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Do you think there should be a permanent location for the houseless to camp? If so, where?
Yes, I do! (comment below where)
No, other options should be available.
What we need to do is stop drawing them in by catering to them. Its like feeding stray cats. You feed a couple and pretty soon you are overwhelmed with them because the word gets out.
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The properties or right of ways where they are camping 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!!
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Of course they are going to move from Portland to here. They are following their chief of Police.
Businesses are having a hard time finding workers. The solution, these jobless kids can find work, and in return they can pay for their own up keep (sanitation serv) Remember the old adage "give a man a fish and he eats for one day, teach a man to fish and he eats for ever. Enough of the handouts.
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It is more of an addiction and mental health problem, fix those and it would eliminate 90%of the homeless and then help those who trying to better their lives with affordable housing!
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Move them to the yards and streets of the politicians who allow this scourge to keep growing. Bend City Counselors should be happy to have them in their yards or streets. As for the people who would actually like to work and get back into a house, put them in the shelters and help them.
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For MOST homeless it's a choice. They choose their addiction and the lifestyle of being homeless and all that comes with it. For some however it's a temporary situation and they need a hand up vs. a handout. I believe we are beginning to ENABLE BAD BEHAVIOR by catering to the homeless population.
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Jobs a plenty, stop all the free handouts and they will go to work. First thing homeless need to is to clean up their own mess instead of taxpayers having to pay. The more they are given they will expect more and do nothing.
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If the camp is removed, it should be relocated next door to city hall in hopes that seeing it everyday will spur the politicians to tackle the problem.
ReplyYes, and it should be located right where the old Bend KOA was located. And it should be overseen and managed properly. The property was aready set up as a campground once.
ReplyIt makes more sense to have set locations where they can go and people who want to avoid them know where NOT to go.
ReplyThere is a old RV park off of Robal RD north of Bend that has been up for sell that would be a great spot.Thete is already alot of homeless that are located back behind there anyways.
ReplyThe old KOA Campground would be perfect charge them $20 a week
ReplyHomelessness is a huge problem here already. We don't want to become California. Establishing a permanent location that is pretty well out of public sight, away from major thoroughfares is a good solution.
ReplyThey have to have somewhere to stay. Having to constantly move or lose everything over and over makes it real hard to get ahead.
ReplyThe issue isnt going away and displacing the problems adds up to a total higher cost for the community than just creating a managed camp with preventative services. In medical bills and service calls alone, it would save money. As well as security and waste costs for businesses n individuals. Duh.
Reply9th and Wilson or on city property off of Cooley road with showers, garbage and sanitation and have satellite social services available. Give the homeless a hand up not hand out. Any one of us depending on our health and employment status could end up homeless.
ReplyOut there by widgi creek or N/W crossing I can't help but notice the people with all the answers never offer there back yard
ReplyIn Northwest Crossing
ReplyEveryone deserves a safe place to sleep
ReplyYes, but not one location! The larger the camp, the larger the NIMBY. The City of Bend owns many small 'unusable' properties. We can put a dumpster on some, and a homeless 'attendant' to help keep the neighborhood clean.
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