Oregon mayor to ban homeless camps on Portland streets

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The mayor of Portland plans to ban camping on city streets and move unhoused people to designated campsites, as the growing homeless population has become the top concern for the vast majority of residents.

“The magnitude and the depth of the homeless crisis in our city is nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe,” Mayor Ted Wheeler said Friday. “We need to move our scattered, vulnerable homeless population closer to the services that they need.”

The resolution would establish at least three large, designated outdoor camping sites, with the first opening within 18 months of securing funding. Wheeler didn't specify when the funding would be confirmed or how much the measure would cost.

The designated camping sites would initially be able to serve up to 125 people and would provide access to services such as food, hygiene, litter collection and treatment for mental health and substance abuse, Wheeler said. The sites could eventually serve 500 people.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oregon-mayor-to-ban-homeless-camps-on-portland-streets/ar-AA13g0CH

[BadGimp]

1. I'm here in Portland...

The problem seems to me to be too big for the city to deal with.

I am unsure how much the newer laws that relax criminalizing drug use and users have exacerbated things, but there are a lot of drug abusers in the mix for sure.

The city shut down one spot there other day and found 150+ stolen cars. That's not houselessness; that's a f&^@ing criminal enterprise.

[Tender hopper]

2. Does anyone know a Place that has successfully dealt with that problem?

If you do, how was it accomplished?

[Reader Rabbit]

3. I think any kind of success requires a social safety net that doesn't exist in the U.S.

I know many European countries have programs to detox addicts and help those who need homes. Of course, most civilized nations don't allow developers and speculators to buy up all the available property so they can rent at inflated prices.