@ISIDEWITHQuestionsHousing IssuesStarted 3yrs agoActive 1yr ago

Should homeless individuals, that have refused available shelter or housing, be allowed to sleep or encamp on public property?

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Response rates from 155 Eindhoven voters.

25%
Yes
75%
No
17%
Yes
74%
No
7%
Yes, and create more social programs to provide free food, clothing, and medicine
2%
No, and make it a criminal offense

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 @9H5VM57answered…1yr1Y

No, but housing provision should also be made for those who don’t want/aren’t able to live in a busy communal environment.

 @9H3LC4Banswered…1yr1Y

if there is adequate shelter and programming available, they should not be allowed to camp. if there is not, they should be allowed to camp and additional programs for food/clothing/medicine should be promoted in tandem with social workers staying in close contact with groups facing the issues

 @9GXXFPFanswered…1yr1Y

Work on identifying relationship of homelessness with societal disintegration and address long term social dimensions. In short run create special programs to rehabilitate homeless persons permanently.

 @9GTBGGHanswered…1yr1Y

No, depending on the situation. Some public places should not be allowed. We need to create social programs to provide them free space with food and clothing, and medicine

 @9GPSC3Wanswered…1yr1Y

Not in all public property, but make sure there are other places they can stay and have access to food, clothing and healthcare.

 @9BNQM2Wanswered…2yrs2Y

No, but make shelter and housing better to decrease chance of refusal

 @9BDKC2Tanswered…2yrs2Y

Depends on the quality of the available shelter or housing.

 @99P7553answered…2yrs2Y

Let’s find out why they won’t go into a shelter first

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…3mos3MO

Drug Crisis Prompts Portland to Reboot City Government

In a sign of either hope or desperation, Portland voters decided to throw out their entire government structure and replace it with a weaker mayor, expanded City Council and ranked choice voting.A major driving factor was the passage of “Measure 110” decriminalizing all drugs in 2020, which was backed by 74 percent of Multnomah County’s residents. Voters couldn’t — or at least didn’t — anticipate how this policy change would reshape a city already strapped for money, dealing with a public health crisis and confronting rising rates of homelessness and fentanyl abuse.Drug use shot up, homelessness worsened and taxpayers fled.“Political rhetoric in 2020-2021 in the City of Portland was incredibly ideologically driven,” Gonzalez said, explaining that there was a “default conversation” on topics like homelessness or police reform that shut down an exchange of ideas.The City Council race, meanwhile, is mayhem. Portland is switching from four at-large seats to twelve seats representing four districts. The dozens of candidates include Black Lives Matter leaders, nonprofit advocates, business owners and police officers.There are 19 people running for mayor and 98 people seeking seats on the City Council. They’re nearly all campaigning on left-of-center platforms — this is Portland.Pandemic closures, protests, elevated crime rates and rising homelessness buffeted many liberal cities in recent years, including San Francisco and Minneapolis. But policy choices made by the city and state aggravated their impact in Portland.The ramifications are measurable: Nearly 12,000 people moved out of Multnomah County between 2020 and 2023, per data from Portland State University. The exodus between 2020 and 2021 alone took nearly $1.1 billion in taxable income out of the city, according to data analyzed by the Economic Innovation Group. Portland’s once bustling downtown is nearly empty, and a negative national reputation clouds its economic future.Drug decriminalization and the city’s open camping rules compounded the feeling of insecurity. Homeless encampments spread through empty public spaces and filled sidewalks during the lockdown, and some became epicenters for the fentanyl trade. Even Portlanders who voted for decriminalization and believe in a compassionate approach to homelessness didn’t feel as safe in their own neighborhoods.