pallets and toys and food and everything they needed I don't leave my children I don't leave my puppies in three and a half years we got six jobs Hallelujah nice to New Year now go bye-bye
Recommend beginning the video about 11 minutes in. The first gent is irritating (as commenters below say), but the rest of the doc gets more + more interesting. Minor point: At 29:00, when Erik cites the Point-in-Time Count, he way underestimates. In January 2019, the count found 2,165 people unsheltered in Lane County.
You do what you have to do to survive. If you want a job and they don't hire pot smokers guess what, quit smoking pot. I've had jobs I absolutely hated in the past but I worked them anyway. To get a good job do whatever they employer requires otherwise you don't want the job badly enough. NO EXCUSES. Either you want it or you don't. I now have a good job where I clear a thousand a week but they don't hire pot smokers. It's stressful but the money is good.
He's the type of guy you don't wan to bring home to meet your parents. I have psd generalized anxiety and I get my butt out there and work he news to take what he can get. How does he feed his dog smoking and being a pot head?
Podheads aint nothing to worry about it's the methheads that Oregon has the biggest problem with, i went homeless around 2016 and spent a year and a half in a shelter with my family consisting of my 2 siblings and our parent who got hooked on a quite a popular combo of heroin and meth aka goofballs in the shelter
Guy at beginning is full of excuses. He says Taco Bell won't hire him, but he has to have his service dog with him. How would that work? He medicates, and says he is lucid, and functional. The service dog thing is bogus.
Homelessness can be avoided if these people will be Innovative and try to find new ways to live don't go back into housing use a friend's address buy a nice size van build-out and leave out of it you can do a part-time job if simple and even save money from a part time job can you be comfortable until you want to get a piece of land or do something else I live out to my van it's awesome..
Another idea that the State can do, hire the homeless to have them clean up areas that are full of garbage and trash. Use the homeless to help the homeless. They want jobs, here it is. Let’s employ The Homeless.
Oregon was a paradise before the Dems took over in 1988. I'm a fifth generation native Eugenean. The Dems claim to care about these people, yet they have made the state a sanctuary state and force the taxpayer to support every third world parasite that wants in. Americans in need be damned. The Dems don't hesitate to seize every opportunity to destroy the quality of life for Oregonians. I hope there's a special place in Hell for Katr Brown and her party.
Donald Duck is not the mascot of the UofO. The University and Disney have an agreement that states that the UofO duck must be drawn a certain way so that he is not Donald Duck. Get your facts straight.
The hard task at hand, you have to filter out the true homeless from people who prefers to live as such. No way do I want to provide housing to those who wants to be homeless. In addition, it will be necessary to have some form of oversight committee involving security, law enforcement, extraction methods to the undesirables and criminal elements. Female homeless will definitely need such support. If you are willing to tackle this rewarding endeavor, you’ve got a huge job on your hands, especially on the legal side. A good example is the interview with Kyle who claims he and others PREFERS to live on the land. So why provide free housing to them when they want to exist that way.
How did the homeless population get started in Eugene? There had to of been a reason for everybody to move there in the first place, right? What is the reason that they are all occupying Eugene?
The problem has been going on in Eugene since the mid -80’s ... by the early 90’s they had a family homeless shelter during the day with bathing and food preparation area. 🧐
Some guys posted a pit bull dog tearing up and killing a small hungry coyote. You can hear the coyote cry out when the pit bull dog brakes it bones and killing it.
Your 15$ dollar an hour agenda immediately almost doubled rent in Oregon and now after almost doubling they can raise it 7% a year in 10 years that is 70% when in Oregon have wages raised 7% a year? My husband is an electrician after 32 years of marriage his hourly wage has not doubled at 7% a year after 32 years his income should have gone up over 215% that would have been amazing
@@darkkiss7247 he has a job and has only had 6 days off in the last year to keep food on in stores he had an essential pass to drive to and from work...
Cry Me a River get a haircut get a job quit blaming everybody but yourself you don't get to carry your dog everywhere with you stop using that for an excuse
They all have an "excuse" . at the end of the day homelessness is a choice they are making. There is programs out there if you listen none of these people want to take advantage of them because they dont want to do what is asked to partake in such programs. If you want help you get it how it's given if you don't like it then keep being lazy and suffer
There are people that don't want to work. They just wont come out and say it cos it's not acceptable by society's standards. Many homeless people can't cope in employment so they live on the streets and they may tell you that they look for work or they have a degree in this and that cos they know that is what people want to hear. I don't judge them cos I hate working.
At least you’re honest about your laziness. Now, get off your tush and earn some money or barter for food and supplies. Don’t lie about complaining of your plight. See if you can make something to sell or to trade with others. One summer I sharpened my Dad’s old Eagle Scout pen knife on a rock and created crochet and knitting needles from sticks. I used the money I made to purchase inexpensive yarn from a thrift store. At first, I just made samples with the needles and hooks for customers to try out. That turned into selling a few quick and easy items. Then I began classes. My classroom was a folding table with an assortment of chairs from others’ trash under a canvas tarp behind my flea market stall. Just start doing SOMETHING. See where it leads. Can’t afford food? Volunteer at a soup kitchen and you’ll almost always get a hot meal and some leftovers to take with you. ASK! The worst they can say is no.
By the way I'm changing my name back to Outback Billy and trying to stay out of the Outback bad word it's just that the bad cops have heard us the bad cops have kept us down ultimately we didn't even need the crackhead heroin addict violent adjudications they put in those places but we said that more than $2,000 worth of tickets on two of seven vehicles for breathing in public the rich b****** hate homeless people I don't blame them but someone in the community must have the balls to come in bet somebody especially when they look damn good for a homeless person and their puppies are in excellent condition thank you for your support Outback Billy out
53:42 is it me or does the guy with the orange beard face color look off ? Seriously his hand color is fine then look at his face! Maybe it’s just the way the camera and light hit
Kyle...YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY!!😃👍 "TRYING TO WHAT(LITTLE) YOU CAN!!"😂😂😂 KEEP SMOKING AND PRETTY SOON YOU WONT BE A BURDEN ON SOCIETY AND ALL OF YOUR OTHER PROBLEMS WILL BE SOLVED!!!😂😂😂
I'm Disabled, a Veteran, and have been homeless for two years. I'm not a drug addict, just lost my housing two years ago when the apartment complex I was living at in Mesa Arizona was sold to a buyer in Toronto, who promptly notified the tenants living with Section 8 or VASH assistance they had the option to move out or pay full market value rent without assistance.
I found while looking for a place to move to, that most low income housing in my area was eliminated in this same fashion by greedy investors and was unavailable to find another place to live.
I bought an old van on payments and was forced to start living in it. I did so for a year and was offered a tiny fiberglass trailer on payments. I found that the person I bought it from had mislead me on a clear title, and have had difficulty getting it registered and legal to tow. I have been stranded at a Recreation Area, above Kingman Arizona for seven months now trying to get repairs done to my van. It is no longer safe to drive, and definitely not suitable to tow my trailer. It has been a living hell, upto 128 degrees at times this summer, now dealing with freezing cold at night and heavy winds. Every time I try to get some repairs made, something comes up. I bought a used generator which failed in a couple weeks, had to buy another one, then my emotional support dog Archie was badly bitten and required veterinary care, my air conditioning compressor failed in my Van, I cut my knuckle to the bone and ligaments on some glass discarding some trash which resulted in an Emergency Room Visit.
I have been trying to get help, and have not had much success. I was accepted for PATH Rapid Rehousing through the Catholic Charities, but have searched all over Mohave County but found I cannot afford an apartment on my disability income. I have been looking for a room for rent, but no luck.
So now I'm in a panic as I was notified by the Catholic Charities Caseworker handling my information, had their computer stolen and now my personal information has been compromised.
I am on a waiting list for Section 8, basically started over. I did not choose to be in this homeless situation, and have been doing my best to deal with everything I have experienced the past 2 years. I had to literally give everything I owned away when I lost my apartment EVERYTHING!, I did try and keep my many tools, but those to were lost to a "friend" who was going but keep them until I get settled, but would never respond to my calls or texts.
I am absolutely sick of my life. I don't live anymore, I merely exist, and it's not much of an existence at that. I have not showered in nearly 8 months, and haven't bathed in over two years since losing my apartment. My teeth are broken, many missing, and I broke another one recently, not looking forward to the toothache that's coming. I am nearly blind in one eye and can only see clearly with glasses, but I lost one of the lenses. I have reached out to every VA organization or service center I know of for help, but am ineligible.
I worked for the Air Force starting my senior year of high school, as a civilian employee and for the next decade.
I also simultaneously served 6 years in the Air National Guard, and was honorably discharged, but still don't meet the requirements as I was on active duty for well over a year with Avionics Technical School, and was activated during Desert Storm, but could not deploy with my unit, as I was a 3 level technician straight out of school.
I have no family for support, no friends, only a few people I have met while being homeless. I have had a fellow vet brings some water bottles and food items several months back, and just today was given a propane tank, heavy sleeping bag, and nice winter coat by Catholic charities, these were definitely a blessing and will definitely help, but I don't see how I can ever get out of my situation as my limited income doesn't suffice to handle the many needs I currently have trying to get out of my homeless situation along with handling my major dental problems, lack now of a safe vehicle, and trailer registration.
Any day the area I am staying may be closed, the BLM Rangers have told me they plan to close access to this Recreation Area soon. I will be in an Emergency Situation when they do, and have no idea yet what I will do .
Why not interview the addicts who leave mountains of trash around and feel entitled to steal my stuff?
I was homeless in NWPA for 11+ years and the biggest issue I had was the policy of having to leave and permitted to return. If it's raining, snowing, etc. --I'm going to require a roof over my head, especially for more than just a place to sleep. This is where I noticed other homeless people panhandling, loitering, and thus creating/perpetuating the stigma of homeless people. For-granted there were those that did gather bottles & cans, but when conditions weren't favorable, this caused several problems. After a few months of this, I developed several friends, and pulled our efforts together. We ended up getting a warehouse to rent & live at ...we got into basket weaving, small part assembly, recycling, etc. And when it came to eventually getting a vehicle, we got a van, and it allowed us to transport each other to jobs if/when we got them. What these organizations and so-called organizers need to do is stop aiding/perpetuating and actually organize. In the movie Planet of The Apes, Caesar said: "Apes alone, weak ...Apes together, strong" And it's that concept that got ALL of us up & out of the gutter ;)
the guy with the red nike jacket is his own biggest obstacle
“Collecting bottles and cans for cigarettes”
He could eat every day for the price of a pack of smokes. Quit smoking.
When you lie to others for so long it becomes the truth to yourself.
Herr Goebbels.
"Collecting money for cigarettes" = Minimum effort for changing life
As someone who struggled myself. If your unemployed, weed
Wow I’ve been a worker in the field for 20 years, in Toronto 🇨🇦, we have a very large unhoused population… the ordnances in This town are amazing and this organization is doing great work!!!
just sitting here and listening to this guy wine about nobody helping him when his housing his food and everything he needs to exist is provided for him is more than I can take
@Jason Coughenour I've lived in Eugene Oregon off and on all my life and they definitely do have some of the best weed at some of the best prices.
He's just telling her what she wants to hear. Shes asking him why he doesnt have a job, it gets old .
Kyle sounds like a perpetual victim...he must have some responsibility for his situation.. its everyone's fault, but himself.
I visited Eugene Oregon 10 years ago it was a beautiful clean City the university is very impressive and the trees are huge
Welcome to Eugene since the Democrats took over. It's now a sewer. I'm a fifth generation native born in 1963.
I am inspired to keep working to make things better for those who are needy in my community.
Zakiyyah Iman , Praise God for the work you are doing , may you be blessed for caring to bring attention to these hardships and the great work people are doing do help solve these problems, Blessings
Giving people a place to be attracts more people that need a place to be
That guy just looking for someone to take care of him sorry than shit. Looking for something for nothing
I'm happy with just a room.👍✌🌻
My younger brother is homeless in Eugene. He took off from Tennessee in 2016. Haven't heard from him since but I do occasionally see his mugshot online. So at least we know he's alive.
I’m retired with little money on a strict budget, but my part in helping the homeless, especially the female homeless is by way of using the Dollar Store issuing common survival provisions as I encounter them and their pets. If I have some extra money, I’ll give cigarettes as well.
You sound like a good person
Between 30:33 and 31:05 is the real question. I don't have an answer for that. As services got better, and I have worked as part of those services, I've only seen the problem become more acute. Best intentions, are supposed to work. I am certain now that since most of the US isn't providing these services, that Eugene is now a magnet.
Unable to judge the point this speaker
I have sympathy and compassion for people who are disabled, old and feeble but NOT tweakers or potheads who want to be "free". I moved to Oregon in 94, almost ran out of money once I moved to Portland, living in a motel paying weekly rent. But I took any job I could find while trying to get a job in the field I wanted to be in. I got a job as a telemarketer, then a bank courier and finally found a room to rent for $400 a month (which wasn't cheap in 94). I kept at it and got my first job working in the filed I am now in (without a college degree) amking $10 an hour and have been doing well ever since, thank God. I am tired of all the excuses from able bodied people, especially those who are able bodied enough to work but collect disability. Anyone who wants a job can find one and if you have to work two jobs to get on your feet, then that's what you do. As for the comments at 36:39, the bearded wonder should be proud that his "war" is only making things worse, not better, for the homeless.
The homeless problem is Eugene is enormous. Eric and CSS are amazing and I would know. I lived across the alley from their HQ where they have conastoga huts. Before they bought the property it was a vacant lot where mentally ill homeless lived. I used to cry myself to sleep because my daughter's window was 10feet from a very mentally ill man. I could do nothing. Only the owner of the vacant lot could trespass them. But one day Eric knocked on my door to tell me the plans for the vacant lot. I had seen the conastoga huts before and knew they that rules. After the community was built I felt SAFER. Why? Bevause anyone coming down that alley between us that might cause a ruckus or worse would get the attention of the tenets of the place. And the homeless respect them more than me. When they say "get outta this alley" they do. I knew that behind me, across that alley was a group that people looking out for each other and the neighborhood.
I moved but not because of the CSS community. It was a positive for our street. One one side ofy house you see a solution, the CSS community and on the other side, out front, you see tents and RV and needles all over. I couldn't let my daughter grow up with what was going on out front.
Thanks Eric. You and your communities are great neighbors
You need better equipment and editing. This is the best video on the real issue of homelessness I've ever seen. Dignified and highlights the REAL reason: unreasonable housing costs that do not match average income for the area. Well done! Please keep going with this!
I'm very impressed by this man and his lady I'm hoping to get a phone call radically soon right now it do Yahoo
if this is best you've seen you haven't seen the two docs made by Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Excellent, honest hard looks at homelessness (mostly in California)
We need lots more of this
The several times I was homeless I was careful about where I went and what I did. Never ever did I leave trash anywhere. It's not that people hate the homeless but instead they hate the trash they leave behind. Mountains of trash everywhere.
How does breaking up with somebody and moving on leave you without a driver's license in a vehicle make no sense especially the no driving license part did she revoke it
😂its called "ungrownup"!!😂😂 irresponsible with money, multiple addictions unchecked psychological issues and just overall laziness and lack of self-motivation!!! Too many "Kyles" in this place!!!
Come to northwest ohio. We have tons of factory jobs and they hire almost anybody. I work with dudes who have been to prison and people who don't have high school diplomas making 18 to 20 bucks an hour with pretty good health and dental insurance. The weather sucks but you can work if you want to. I used to live in eugene and worked at Lantz cabinets for 10 bucks an hour back in 2001. Ohio is better if you want a life.
I lived in Tacoma and now back in nw Ohio but the west coast had jobs galore and the rent is so so high
Is this still true? Do they hire homeless?
I worked at lanz cabinets too in the past. I hated it. Now I drive a semi
i love this and yes,lets hope that,other communities will follow suit!!!
That Taco Bell guy is the exact mentality that makes somebody homeless glad he's got his priorities straight smoke pot and cigarettes and has a dog you can't afford
Cigarettes and weed come free to people on the streets because they all share. And also, when you only have $10, what are you going to do? Save it for rent???? Dumb. No. You'll use it to have what you need and want and when food is free (and it is) you have room to buy comfort items.
Unfortunate events happen in everyones life it shouldnt be an excuse but it should be a reason to bounce back and try harder. What you have in life depends on your ambition,want and desire plan and simple.
Who in the fk are HOU to judge? Get over yourself!
Yep!!!! And About 99.9% of these "Kyles" are comfortable being irresponsible, unmotivated and addicted to ALOT MORE THAN THEY'RE TELLING YOU!!!😂😂😂
Hope you are in a much better place
And that you are housed & safe
Tiny housing van life is the best way to do it..
the guy at the beginning of this video pretends that he is having a hard time finding a job. one of his problems is that he can't bring his dog to work? who is allowed to bring their dog to work? Why would anybody want to bring their dog to work? And what makes him so special that he should need to do so? This guy is only pretending to look for work. In reality he already has a job it's being a victim so far it feeds him houses him and keeps him from having to have a real job.
The guy is a frickin fruit cake. He wants a job that will pick him up for work only when he feels in the mood to work. He wants to take his dog and get stoned while at work to boot. Geez... You can't make this shit up.
THATS Actually Brilliant.
Who is allowed to bring their dog to work? Lots of people! A person does not have to look disabled to be disabled enough to need a service dog. I know one person who is teaching her dog to be a therapy dog, and in that case, has to bring her dog to work in order to learn commands. A service dog, though, is one you would never know is there since they are quiet and very well behaved.
I started doing private tree working 1983 I'm a tree climber I can do flower beds and clean and organize anything whatsoever my children went to work with me I ran a string line from One Tree to another build a harness for my children and hooked into it through down pallets and toys and food and everything they needed I don't leave my children I don't leave my puppies in three and a half years we got six jobs Hallelujah nice to New Year now go bye-bye
Recommend beginning the video about 11 minutes in. The first gent is irritating (as commenters below say), but the rest of the doc gets more + more interesting.
Minor point: At 29:00, when Erik cites the Point-in-Time Count, he way underestimates. In January 2019, the count found 2,165 people unsheltered in Lane County.
You do what you have to do to survive. If you want a job and they don't hire pot smokers guess what, quit smoking pot. I've had jobs I absolutely hated in the past but I worked them anyway. To get a good job do whatever they employer requires otherwise you don't want the job badly enough. NO EXCUSES. Either you want it or you don't. I now have a good job where I clear a thousand a week but they don't hire pot smokers. It's stressful but the money is good.
He's the type of guy you don't wan to bring home to meet your parents. I have psd generalized anxiety and I get my butt out there and work he news to take what he can get. How does he feed his dog smoking and being a pot head?
I do worry for that dog.
Podheads aint nothing to worry about it's the methheads that Oregon has the biggest problem with, i went homeless around 2016 and spent a year and a half in a shelter with my family consisting of my 2 siblings and our parent who got hooked on a quite a popular combo of heroin and meth aka goofballs in the shelter
Guy at beginning is full of excuses. He says Taco Bell won't hire him, but he has to have his service dog with him. How would that work? He medicates, and says he is lucid, and functional. The service dog thing is bogus.
This speaker knows nothing about which it speaks this speaker should not speak
straight garbage. Jacksons don't piss test. they'd hire him same day. excuse after excuse.
Cash Cropper correct not everywhere piss tests
yeah dude is lazy af and deserves to be homeless honestly
2 years later the city is a complete mess.
I been smoking pot since I was 13 and have never been tested for a job. I don't know bout these dudes.
This project is amazing.
There are thousands of homeless in Eugene. This encampment is not nearly big enough.
When I come back from Europe 🌍 I might end up in this place
That's so horrible, the 63 year old husband abandoned her. #invisiblepeople where you at?
Homelessness can be avoided if these people will be Innovative and try to find new ways to live don't go back into housing use a friend's address buy a nice size van build-out and leave out of it you can do a part-time job if simple and even save money from a part time job can you be comfortable until you want to get a piece of land or do something else I live out to my van it's awesome..
Another idea that the State can do, hire the homeless to have them clean up areas that are full of garbage and trash. Use the homeless to help the homeless. They want jobs, here it is. Let’s employ The Homeless.
Good idea 😊
Love and prayers 🙏
Glad I live in a cold place
The state of Oregon has a recreational marijuana tax help the homeless with tax money Oregon makes on Marijuana
I'm a fifth generation native Eugenean. Like everything the Dems come up with, that tax isn't working.
Too bad it's not working. Things are only getting worse and worse.
10%one off covid tax on the super rich.billions will be raised for the homeless and poor and unemployed
Like all taxes, it would do shit to help anyone but bureaucrats.
I hope the first gentleman with his service dog found a place
If you want things to get better, vote republican!!! Stop voting demorats!
Oregon was a paradise before the Dems took over in 1988. I'm a fifth generation native Eugenean. The Dems claim to care about these people, yet they have made the state a sanctuary state and force the taxpayer to support every third world parasite that wants in. Americans in need be damned. The Dems don't hesitate to seize every opportunity to destroy the quality of life for Oregonians.
I hope there's a special place in Hell for Katr Brown and her party.
Ok trumpster dumpster cult.
How do I locate this organisation?
Donald Duck is not the mascot of the
UofO. The University and Disney have an agreement that states that the UofO duck must be drawn a certain way so that he is not Donald Duck. Get your facts straight.
7:50 notice how he says enough money to get his license back... licenses should be free
The hard task at hand, you have to filter out the true homeless from people who prefers to live as such. No way do I want to provide housing to those who wants to be homeless. In addition, it will be necessary to have some form of oversight committee involving security, law enforcement, extraction methods to the undesirables and criminal elements. Female homeless will definitely need such support. If you are willing to tackle this rewarding endeavor, you’ve got a huge job on your hands, especially on the legal side. A good example is the interview with Kyle who claims he and others PREFERS to live on the land. So why provide free housing to them when they want to exist that way.
First off,I'm sure you meant to say female homeless person!"homeless" is NOT a species or apparently,in your opinion,a SUB species.
Stop smoking cigs first
How did the homeless population get started in Eugene? There had to of been a reason for everybody to move there in the first place, right? What is the reason that they are all occupying Eugene?
That's a good question I'm not sure if the speaker is speaking in a positive or the negative
The problem has been going on in Eugene since the mid -80’s ... by the early 90’s they had a family homeless shelter during the day with bathing and food preparation area. 🧐
The local faith community. But. aren't Christians bad?
Six minutes is hardly a full documentary
Some guys posted a pit bull dog tearing up and killing a small hungry coyote. You can hear the coyote cry out when the pit bull dog brakes it bones and killing it.
Love that Quote!
This guy has a great idea, but he needs to cut out the video from 4:53 to 11:08 because that guy really takes away from what a great idea this is.
How do you like that just to have accountability for being on planet earth
Your 15$ dollar an hour agenda immediately almost doubled rent in Oregon and now after almost doubling they can raise it 7% a year in 10 years that is 70% when in Oregon have wages raised 7% a year? My husband is an electrician after 32 years of marriage his hourly wage has not doubled at 7% a year after 32 years his income should have gone up over 215% that would have been amazing
Electricians make pretty good money in the first place. And second, with the whole COVID thing, he's lucky that he still has a job.
@@darkkiss7247 he has a job and has only had 6 days off in the last year to keep food on in stores he had an essential pass to drive to and from work...
Cry Me a River get a haircut get a job quit blaming everybody but yourself you don't get to carry your dog everywhere with you stop using that for an excuse
He did have an excuses for everything....
They all have an "excuse" . at the end of the day homelessness is a choice they are making. There is programs out there if you listen none of these people want to take advantage of them because they dont want to do what is asked to partake in such programs. If you want help you get it how it's given if you don't like it then keep being lazy and suffer
There are people that don't want to work. They just wont come out and say it cos it's not acceptable by society's standards. Many homeless people can't cope in employment so they live on the streets and they may tell you that they look for work or they have a degree in this and that cos they know that is what people want to hear. I don't judge them cos I hate working.
At least you’re honest about your laziness. Now, get off your tush and earn some money or barter for food and supplies. Don’t lie about complaining of your plight. See if you can make something to sell or to trade with others. One summer I sharpened my Dad’s old Eagle Scout pen knife on a rock and created crochet and knitting needles from sticks. I used the money I made to purchase inexpensive yarn from a thrift store. At first, I just made samples with the needles and hooks for customers to try out. That turned into selling a few quick and easy items. Then I began classes. My classroom was a folding table with an assortment of chairs from others’ trash under a canvas tarp behind my flea market stall. Just start doing SOMETHING. See where it leads. Can’t afford food? Volunteer at a soup kitchen and you’ll almost always get a hot meal and some leftovers to take with you. ASK! The worst they can say is no.
I want to help
crazy
I can't afford the programs either
By the way I'm changing my name back to Outback Billy and trying to stay out of the Outback bad word it's just that the bad cops have heard us the bad cops have kept us down ultimately we didn't even need the crackhead heroin addict violent adjudications they put in those places but we said that more than $2,000 worth of tickets on two of seven vehicles for breathing in public the rich b****** hate homeless people I don't blame them but someone in the community must have the balls to come in bet somebody especially when they look damn good for a homeless person and their puppies are in excellent condition thank you for your support Outback Billy out
53:42 is it me or does the guy with the orange beard face color look off ? Seriously his hand color is fine then look at his face! Maybe it’s just the way the camera and light hit
Brilliant
What do you do? Go back to California!!! Please and take 10 more from California with you
Poor me, pour me another drink. Or burn another bowl. Hmm... pee clean or live in a tent.
Big trucks = lil nuts
Your extreme audio fluctuations make it unbearable to watch this. Also no one is owed a home. Period.
How about more affordable housing for people with low incomes?
Best cure for homelessness?
Hard work.
A lot of homeless folks are elderly and disabled, not everybody can work...
And an address, a place to shower, clean clothes.
I'd like TO go camping with beardy-guy...
go donaldss
Kyle...YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY!!😃👍 "TRYING TO WHAT(LITTLE) YOU CAN!!"😂😂😂 KEEP SMOKING AND PRETTY SOON YOU WONT BE A BURDEN ON SOCIETY AND ALL OF YOUR OTHER PROBLEMS WILL BE SOLVED!!!😂😂😂