[shrinkermd]

I once managed and ran a large residential facility for the serious and persistently mentally ill. The majority of the residents were dual disabled--mental illness plus serious substance and alcohol habituation. Besides being troubled and troubling they were initially incapabable of caring for themselves.

The "Homeless Problem" is a misnomer. It is actually seriously and troubled people dumped on the streets by those who believe civil rights requires this. Alternatively, there are even some who see the homeless plight as proof positive of the evils of capitalism and the US system of government.

Regardless of the reasons, the problem is really lack of adequate supervision and treatment not simple lack of housing.

I do not see allowing the mentally ill to sleep on the sidewalks betwen 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. a forward step.

[YellowRoseofTx]

Many of those who were mentally ill were kept in hospitals for the mentally ill until Geraldo did his expose' about the hospitals. Then the libs closed those hospitals and dumped the people on the streets.

At least in the hospitals they had a roof over their heads, a bed to sleep in, 3 meals a day, but they lost all that due to the libs bleeding hearts.

[DGHoodini]

...and when the next 25,000 show up, looking for free housing, food, drugs, and money to buy booze...?

[sgtyork]

Very interesting. Thanks for the ground-level observation. Have you seen the studies of the direct relationship between the reduction of state mental patients in the 70’s and the increase in crime? I can’t find the link now.

[calex59]

But there is little here that actually moves the city toward getting homeless people housed.

Since when is it the business of government, city, state, or fed, to house people? Most of them are simply lazy bums or winos, the rest are probably mentally ill and need treatment, not housing.