OR, WA among states with largest increases
in homelessness in U.S.
KOIN-TV [Portland, OR],
by
Jami Seymore
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
4/6/2023 8:45:50 AM
PORTLAND, Ore. – New data show how much Oregon has been impacted by the homelessness crisis since the start of the pandemic, and how we compare with the rest of the county. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Pacific Northwest saw some of the highest numbers of people unhoused from 2020 to 2022: nearly 18,000 in Oregon and more than 25,000 in Washington. (Snip) Drive around Portland and it’s hard to ignore the blocks lined with tents as the homelessness crisis becomes more severe. Now, data is also showing just how much this crisis continues
Reply 1 - Posted by:
seamusm 4/6/2023 9:04:38 AM (No. 1442209)
While I am sympathetic towards the homeless who are there through no fault of their own, I have none at all for the communities and courts which have emboldened the criminals and made mental health and drug treatment optional. Elections DO have consequences. Let them swim in it.
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Where are the families of these "homeless" people?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
TJ54 4/6/2023 9:15:10 AM (No. 1442223)
In olden days most of these people would have been in nuthouses but liberals closed the nuthouses to “mainstream” them
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When you tax something you get less of it. When you subsidize something you get more of it. These states are subsidizing homelessness. Only a leftist would expect the problem to decrease under the circumstances.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
planetgeo 4/6/2023 9:54:39 AM (No. 1442253)
Yes, they closed the nuthouses, but the nuts started running for office. And winning.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
nerdowell 4/6/2023 10:07:40 AM (No. 1442269)
The people of these states are the most loyal of Biden's constituents,
homely and homeless alike.
He must build shelters-- condos actually, well accoutered and cable connected, for those he can,
And send the rest to red states
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bighambone 4/6/2023 10:14:30 AM (No. 1442277)
No doubt with the coming influx of illegal aliens into those socialist Democrat run States, the State Governments will no doubt build and provide so-called affordable housing and other benefits for the incoming illegal aliens to make them comfortable in those States so that they will bring their extended foreign families into the USA and to those States. Remember the poor and uneducated illegal aliens of today are considered by the Democrats to be future socialist Democrat supporters and voters of tomorrow.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Bill O Rights 4/6/2023 11:19:29 AM (No. 1442342)
Oregon has effectively legalized narcotics, so surprisingly a lot of drug addicts have moved to Oregon. Oregon, I am betting, has some of the most restrictive land use laws in the country, resulting a govt created shortage. Oregon has each legislative session imposed more and more restriction on landlords; Portland is even worse. Landlords are reluctant to invest. Landlords are also faced with some of the highest income taxes in the country, and Oregon has imposed a so-called Corporate Activity Tax which is sort of like a European VAT tax on steroids. Oregon has shut down most of its facilities for the mentally ill, because it deprives them mentally ill of their rights. The sole remaining Mental Hospital is at maximum capacity, and regular hospitals are complaining about being a dumping ground for the mentally ill. In short, run a third world govt, get third world problems. Duh.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bad-hair 4/6/2023 12:35:21 PM (No. 1442391)
Keep it that way. What you subsidize you get more of. I say take Oregon and anybody without a home can go there.
Sorta like the wild west.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 4/6/2023 1:38:16 PM (No. 1442436)
Whatever you subsidize, you get more of.
These idiots subsidize "homelessness" so they create more.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
SALady 4/6/2023 3:04:43 PM (No. 1442508)
Logic 101: If you want lots of bees in your yard, you plant a lot of flowing pants to attract them. If you want lots of homeless in your state, you make it very attractive for them to be there (free stuff everywhere, let them camp wherever they want, no arrests for drugs or breaking laws, etc, etc)
Works for me. They are already lie-beral Demon-Rat states, so they are already third-world cesspools in their major cities. I think the red states should offer their homeless free transportation out there. It's a win/win for everybody!!!!!
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Oregon just committed to spending another $200 million on the homeless. So expect lots more on the way.