The truth that we all see day after day is that many if not most of our homeless are addicted to drugs or alcohol or suffering from mental or physical disabilities. It’s also the truth that the homeless camps that have formed are dangerous, with drug dealing, prostitution, and other
crimes commonplace. My solutions to help start to solve the homeless crisis:
- Take the billions of dollars we are currently spending on failing homeless programs
and put them towards full time, in-house drug and mental health treatment centers,
and make it easier to require participation. Conduct a public audit of the billions we
have spent thus far on the failing homeless programs.
- Require each city to have about the same number of clean, safe shelter beds as they
do homeless people. Have services and help available there, on-site. Then prohibit
outdoor camping. This can be done immediately.