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Doing drugs also effects one’s ability to get a decent job.
That is a correct statement. short of giving a free house to everyone who says “Help I can’t keep my Walmart job,” there are only a few things we can do to help most homeless and politically, we are not likely to do those.
There are a number of things we can do to prevent homelessness.
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It’s almost impossible in most parts of America to rent individual rooms to people. Zoning laws etc. typically require a private bathroom and private kitchen with every rental. (Very difficult to afford for one of life’s losers working a McJob.)
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~57% of homeless are ex-cons (including roughly 20% who were never arrested until they were homeless and arrested only for things relating to homelessness.) I don’t like spending money and I don’t like coddling prisoners but some sort of a better halfway house system etc., for transitioning ex cons into the working world would do a lot.
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Having worked with the homeless (quite a bit) I completely believe the estimates that 60-80% of homeless are addicted or mentally-ill or both
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mental illness - i think that is really the root of the problem. not “republicans” like the dumbass jimmy kimmel media and democrats make people think
it’s also a big part of the other issues that plague society.
and what do Democrats and the deranged left do - normalize it, protect and promote it and stick it in govt
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This is the issue, not feeding the homeless:
Despite our best efforts, significant public safety problems remain at and surrounding St. Timothy’s, including impacts on neighbors, countless police calls, vandalism, property damage and other serious public safety concerns.
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Government should not impose on the church for the actions of third parties.
I don’t believe they’ve made their best efforts. If those things are a problem, park a squad car at the church. It’s not a waste of resources if the problem is as large as the neighbors are claiming
Why park a squad car at the church when the homeless are vandalizing homes and stealing from people in the neighborhood? What good is that going to do?
If cops can’t see the crimes from the church parking lot, it’s outrageous to use the government to impose on the church because of those crimes.
This is assuming, generously, that these alleged crimes are as big a problem as the neighbors are claiming.
You mean this parking lot? 
The church is not responsible for anything outside of that picture.
The government should not curtail the rights of the church just because someone ate a biscuit there and allegedly committed a crime somewhere else.
I’m taking issue with your statement that parking a car in the parking lot will resolve the issues that spill over into the neighborhood.
It will, if the neighbors are telling the truth. If it can’t be seen from that lot, then the church isn’t spilling anything.
Really? Did I not quote this? It has been an ongoing issue with this church.
So, you contend parking a squad car at the church will resolve the crime that is committed in the neighborhood outside of the church grounds.
Good grief
It will certainly resolve
How many miles away, or hours later, does crime remain St.Timothy’s fault because they cooked food? Just curious.
Which is why parking squad car in their parking lot is silly.
We could be printing concrete homes for 10k each. Plenty of federal land to put them on.
The won’t go unless its in a city or town somewhere.
If you bus them there or force them there they won’t stay.
Not a chance, not even a small one.
That’s a parking lot? I can’t see.
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