Because we have been in need we can clearly see it and don't so quickly judge the needy as deserving of their troubles or as undeserving of our help. We know cold, hunger, unrelenting pain and even desperation, may we never forget and always help where we can. 🙏 Garbage bags and tarps, blankets and dry socks, hand warmers are all appreciated and used in rainy weather.
When I was homeless, living in a tent I was out in the forrest , after things got wet for long enough things began to get mouldy. Even my tent went mouldy. All of those things had to be discarded. It's so brutal how these people with so little will keep loosing the few things they need to survive. It's so hard to get out of the rut of homelessness when you're constantly just trying to keep one step ahead of nature. My heart goes out to everyone doing it tough right now ❤️
I’m in utility vegetation management but I went to school for social work. I interned at a homeless shelter and you wouldn’t believe how people get here. One resident I met had a PhD and was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He suffered a mental breakdown and had no family so he went to the streets. Don’t think that homelessness can’t happen to you.
Do you know he had a PHD and was a professor or did he just tell you that? Assuming what he said is true and your account is accurate...it was not like he had this breakdown and BAM was homeless. It takes a bit to get fired. It takes months to get evicted.
I love you. I see you. I hear you. I traveled the streets of L.A. 23 years ago for 10 years, and it was a blessing for all those I met. Never give up hope.💖Thanks to all that do care. People still have their arms stretched out.
Yes, Kathleen, you are right. This is not a problem of materials, but a problem of compassion. For compassion will most certainly find the proper materials. It's a sickness in the heart, that makes other people homeless.
I knew an electrician who was bitten by a brown recluse spider. He ended up on the sidewalks of Houston Texas. It was so so bad it turned into gangreen. He died on the sidewalk of Houston. He didn't drink or do drugs . So people who say every one who is homeless it's their fault are just so wrong.
I hope that people wat h your videos and it open there eyes to what we as humans can start helping other humans out . Thank you for being g out there and suporting the commuity. Showing the world the truth!
Brothers and Sisters I wish I could be there with you to show you so much love. I live on the other side of the country. I know that the Love of GOD is with you. I know because HE has the BIGGEST HEART for those who are afflicted. Keep on Praying and don't lose Hope. Praying for you now. Much 💕 🙏🏼👑
The Almighty Creator gave mankind dominion over the earth. It is His earnest request, that people love and respect each other enough, so that homelessness won't even occur. And when it does, that all those, believing in Him, will help end it for someone in their range of help. That you and I provide shelter to one another. Starting with a fair wage and an honest rent.
I was in a spa recently and overheard two people talking about how "disgusting" NYC has become because of the homeless. I was soo disturbed because I used to be homeless. I had to say something. I said " you know the homeless are victims of violence, child abuse etc.... I hope this never happens to you. I am disturbed by what you said." They apologized, but it still bothers me.
@@firstlast8258 that is NOT true. Most people are homeless because they cannot afford rent! That said, if someone is using drugs, which people do to escape pain, we need to help them get off the streets. It's nearly impossible to stay sober while homeless.
I want to thank everyone in the comments with nothing but good things to say and for having empathy thank you guys we need you guys please keep going and continue to have a good heart 🙏❤️❤️
This shouldn’t be happening in this rich country. So many unoccupied commercial and retail areas and shopping malls that could be used for shelter. So sad 😭 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
THIS MAKES ME WEEP. THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND STILL HAVE GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING TO GOD ALMIGHTY FOR KEEPING THEM ALIVE. YHVH BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!! AND THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE THAT ALL SUFFERING WILL END AND THERE'S A NEW EARTH THAT BELONGS TO THE CHARITABLE. YHVH WILLING I WILL SEE YOU ALL THERE. SHALOM SHALEM. PEACE.
Disgusting how this country treats it's people the rich get richer while the poor get poorer yes we need more affordable housing but sadly our country's priorities are for spending a 100 billion on war in Ukraine and a ever growing defense budget until this changes our ever growing homeless crisis will never have a permanent solution such as permanent place to live for everyone. God bless and happy new year.
Except for humanitarian aid to Ukraine (the USA spends far less than the EU), all the military money in spent on US contractors, like Lockheed, Boeing, etc. Ukraine gets the surplus military equipment. However, Israel gets new stuff!! Most of the Palestinian women & children killed & wounded in Gaza were targeted by US weapons...
Elite are rich. Rich in military for the legacy of w0r for oil. Church nontaxed etc. only the greedy survive. Massive multi billionaires hold the wealth, not workers
I worked in forestry all of my life and spent weeks at a time camped out in the woods. Even with a nice tent the rain can really suck, I feel for this people but can't fully imagine how awful it is to not be able to get out of the rain.
Maybe they can build economy housing apartments with a community centre downstairs and a community kitchen. People can be called on to voluntarily contribute or fund the heating , food and other little things like soaps etc. Any addicts can be housed separately or put in rehab centres. Everyone can be taught to live on their little community and help each other out and maintain their apartment. I don't know much about USA but this seems like a manmade problem.
it is a manmade problem. but regarding the homeless issue in l.a., they are converting some hotels and motels into homeless shelters. i think theyre going to vote on a law in 2024 to make it easier to house the homeless.
The elite might feel the people are commodities and so then maybe they feel they deserve the super cheap labor from them and then the taxes after that and then get paid rent money for suites and their properties. So maybe they resent not getting their due from the homeless. Talk about entitled. They say people have a choice but they don't actually have a choice. They can work at this cheap job that one that pays peanuts or that one and then give it all right back to stay off the street and it's not even enough to live decently.
Father God, I pray for your people in need of your divine help and presence. Father, hear their cry and bless them in a MIGHTY way O'Lord, protect them, provide for them and save them from the enemy of their souls. In JESUS MIGHTY name. AMEN!
First, we also gave over $800 BILLION in 2023 defense budget. THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY to help Ukraine and solve homelessness. We cannot allow Russia to continue aggression in Europe, and as the leader of the free world, we should be helping other countries. Again - WE HAVE THE MONEY! WE HAVE LOTS OF MONEY! Stop using Ukraine as any kind of talking point because it's not connected to homelessness in any way! If our government wanted to solve homelessness, it could. If the American Evangelical Chruch wanted to solve homelessness tomorrow, it could.
@@InvisiblePeople I get your point,however the aid to Ukraine has nothing to do about helping the people of Ukraine they couldn't care less,it's more about printing currency creating more inflation which robs people of their savings, then the armament industry makes a fortune which goes into the hands of the very very wealthy, and Ukraine's politicians are amongst the most corrupt in the world, filling their pockets in other words, if the US government want to print money at least they should help the homeless in their own country first; I will agree about many churches having more than enough to assist.
Her shivering broke my heart. I been fortunate to still have my car while homeless but I can’t even imagine how much suffering they have sleeping outdoors. She’s still so cold she’s shivering. While I slept in my car in SoCal in the winter it was so cold that my phone would shut off. It sucked because I needed it for work. Yes I was still working full time. Making 1500 a week and still unable to save up enough to get a place on my own, everything started breaking down in my car. Tires, battery, etc living in your car is a lot of wear and tear. I could never save up then after the pandemic my job dried up and now I’m back to making 1900 a month. I never got out of homelessnesses. I feel like a failure. I have to go back to sleeping in my car because couch surfing with my sister and her narcissist husband is impossible. I’ll have to keep fighting and now that they started criminalizing sleeping in your car again… let’s see how I fare. You don’t know cold until you’ve been homeless and cold. That’s bone cold. I remember many times I couldn’t stop shivering and you can’t turn on your car because you’ll draw attention to yourself. Being homeless sucks
Truth is homelessness will NEVER end. That is a fact that all people need to come in terms with, BUT we can and should help those who want to desperately get out of this situation. As long as drugs exist and people don’t want to work hard to get out of this situation, homelessness will exist.
Cities with high rents have the most homelessness. Cities with the highest drug use, DO NOT have the most homelessness! Hmmmmm, what does that tell you?
@@InvisiblePeople So LA does not have record high drug use among the homeless? Weird take. Better question, why aren’t you advocating for real solutions like involuntary holds for people with psychiatric and mental issues? Allowing those individuals to continue shitting on themselves and shooting up with dirty needles is inhumane.
@@iheartlreoy8134 You have the ACLU to thank for this. They sued. They won. It was determined, that the mentally ill have free will, and in most cases can't be held unless permission is granted. This is a crisis of drug abuse and mental health, not affordable housing!
@@InvisiblePeople people with health problems like LUPUS...HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES AND BACK PAIN CANNOT " WORK HARD " GOD VALUES those people while the Nazis say " work or die"......
@@willywonka69xx I've seen them filled with more and more homeless people due to the rise of housing costs and the many other reasons that folks are unable to get on their feet. I was there once. Are the neighborhoods getting trashed? Yes. But you're missing the point of this video and what they're showing. These are humans. They don't wake up one day with the intention of trashing their locations. Tents, cardboard, garbage, waste products, etc., are never going to "look good". And yes, I'm aware of folks who are out there because of their addictions, etc. Again, not the point here.
@@sarahlaughedcoaching"housing costs" have nothing to do with it. People that "wake up" homeless worked hard to get there. They burned out and stole from family and friends. They burned through layers of social netting... seriously hard working, non-addicts, moral people get to rent a room with friends or family members....
Just seen a homeless person sleeping in a puddle next to Hyde Park, London, UK. It is pouring. Anybody driving by in their Tesla's, Range Rovers, Bentley s could have easily helped this person. No one did.
@@jacobus57 Pay for a room to get them out of the rain for a couple of days and help them with some food and dry clothes. Buy them a tent or a tarp and a sleeping bag or dry socks, boots. . Help establish a homeless shelter. It is easier to ignore the the whole problem like the government and most people in America.
There were many homeless in the Depression of the 30s. Also rent was much less compared to income in general. There has historically been more public housing and we have a nationwide housing shortage of housing especially housing that people who earn less can afford. And zoning, and Nimby's. And also just abandoning mentally ill people in the 80s, thanks Reagan.
Very disheartening to see. Myself I don't have much but I sleep indoors on a mattress, have a blanket, have heat, can take a shower, use the bathroom, make a cup of coffee. We too much take things for granted. These people have nothing; meanwhile billions going to other countries. Address the problems here first, and I recently read that over 40,000 of our nation's Veterans are homeless. I gave a lousy $5 to a woman sitting on the sidewalk outside 7-11. I pray for them all. I try.
As a Japanese, I have watched several videos at this channel, and I am curious that even homeless people have white bright shiny tooth. Japanese tooth is typically yellow because we dont care about tooth color so much. How can they make their tooth white? Its not offense but just a curiosity. Thank you for understanding.
homelessness is social problem Delima but when you think deeper it is not because of lack of money or job or school but it comes directly from fragile family relationships inside the society . the solution is not building more houses but to tell people to take care of their elders if they want their kids to look after them when they grow old sometime,
Tell these people to try to buy a smaller rain fly at Walmart that fits snug on top of their tent. Also they should try to find a wood pallet (free) to pitch their tent on top of. This gets them a few inches off the pavement.
I remember being homeless in Camden NJ in the winter. And I'll never forget how cold and wet it was. Freezing cold water, almost like slush - attatched to your body. You can barely walk and move. Sleeping outside wherever, too. It disgusts me that we send billions of dollars to all these other countries, yet we have our own problems in this country right in front of us.
30% seems a miscalculation, don't you agree? But there's way too little done there, to help avoid people getting homeless in the first place. Heartless state. Asking 2000,- rent for a small one bedroom apartment. Who can afford that?
@@outterlimits1 Ah, you meant 30% of all the homeless in the USA are based in California, even though the density of population (most populated state) would allow for only 12% with equal distribution. Thought for a moment, that you meant, that 30% of Californians were homeless :) Seems especially the Los Angeles area is doing pretty bad.
@@gardenjoy5223 EVER HEARD OF SHARING A ROOM? People in the cheap seats have done it for centuries. The sad fact is many of those on the street just do not play well with others. Including their own families and friends.
2:10 if this clip was seperate, I'd never believe it's from America. Horrible that we let this happen to people. I would think is from some starving 3rd world country with no clean water and doctors.
The unfairness of this is heartbreaking. I wish I had the money to help them. It is so unfair that athletes and entertainers make billions and they are no better than these people suffering on the street. They should donate at least half of their money to these people and also help animals that are suffering.
I know. It makes me angry because even when housing for the homeless - or even low-income to keep more from winding up on the streets - is suggested to go in certain areas, these middle-class NIMBY types scream and cry about how they don't want it near them cuz "property values", or "we don't want those horrible monsters near our CHILDREN!!!", as if the homeless are all leering, slobbering pedos with needles hanging out of their arms and crapping everywhere like animals, instead of fellow human beings who have fallen on hard times. They don't want the homeless around, but they don't want to help them into housing if it requires having those...THINGS near them.
It's much easier to blame the homeless than to realize there is no difference between that guy on the sidewalk and a person with a mortgage other than maybe a few bad weeks or losing a job. Once you realize homeless are people just like you, you start to question all those comforting safe middle-class assumptions about America and your place within it.
I was wondering what was happening in Skid Row. Seen it many times. An I know that it about 60 blocks wide now. Makes me upset and angry. How can we treat people like this? Totally uncalled for. I am praying for them and for myself, to not end up out there, here in Phoenix. God Help Us
If the government cared more about the tax payers then it's military might we wouldn't have so much homeless. All it's domestic products going overseas, and letting illegal aliens taking away the low paying jobs that that do exist!
I have seen many interviews with homeless and the vast majority have never held down a job,never vontributed to society. Just been a burden in and out of prison drugged out. In and out of hospital at the taxpayers expense.!
There are over 50k homeless people in the city of LA and only 14k shelter beds. That said, shelters suck. They are often horrible places with little to no dignity.
For your sanity, it's better to be in the streets,than a shelter,,! Shelters are very depressing and dangerous places to be! You will be looked down to , as if you something less than human!
So are they saying drug addiction, trauma and mental illness is more acceptable if they are left sleeping in the dirt and snow, and have no bathroom? It's far more humane and hygienic and better for society and them if they have a tiny home. It's cheaper, cleaner and kinder. Many of these people have been severely traumatized and abused. Some have been traffic. Many have gone through unspeakable atrocities or prolonged terrible abuse. Many have mental illnesses. Oftentimes they grew up in horror and never taught anything or shown any love or care. They are worth just as much to God as anybody else. Did Jesus make people earn kindness and love? Yes preach repentance and salvation but provide love and mercy too. Immediately. Small 8x8 homes built out of concrete blocks so that they last forever with a bed and dresser and shower and bathrooms on sight. And dumpsters on site. No junk or garbage allowed outside the tiny homes. Remove all garbage every evening. They are not more sinful than than the people that have a roof over their head.
Forgives us father for letting down so many people, we bring animals into our homes and care for them, but we leave human beings on the street, worse yet we tear down what they call homes and jail them. These are all our children......we should all be so ashamed for this colossal failure.
Working on a book now for Grace Marketplace in Gainesville with square code to live interviews and a short documentary. Hope my friend that left let's me use his footage too. The documentary will be by Gerald. 😁🤓😎❤️💯
I brought some expensive speakers dirt cheap from Goodwill Online in California. The rain was so bad it delayed my delivery for a week! Shows the rain was NOT PLAYING! Buildings flooded. UPS and FedEx also delayed deliveries. I say this to illustrate this rain must have been unusually bad. Now imagine living unprotected in a makeshift abode enduring killer rain. That had to be hell. When God himself ruins a homeless encampment there is no one to sue. The really sad part is down to a person when they talked of fears they'd get sick due to prolonged rain exposure, you could hear the fear break the timber \ cadence of their voices. That fear is REAL!
Guys can someone help me out here… could the coast guard help? I mean set up stuff… does our military ever gets involve? Or when should than? For example: I am a nurse and during COVID people where dying no ventilator no beds no space in the morgue to keep bodies 😳 I know military has resources and training but still we where on our own people die and they didn’t had too… I know they have enough stuff to do and things to take care of, but how about fixing the house first? Specially with that budget 😏 This is a legit question I have….
The government should look after these people and give them cheap housing and help them in everyway possible. This is disgraceful the way these poor people are treated .Land of hope and glory . NAH I DONT THINK SO .MY PRAYERS DOR ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING ON ALL LEVELS ❤️ FROM NEW ZEALAND 🇳🇿 🙏 😢 💔 ❤️ 😞 🇳🇿 🙏 😢 💔 ❤️ 😞 🇳🇿 🙏 😢 💔 ❤️
Please add advertisement to ALL of your videos, at the very least two to each, so we can contribute that way. ❤ Donations are not enough. More money to a great cause! 🙏🏽
Small things as having a home, a bed, a family, food in the table is what we should be always grateful and never take anything for granted.
A family? I never was able to afford that. Jobs come and go so you never know when you will run out of money. I never felt confident.
I have all of those things and more, primarily because I work full-time. It is amazing how problems are alleviated simply though employment.
Every time it rains I immediately think how awful and depressing the rain was when I was homeless, I still can feel those emotions 😔
Same. I slept in my car so it wasn't nearly as bad as being on the street, but I think of people living on the street now every time it rains in LA.
Because we have been in need we can clearly see it and don't so quickly judge the needy as deserving of their troubles or as undeserving of our help.
We know cold, hunger, unrelenting pain and even desperation, may we never forget and always help where we can. 🙏
Garbage bags and tarps, blankets and dry socks, hand warmers are all appreciated and used in rainy weather.
When I was homeless, living in a tent I was out in the forrest , after things got wet for long enough things began to get mouldy. Even my tent went mouldy. All of those things had to be discarded. It's so brutal how these people with so little will keep loosing the few things they need to survive. It's so hard to get out of the rut of homelessness when you're constantly just trying to keep one step ahead of nature. My heart goes out to everyone doing it tough right now ❤️
Same here too, I find myself always thinking about my neighbors. It's difficult seeing so many people ignored.
I know. I'd usually still sleep with the jacket on, just to keep warm, and despite it being soaked.
I’m in utility vegetation management but I went to school for social work. I interned at a homeless shelter and you wouldn’t believe how people get here. One resident I met had a PhD and was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He suffered a mental breakdown and had no family so he went to the streets. Don’t think that homelessness can’t happen to you.
Do you know he had a PHD and was a professor or did he just tell you that? Assuming what he said is true and your account is accurate...it was not like he had this breakdown and BAM was homeless. It takes a bit to get fired. It takes months to get evicted.
Absolutely heartbreaking. We must help get these poor suffering people indoors.
Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional
@@firstlast8258 how is suffering optional? Just curious. Thanks
@@hippyable well in this case if this person cares so much about the homeless they should open their home to them same goes for you
Bring them to your house
Yes, even renting an empty warehouse for them is much better than out on the sidewalks.
I love you. I see you. I hear you. I traveled the streets of L.A. 23 years ago for 10 years, and it was a blessing for all those I met. Never give up hope.💖Thanks to all that do care. People still have their arms stretched out.
It's so sad tht there's no affordable housing but wht is even more sad is the lack of compassion 😢💔🙏💖
Yes, instead of spending money going to moon why aren't they solving housing problems on earth.
Compassion for whom? The 99 percent whose lives are fouled by the homeless?
@@elizabethturczyk1533 because the moon is possible and the homeless are bottomless bit for money and compassion.
Yes, Kathleen, you are right. This is not a problem of materials, but a problem of compassion. For compassion will most certainly find the proper materials. It's a sickness in the heart, that makes other people homeless.
@@willywonka69xx Be compassionate, leave some Percocets laced with fentanyl laying out for them.
I knew an electrician who was bitten by a brown recluse spider. He ended up on the sidewalks of Houston Texas. It was so so bad it turned into gangreen. He died on the sidewalk of Houston. He didn't drink or do drugs . So people who say every one who is homeless it's their fault are just so wrong.
I get so frustrated when I hear people say "Oh they all do drugs, or they ended up on the streets by choice"
Wow, that's really something. Very sad.
I can't believe that in 2023 life is like that for these people, it's so sad, they deserve better in this world! 💞💕💞💕
The brown recluse spider is no joke. With out going to the ER it will definitely kill us.
Assuming your story is true...majority of homeless are adicts.
Thank you for shining a compassionate light on the state of America. We forget that we are only as strong as our weakest.
These videos make me cry, bless these old souls x
Why just why doesn’t América provide shelter for all homeless people!!! Instead we spend our money on other stupid countries!!! 😒😡
Open your home to them
because they would destroy it and then sue the city
And illegals
I hope that people wat h your videos and it open there eyes to what we as humans can start helping other humans out . Thank you for being g out there and suporting the commuity. Showing the world the truth!
Hope is not a plan
Brothers and Sisters I wish I could be there with you to show you so much love. I live on the other side of the country. I know that the Love of GOD is with you. I know because HE has the BIGGEST HEART for those who are afflicted. Keep on Praying and don't lose Hope. Praying for you now. Much 💕 🙏🏼👑
This is what keeps me up at night. God bless.
Thank you for sharing these stories with the World
My earnest prayer to the Almighty Creator is to provide shelter to all humans.
The Almighty Creator gave mankind dominion over the earth. It is His earnest request, that people love and respect each other enough, so that homelessness won't even occur. And when it does, that all those, believing in Him, will help end it for someone in their range of help. That you and I provide shelter to one another. Starting with a fair wage and an honest rent.
I was in a spa recently and overheard two people talking about how "disgusting" NYC has become because of the homeless. I was soo disturbed because I used to be homeless. I had to say something. I said " you know the homeless are victims of violence, child abuse etc.... I hope this never happens to you. I am disturbed by what you said." They apologized, but it still bothers me.
Most are homeless because of substance abuse
@@firstlast8258 that is NOT true. Most people are homeless because they cannot afford rent! That said, if someone is using drugs, which people do to escape pain, we need to help them get off the streets. It's nearly impossible to stay sober while homeless.
@@InvisiblePeople speak for yourself
@@InvisiblePeople They can't afford rent due to substance abuse you old fool.
@@firstlast8258nobody can afford a 5 million dollar house in San Francisco…????? Can you….??????
I want to thank everyone in the comments with nothing but good things to say and for having empathy thank you guys we need you guys please keep going and continue to have a good heart 🙏❤️❤️
Yeah wet socks and shoes are the worst
This shouldn’t be happening in this rich country. So many unoccupied commercial and retail areas and shopping malls that could be used for shelter. So sad 😭 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
THIS MAKES ME WEEP. THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND STILL HAVE GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING TO GOD ALMIGHTY FOR KEEPING THEM ALIVE. YHVH BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!! AND THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE THAT ALL SUFFERING WILL END AND THERE'S A NEW EARTH THAT BELONGS TO THE CHARITABLE. YHVH WILLING I WILL SEE YOU ALL THERE. SHALOM SHALEM. PEACE.
27 years . Let me say it again for the people who didn't hear the first time 💔🙏😭
Disgusting how this country treats it's people the rich get richer while the poor get poorer yes we need more affordable housing but sadly our country's priorities are for spending a 100 billion on war in Ukraine and a ever growing defense budget until this changes our ever growing homeless crisis will never have a permanent solution such as permanent place to live for everyone. God bless and happy new year.
Never say never
Except for humanitarian aid to Ukraine (the USA spends far less than the EU), all the military money in spent on US contractors, like Lockheed, Boeing, etc. Ukraine gets the surplus military equipment. However, Israel gets new stuff!! Most of the Palestinian women & children killed & wounded in Gaza were targeted by US weapons...
💔 Why do we let people live like this in the richest (not really) country in the world
Ask your politicians.
Greed and selfishness. In short, sin.
We have to fund Ukraine!
Elite are rich. Rich in military for the legacy of w0r for oil. Church nontaxed etc. only the greedy survive. Massive multi billionaires hold the wealth, not workers
What do you mean we let them? There free to do what they want
I hope if anyone watching is judging these folks, they are prepared to inherit these same situations on them.
Thanks for what you do.
Thank you for sharing ❤
I worked in forestry all of my life and spent weeks at a time camped out in the woods. Even with a nice tent the rain can really suck, I feel for this people but can't fully imagine how awful it is to not be able to get out of the rain.
Maybe they can build economy housing apartments with a community centre downstairs and a community kitchen. People can be called on to voluntarily contribute or fund the heating , food and other little things like soaps etc. Any addicts can be housed separately or put in rehab centres. Everyone can be taught to live on their little community and help each other out and maintain their apartment.
I don't know much about USA but this seems like a manmade problem.
That cost money. Money that politicians do not want to waste on a bunch of useless people (i.e, spend money on homeless people).
@@MrBernardhard it's so sad. There is so much money around. They'll have to answer for this on judgement day
it is a manmade problem. but regarding the homeless issue in l.a., they are converting some hotels and motels into homeless shelters. i think theyre going to vote on a law in 2024 to make it easier to house the homeless.
The elite might feel the people are commodities and so then maybe they feel they deserve the super cheap labor from them and then the taxes after that and then get paid rent money for suites and their properties. So maybe they resent not getting their due from the homeless. Talk about entitled.
They say people have a choice but they don't actually have a choice. They can work at this cheap job that one that pays peanuts or that one and then give it all right back to stay off the street and it's not even enough to live decently.
Father God, I pray for your people in need of your divine help and presence. Father, hear their cry and bless them in a MIGHTY way O'Lord, protect them, provide for them and save them from the enemy of their souls. In JESUS MIGHTY name. AMEN!
Amen
Amen❤
The government give Billions of $ for the war in Ukraine, yet they can't find enough for these homeless people.....its a disgrace!
First, we also gave over $800 BILLION in 2023 defense budget. THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY to help Ukraine and solve homelessness. We cannot allow Russia to continue aggression in Europe, and as the leader of the free world, we should be helping other countries. Again - WE HAVE THE MONEY! WE HAVE LOTS OF MONEY! Stop using Ukraine as any kind of talking point because it's not connected to homelessness in any way! If our government wanted to solve homelessness, it could. If the American Evangelical Chruch wanted to solve homelessness tomorrow, it could.
@@InvisiblePeople I get your point,however the aid to Ukraine has nothing to do about helping the people of Ukraine they couldn't care less,it's more about printing currency creating more inflation which robs people of their savings, then the armament industry makes a fortune which goes into the hands of the very very wealthy, and Ukraine's politicians are amongst the most corrupt in the world, filling their pockets in other words, if the US government want to print money at least they should help the homeless in their own country first; I will agree about many churches having more than enough to assist.
How can we make American Great by ending homelessness 1st. A curse is on this country because of this , end homelessness.
@@jeremyfisher8461 muh money printing
@@lakeshataylor1885 so open your home to them
Absolutely heartbreaking 😮💨
This is how it is for me when I see it rain I always think of the homeless people and I’m so glad we have houses
Hurts to see people suffering thanks for bringing awareness.
The countrys money should help this situation instead of going to help the politicians with their lavish ‘expenses’ and BS costs.
Her shivering broke my heart. I been fortunate to still have my car while homeless but I can’t even imagine how much suffering they have sleeping outdoors. She’s still so cold she’s shivering. While I slept in my car in SoCal in the winter it was so cold that my phone would shut off. It sucked because I needed it for work. Yes I was still working full time. Making 1500 a week and still unable to save up enough to get a place on my own, everything started breaking down in my car. Tires, battery, etc living in your car is a lot of wear and tear. I could never save up then after the pandemic my job dried up and now I’m back to making 1900 a month. I never got out of homelessnesses. I feel like a failure. I have to go back to sleeping in my car because couch surfing with my sister and her narcissist husband is impossible. I’ll have to keep fighting and now that they started criminalizing sleeping in your car again… let’s see how I fare. You don’t know cold until you’ve been homeless and cold. That’s bone cold. I remember many times I couldn’t stop shivering and you can’t turn on your car because you’ll draw attention to yourself. Being homeless sucks
Just like Hell on Earth for these people 😪
IF I HAD SOME HELP I WOULD HELP!! THEM PRAY FOR THEM
Truth is homelessness will NEVER end. That is a fact that all people need to come in terms with, BUT we can and should help those who want to desperately get out of this situation. As long as drugs exist and people don’t want to work hard to get out of this situation, homelessness will exist.
Cities with high rents have the most homelessness. Cities with the highest drug use, DO NOT have the most homelessness! Hmmmmm, what does that tell you?
@@InvisiblePeople So LA does not have record high drug use among the homeless? Weird take. Better question, why aren’t you advocating for real solutions like involuntary holds for people with psychiatric and mental issues? Allowing those individuals to continue shitting on themselves and shooting up with dirty needles is inhumane.
@@iheartlreoy8134 Mark was homeless for years. you don't have to preach to him dude. he was there.
@@iheartlreoy8134 You have the ACLU to thank for this. They sued. They won. It was determined, that the mentally ill have free will, and in most cases can't be held unless permission is granted. This is a crisis of drug abuse and mental health, not affordable housing!
@@InvisiblePeople people with health problems like LUPUS...HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES AND BACK PAIN CANNOT " WORK HARD " GOD VALUES those people while the Nazis say " work or die"......
The rain sucks when your living in a tent .... 🙏🙏🙏🙏's for them all .. 😓
It's even worse without a tent!
heartbreaking, please dear Lord, bless their souls
I'm in L.A. and it's been raining intensely ALL DAY today. These poor people. Ugh....
These poor people...have you seen the neighborhoods RUINED by the homeless.
@@willywonka69xx I've seen them filled with more and more homeless people due to the rise of housing costs and the many other reasons that folks are unable to get on their feet. I was there once. Are the neighborhoods getting trashed? Yes. But you're missing the point of this video and what they're showing. These are humans. They don't wake up one day with the intention of trashing their locations. Tents, cardboard, garbage, waste products, etc., are never going to "look good".
And yes, I'm aware of folks who are out there because of their addictions, etc. Again, not the point here.
@@sarahlaughedcoaching"housing costs" have nothing to do with it. People that "wake up" homeless worked hard to get there. They burned out and stole from family and friends. They burned through layers of social netting... seriously hard working, non-addicts, moral people get to rent a room with friends or family members....
Rest in Peace, Bobby
For what we sent Ukraine we could have housed every homeless person in America
Just seen a homeless person sleeping in a puddle next to Hyde Park, London, UK. It is pouring. Anybody driving by in their Tesla's, Range Rovers, Bentley s could have easily helped this person. No one did.
How can we help? Do we know, to whom to turn? In Europe exist many shelters for homeless people, but it's not easy to fit in there.....
Did you help?
And did you help Balazs?
You went past too bruh 😅
@@jacobus57 Pay for a room to get them out of the rain for a couple of days and help them with some food and dry clothes. Buy them a tent or a tarp and a sleeping bag or dry socks, boots. .
Help establish a homeless shelter. It is easier to ignore
the the whole problem like
the government and most people in America.
@@lindaetheridge-stroud1502 Is that what you do?
If a Country can afford nuclear weapons and not care for the essential needs of its citizens..
Gawd bless Murica
Living in Canada whenever there is a blizzard I always think of the homeless. Idk what they do when there isn’t enough space in the shelters :(
Wow this video hit me in a different way.
We never had this year's ago. People would look after people. There were rules to humanity.
There were many homeless in the Depression of the 30s. Also rent was much less compared to income in general. There has historically been more public housing and we have a nationwide housing shortage of housing especially housing that people who earn less can afford. And zoning, and Nimby's. And also just abandoning mentally ill people in the 80s, thanks Reagan.
It's absolutely heartbreaking
Can’t imagine living like this, I hope our government help.
Democrat's ? LOL , Are you for real ?
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Excellent cinematography! Appropriately artistic.
Very disheartening to see. Myself I don't have much but I sleep indoors on a mattress, have a blanket, have heat, can take a shower, use the bathroom, make a cup of coffee. We too much take things for granted. These people have nothing; meanwhile billions going to other countries. Address the problems here first, and I recently read that over 40,000 of our nation's Veterans are homeless. I gave a lousy $5 to a woman sitting on the sidewalk outside 7-11. I pray for them all. I try.
Speak for yourself
As a Japanese, I have watched several videos at this channel, and I am curious that even homeless people have white bright shiny tooth.
Japanese tooth is typically yellow because we dont care about tooth color so much.
How can they make their tooth white?
Its not offense but just a curiosity.
Thank you for understanding.
Their teeth are actually considered crooked and bad. I think it's the tea that stains your teeth.
A lot of homeless also have one or animals and many expensive tattoos 😜!
There are so many abandoned malls , I just read of an abandoned school that's in use for migrants.
thank god for a man like you indeed!
homelessness is social problem Delima but when you think deeper it is not because of lack of money or job or school but it comes directly from fragile family relationships inside the society .
the solution is not building more houses but to tell people to take care of their elders if they want their kids to look after them when they grow old sometime,
Tell these people to try to buy a smaller rain fly at Walmart that fits snug on top of their tent. Also they should try to find a wood pallet (free) to pitch their tent on top of. This gets them a few inches off the pavement.
I remember being homeless in Camden NJ in the winter. And I'll never forget how cold and wet it was. Freezing cold water, almost like slush - attatched to your body. You can barely walk and move. Sleeping outside wherever, too. It disgusts me that we send billions of dollars to all these other countries, yet we have our own problems in this country right in front of us.
Please dear God help these people 🙏🙏😭
He isn't going to. People who pray are merely pissing in the wind.
What god?😅
Harsh and sad reality.
These people should be in housing! No-one should have to be living the way they are in the US in 2022/23.
So open your home to them
@@firstlast8258yours too..???? Maybe politicians can help…?????
The worst is yet to come.
@@sarahgrace4768 best thing they can do to help is resign
People who go to the Staples Center pass by this place all the time and do not bat an eye at the misery on the streets
Heartbreaking.
With 30% of the nation's homeless, California should activate it's national guard to setup large camps with social services.
30% seems a miscalculation, don't you agree? But there's way too little done there, to help avoid people getting homeless in the first place. Heartless state. Asking 2000,- rent for a small one bedroom apartment. Who can afford that?
@@gardenjoy5223 I had found that 30% figure on a search for:
calmatters homeless count 2022
@@outterlimits1 Ah, you meant 30% of all the homeless in the USA are based in California, even though the density of population (most populated state) would allow for only 12% with equal distribution.
Thought for a moment, that you meant, that 30% of Californians were homeless :)
Seems especially the Los Angeles area is doing pretty bad.
@@gardenjoy5223 EVER HEARD OF SHARING A ROOM? People in the cheap seats have done it for centuries. The sad fact is many of those on the street just do not play well with others. Including their own families and friends.
@@TheGeosto YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT things everyone knows.
I already share a room. It's called marriage.
Very honestly.
Lord bless these people! I feel the pain, used to spend more nights outside then on my bed. I did a couple years of Infantry!
More pointless waffle from a "Believer".
@Chiricahua Apache You good ? Need a hug buddy?
@@zproxiimiity7733 Just sow your seed, Sheep.
2:10 if this clip was seperate, I'd never believe it's from America. Horrible that we let this happen to people. I would think is from some starving 3rd world country with no clean water and doctors.
Speak for yourself
@@firstlast8258 what do you mean?
Zip lock plastic bags ! Put your socks , underwear , T- shirts in them . Little trick we do in the military .
No one needs to go through this! It’s obvious our present government has no desire to help in anyway. 😢😢
pray that homelessness will be over 🙏
I'm through with the problem. Every storm has a silver lining and at least one rainbow.
You have gone to church to many times,!
These are people!! How can someone walk by and not help😢
The unfairness of this is heartbreaking. I wish I had the money to help them. It is so unfair that athletes and entertainers make billions and they are no better than these people suffering on the street. They should donate at least half of their money to these people and also help animals that are suffering.
and all i hear is the hatred coming from the middle class about the homeless people, which is disgusting
I know. It makes me angry because even when housing for the homeless - or even low-income to keep more from winding up on the streets - is suggested to go in certain areas, these middle-class NIMBY types scream and cry about how they don't want it near them cuz "property values", or "we don't want those horrible monsters near our CHILDREN!!!", as if the homeless are all leering, slobbering pedos with needles hanging out of their arms and crapping everywhere like animals, instead of fellow human beings who have fallen on hard times. They don't want the homeless around, but they don't want to help them into housing if it requires having those...THINGS near them.
That's because they are terrified it's about to happen to them.
It's much easier to blame the homeless than to realize there is no difference between that guy on the sidewalk and a person with a mortgage other than maybe a few bad weeks or losing a job.
Once you realize homeless are people just like you, you start to question all those comforting safe middle-class assumptions about America and your place within it.
what middle class? most of the folks attacking everyone else are the low class.
Thank you for being here
I was wondering what was happening in Skid Row. Seen it many times. An I know that it about 60 blocks wide now. Makes me upset and angry. How can we treat people like this? Totally uncalled for. I am praying for them and for myself, to not end up out there, here in Phoenix. God Help Us
If the government cared more about the tax payers then it's military might we wouldn't have so much homeless. All it's domestic products going overseas, and letting illegal aliens taking away the low paying jobs that that do exist!
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I have seen many interviews with homeless and the vast majority have never held down a job,never vontributed to society. Just been a burden in and out of prison drugged out. In and out of hospital at the taxpayers expense.!
Unless you have been homeless, you have no idea what its like to suffer, struggle, and deal with all the issues that come with being homeless.
such a depressing video :( i feel for all them there can't imagine completely what its like living through that
Amazing documentary mark ❤️❤️❤️
When I was homeless way it was rain this horrible to see!
Have these people been given spoke to in regards to going to a shelter?
There are over 50k homeless people in the city of LA and only 14k shelter beds. That said, shelters suck. They are often horrible places with little to no dignity.
Can tell you’ve never experience that by saying that, horrible places.
@@InvisiblePeople and they can’t smoke their crack or drink their booze inside
For your sanity, it's better to be in the streets,than a shelter,,! Shelters are very depressing and dangerous places to be! You will be looked down to , as if you something less than human!
So are they saying drug addiction, trauma and mental illness is more acceptable if they are left sleeping in the dirt and snow, and have no bathroom?
It's far more humane and hygienic and better for society and them if they have a tiny home. It's cheaper, cleaner and kinder.
Many of these people have been severely traumatized and abused. Some have been traffic. Many have gone through unspeakable atrocities or prolonged terrible abuse.
Many have mental illnesses. Oftentimes they grew up in horror and never taught anything or shown any love or care.
They are worth just as much to God as anybody else.
Did Jesus make people earn kindness and love?
Yes preach repentance and salvation but provide love and mercy too. Immediately.
Small 8x8 homes built out of concrete blocks so that they last forever with a bed and dresser and shower and bathrooms on sight. And dumpsters on site. No junk or garbage allowed outside the tiny homes. Remove all garbage every evening.
They are not more sinful than than the people that have a roof over their head.
I wonder if this people have any relatives to go to during the rainy season 😞😢
Just during the rainy season 😢for God’s sake🙏
Forgives us father for letting down so many people, we bring animals into our homes and care for them, but we leave human beings on the street, worse yet we tear down what they call homes and jail them. These are all our children......we should all be so ashamed for this colossal failure.
Amen forgive us Lord Jesus Christ.
THANK YOU DEMOCRATS !!👽
Working on a book now for Grace Marketplace in Gainesville with square code to live interviews and a short documentary. Hope my friend that left let's me use his footage too. The documentary will be by Gerald. 😁🤓😎❤️💯
I’m headed to Gainesville in a few weeks
I brought some expensive speakers dirt cheap from Goodwill Online in California. The rain was so bad it delayed my delivery for a week! Shows the rain was NOT PLAYING! Buildings flooded. UPS and FedEx also delayed deliveries. I say this to illustrate this rain must have been unusually bad. Now imagine living unprotected in a makeshift abode enduring killer rain. That had to be hell. When God himself ruins a homeless encampment there is no one to sue. The really sad part is down to a person when they talked of fears they'd get sick due to prolonged rain exposure, you could hear the fear break the timber \ cadence of their voices. That fear is REAL!
Would like to hear from people living outdoors how they grew up.
Guys can someone help me out here… could the coast guard help? I mean set up stuff… does our military ever gets involve? Or when should than?
For example: I am a nurse and during COVID people where dying no ventilator no beds no space in the morgue to keep bodies 😳 I know military has resources and training but still we where on our own people die and they didn’t had too…
I know they have enough stuff to do and things to take care of, but how about fixing the house first? Specially with that budget 😏
This is a legit question I have….
The government should look after these people and give them cheap housing and help them in everyway possible. This is disgraceful the way these poor people are treated .Land of hope and glory . NAH I DONT THINK SO .MY PRAYERS DOR ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING ON ALL LEVELS ❤️ FROM NEW ZEALAND 🇳🇿 🙏 😢 💔 ❤️ 😞 🇳🇿 🙏 😢 💔 ❤️ 😞 🇳🇿 🙏 😢 💔 ❤️
Don't do drugs. Not even once.
The people in power disgust me to let humans suffer like this it should be illegal
Please add advertisement to ALL of your videos, at the very least two to each, so we can contribute that way. ❤ Donations are not enough. More money to a great cause! 🙏🏽
The ad banner before this came on, ironically, have the nerve to be stock, and how to buy stock, and how much money you can make!? Bad timing🤦🏽♀️
It’s called personalized ads.. the content creator has no control over that whatsoever
Average rent in LA Is $2,781. Why does anyone live in California at all?
it has been raining in so cal,sad
Man, I bet that water is so full of various bacteria it's not even funny.