Do you think homeless camps should be permanently removed along the parkway?

Asked by KTVZ

1,751 Votes

Do you think homeless camps should be permanently removed along the parkway?

89%

Yes, they should be removed! Yes, they should be removed!

11%

No, that's their home. No, that's their home.

89%

Yes, they should be removed!

I think they should be permanently removed because it's becoming a big problem in Bend. They should be taken to a shelter.

I think they should be permanently removed because it's becoming a big problem in Bend. They should be taken to a shelter. Show Less

15 Comments

Dennis Clark

Unsanitary, unsightly, unlawful, enabling, and the list goes on!

Stephanie Tutt Knecht

Because the problem will only escalate and grow if this is allowed.

Carol Francis Bland

What "PROBLEM" Is it that you speak of?

Melody Lood

Because I live at four SEASONS mobile home park north of bend and they almost killed us seniors out here last summer when they started a fire behind us. The fire got into are park. We seniors are very scared this year because there is twice or three times as homeless people in the woods behind us.

Rebecca

Moved from every location in Bend. They leave needles, garbage, and feces in the community and hop from one place to another. The city needs to come up with a solution and set some laws regarding camping right in the open. It is disgusting

BillandDiane Goodall

Because people are.just taking advantage of a free place to say. Time to work and provide for yourself.

Terry Whitted

No brainer.

💛🖤 RAG 💛🖤

These properties are not intended to live on! Now that Portland is starting to remove them we don't want the homeless people to move to Bend. Open homeless shelters and put these people to work, there are plenty of jobs!!

Tim Collins

Don't forget along Les schwab too.

Bradaigh Holt

Not just on the Parkway. Hunnel is a nightmare and now it’s expanding to the road behind Quality Inn.

Christena

Their permant place is where they BUY it. Work to get back on your feet or get the help to get there. It's not societies responsibliity to PERMANETLY take care of those who chose not to.

Johnny Mooney

It's ridiculous that our city, county and state government agencies have allowed this Health and Safety Hazzard exist for so long!

Get a grip

Victoria Ab

The more you allow the more folks will come. Look at Portland, Seattle and San Francisco. It will just get worse and worse. That is a fact. In addition, I would say nearly EVERY business is hiring right now. I choose to work hard and choose not to do drugs. They can make different choices

Renee Adams

Help them by helping them work in some way. Give free training if need be. Screen those who are very able. Better way to use gov. Money and help the homeless.

Latterdaysaint

Build more homeless shelters

11%

No, that's their home.

I don't think they should be removed because they don't have anywhere to go. The city should address it.

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4 Comments

Kala Jenkins

Because the homeless camp's should be lift lone they should give us boundaries for the homeless there should be rules for us

Clancy Prentice

The homeless need somewhere to sleep to. There is not enough room in the shelters. And more homeless then the city wants to acknowledge.

Carol Francis Bland

Everybody deserves a place to live it may not be in one of your structured homes but is one that we make of our own we fought forever

Melanie Nachtmann

Honestly who cares? How is it affecting anyone that they're there. Oh no I have to drive past poor people, boo hoo. Maybe instead of uprooting folks who only have a TENT to live in we could put some energy into helping them? Get a grip Bend. My privileged hometown.

Have these high winds affected you or your home this week?

Asked by KTVZ

81 Votes

Have these high winds affected you or your home this week?

15%

YES YES

85%

NO NO

15%

YES

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

85%

NO

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

Do you agree with the May 1st deadline for homeless campers to move?

Asked by KTVZ

1,255 Votes

Do you agree with the May 1st deadline for homeless campers to move?

92%

YES YES

8%

NO NO

92%

YES

12 Comments

Barb Hayden

Never should have been allowed in the first place! Bend needs to develop a site with bathrooms, showers and rules,like NO drugs and NO trash. At least Redmond is trying to help these people. Take a. Lesson from them. Get off the dime and solve the problem

Tylor Meyer

They have had excessive amount of time to move off land they are not even allowed to live on!

Just a voice Figg

They have had ample time to move. Vegetation reduction helps slow and or stop wildfires that will eventually hit that area and destroy millions of dollars worth of homes and people's lives.

Cheri Trettin

I say move the campers off forest land and onto main street if you want public funding for homelessness in Bend to become an immediate priority!!!

Jeff Sanders

Living in SE Bend I really enjoyed going to China Hat with my Jeep to off road and walk with my dogs. The thought of being shot has kept me from doing that for a while now. Good riddance to the homeless and make it where they can't come back.

Joe Dillon

it is public land, NOT someones home! The public cannot use it without fear of saftey. We DONT need another human caused fire that happens EVERY year out there, we have enough to worry about with mother nature fires. Time to move on!

Linda Knowlton

Fire danger and trash in the forest

jennifer stenkamp

Being homeless is usually the result of bad choices. My taxes help pay for government land. Living there rent free and creating tons of garbage, being a true threat to causing wildfires, behaving in a lawless manner angers too many of us who manage to pay for real housing. Move them out now.

Erin E Yates

We all have problems in life why do they think it is ok to do what they are doing, when the rest of us pay our taxes, go to work, get counseling if we have problems. The amount they spend on drugs, they could pay rent. It’s a choice and their choice is to do drugs and not work. DEATH and TAXES!!!

Goth Gaga

This homeless problem is a choice. These people are drug addicts that need to get clean and go back to work. They should be put into rehab while being counseled for their personal problems. Once clean they should be put to work doing tasks that prisoners do. If they refuse, then jail them.

Ron Rommel

The Homeless Campers are the wrong people on the wrong landscape due to their lack of cognitive awareness of fire. I and many others are willing to share grace for their position in life when they are willing to improve their situation through counseling, accepting shelter to transition life.

Latterdaysaint

Yes and build more homeless shelters or provide jobs for them

8%

NO

1 Comment

Diana Cockerill

They are humans and have no other options.We try not to let that happen to unwanted pets, yet have no problem in letting it happen to, what many consider, unwanted people!

KTVZ

Do you think homeless camps should be permanently removed along the parkway?

89% Yes, they should be removed! Yes, they should be removed!

11% No, that's their home. No, that's their home.

89% Yes, they should be removed!

11% No, that's their home.

Have these high winds affected you or your home this week?

15% YES YES

85% NO NO

15% YES

85% NO

Do you agree with the May 1st deadline for homeless campers to move?

92% YES YES

8% NO NO

92% YES

8% NO

89%

Yes, they should be removed! Yes, they should be removed!

11%

No, that's their home. No, that's their home.

89%

Yes, they should be removed!

11%

No, that's their home.

15%

YES YES

85%

NO NO

15%

YES

85%

NO

92%

YES YES

8%

NO NO

92%

YES

8%

NO