The new homeless
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2009
- The tent city of Pinellas Hope, Fla is home to many who never thought they would find themselves homeless, but had nowhere else to go after being unable to find work as the economy crumbled.
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I was homeless with a child and I wasn't mentally ill and I'm damn sure NOT a drug addict. Hard times befall all of us and be very careful how you treat people because you will NEVER know when you'll be in that same situation. Peace and many blessings upon us all
My heart goes out to anyone who is homeless. Don't judge a person until you have walked in their shoes. A good friend once told me, "Donna, we are all just one paycheck away from being homeless."
Paying rent at an apartment house or motel is a waste of money all your doing is making the landlords richer so they can waste your hard earned money taking vacations buying cars and clothes...while workers waste their life away at a job the landlord just sit on they fat ass blowing money I rather keep my money buy my own car and live in a tent house...your not homeless if you have a tent and a car it's better than being carless and tentless because some homeless people live under bridges without any of those luxuries.
@@ninobrown9988 funny you brought that up been thinking about buying a tent
I never saw this coming for our family. We kept thinking we’d find a way. It really hit us hard. We are full time rvers now in a beautiful 5th wheel and we acquired it after much struggle. If and when we buy a house again I will always have an rv for peace of mind. I can always take off in my tiny home, have adventures, find employment anywhere, and live! My advice to anyone is to not keep thinking that any day the answer is coming. Plan for the worst while you can. A nomadic life is a beautiful life.
janetwon you’ll someday eat your words my friend. Karma doesn’t play fair.
@@CrowningMoments - Thank you for sharing your story
It could happen to anyone, Don't get too high on your success. You could loose everything at anytime.
Yup, and the types like him living on the lake are usually the first to lose their estates on these recessions.
That’s right
I am homeless and I wish there was something like this in my country. You try to move on but being homeless there are so many challenges. You can't get a job and all you can worry about is food and safety. Strength to all these people.
My husband and I found ourselves homeless at ages 60 and 50. He lost his job at age 59 in 2008 during the recession and was out of work until 2015. He was making a six figure income the last job he had but he was applying for $10 hour retail jobs, doing handyman work or anything just to bring money in. Our home of 23 years went into foreclosure and we finally left that property in 2012. Luckily my sis stepped in at the last minute and let us couch surf at her place. My husband was now another homeless Vietnam veteran. Nobody thinks this will happen to them (I didn't) but when it does it happens so fast it's mind boggling. If it hasn't happened to you-you just can't know.
When i was making good money i was thinking & planning 2 B homeless, most people when they R making good money just piss it away on frivolous stuff... Then when i became homeless it didn't bother me much
Vietnam veteran! Them and their families deserve better....i will start interviewing homeless people soon. I want to hear their stories..
So true
Ma'am I hope you are doing well now..
Just wanted to ask what you n your husband wants to tell the younger generation about money ...
What mistakes you both hv done which made you homeless...
It will be really helpfull if you will answer my question😊
God forbids that man who's down talking the homeless wont ever have to live there. Anyone can loose their job, home, family in a second. prayers to all of them.
Angelica Sanchez that's what I was thinking
A knowledge of simple survival techniques, and some sort of pre-planning for homelessness is a necessity since 2008. Its because all manufacturing went east. The west screwed itself.
Angelica Sanchez I agree
Amen
The comment section needs its own dislike counter
May all the homeless be blessed with a home and a job soon.amen...
Amen
My neighbor explained to me that an architectural firm she worked at for 25 years changed her hours to part-time and six months later let her go. She said she wasn't eligible for unemployment benefits, didn't receive her pension (although the IRS thought she did and contacted her about it), and was forced to apply for her Social Security benefits early which meant she got hundreds of dollars less a month.
People should not be quick to judge a person who is homeless.
It can happen to anyone. You can lose your job, your income, your benefits, then your home, your car . . . it is a national crisis that has been going on for decades.
Have you ever wondered why homelessness - even with all of the efforts to help - just keeps getting worse? Not better?
Homeless people are not Necessarily drug addicts etc. They are exactly what it says homeless.
Homeless people don't do drugs all the time they are homeless because a divorce , loss of jobs and other stuuf
DASO MILITIA by that point everyone is an addict
Depends. If one is not an addict, there is no reason for that person to be homeless in downtown LA or some other major city. If they live as homeless in downtown of major cities, they stay there because they are seeking something widely available there, like drug sell and criminal means of getting the money for it.
So, what we learned is your grandma did not post on youtube or other online media.
Not they are just lazy people who don't want to paid rent or work
Whats wrong with that guy.
These men and women are not drug addicts.
They just lost their job.
I worked in Santa Cruz calif every day and evry time I passed through there .All I see is people smoking mota or I should say weed
GambitMojo wha Exactly! He said they were all drug addicts. He’s clearly ignorant and dumb.
What is wrong with that guy and his wife is they are afraid and are losers.
STFU @ Maria-tard
@@maggie0285 yes..fear ..all about me..has he met them or spoken with them or shown compassion for their plight
Not all are drug addicts or suffering from mental disorders..who need help and accountability..that is according to their abilities
But by the grace and mercy of God we only Go..God blesses us so we may bless others
WOW!!! I'm looking at this video from a completely different position. I see this homeless camp as the ( NICEST / CLEANEST / ORGANIZED CAMP ) E-V-E-R !!!! They have proven that being POOR doesn't equal being FILTHY PIGS. Ever video that speaks to the homeless crisis, always show the destruction of property. These RESPONSIBLE people need to commended and applauded for struggling through a difficult period of their life. I don't have the answer to the $64 question. ( How do we fix this?) but I now have more faith in my fellow man. God Bless them ALL.
This is one of the best comments I've seen on this video.
Authorities are running it (rewatch the segment).
Notice that all the people in the video, in the well organized, clean tent campground, are WHITE??
@@fullbirdcorporal White people, yes. What (who) do you want to see?
At last, I found a clip, that proves, not all homeless, are addicted!
I knew a family who lived in a tent in the summer, not because they had to but because they wanted too. She was an executive at a bank and he delivered and filled propane tanks. They were not drug addicts or drunks. They just liked roughing it. They both had a philosophy of "If you wait until all your domino's are lined up in a row, you may never move forward"
This is America. You're good-to-go if you have a job and money. The minute those disappear, you become a nobody - and people shun you. I found out the hard way - going from a job and nice home until the business I worked for was taken over by a corporate raider - whom promptly fired all 1,500 employees made off with $20 million. In Anchorage, Alaska no less and in the dead of winter.
Lived out my car with a child, got harassed by the police and yet never did drugs or drank. It didn't matter. Finally I find a minimum-wage job that got my child and I into an apartment. It was very hard and I'll NEVER forget those who mistreated us while we were down and out. Including the police. Really - America needs to stop spending trillions on war and in countries we have NO business being in and start taking care of our own. Or else - game over man. It's game over for Americans - except the 1% of course.
God bless you and your child hope you guys will be safe always.
Precisely.
Glad you and your little one were able to get moved into something better. It takes busting your ass to get back ahead and you should be damn proud of yourself for getting so much accomplished!
It's tough out there.
I know exactly how you feel, I am homeless now myself. Working seven days a week, long shifts, riding my bike 15-20+ miles a day just to get by since my car broke down & can't afford to repair it.
Doing my best to fix this life and the situation I'm in.
Hope you have made even more progress just in the three months since you posted your comment. Wishing you the very best. You're going to make it! Keep it up! 😁💙
i would say the government needs to stop paying there workers $100 000 - $300 000 a year. give there money to people who need it. but no they need 3 different houses or 1 giant $700 000 dollar home and dont forget about there kids they all need brand new cars when they turn 16. and they give there family and friends the government jobs not regular joes so they have it set up so theyre nice and comfy. more attention needs to be drawn to this topic
karma has a funny way of paying them back,i was home's with five kids livein in my truck,for six months,before getting a place,right behind you,will not forget
If you have money withhold from your check and pay your fair share, you are supporting all of the wars and destroying your own homes!!!!!!
That couple is just so ignorant. Mental illness doesn't always mean dangerous. Some people get arrested for stupid things and they are condemned for it. A lot of the homeless population is vets and single parents. You don't want them in the community, you don't want to help them...
I agree with you SweetAnSowa
They comment as if mental illness is a choice... The ignorance of people!
I think they also fear their property values going down. Wouldn't want to see your kids knowing what poverty is like and them asking their parents why they have a nice ass house and not in a camp. Either they get a place to camp, or they simply will be flooding the streets. There may not be a silver bullet to fix this problem, but at least get them in one place where other private organisations can simply oversee it and run it. That way, least likely to use tax dollars on those worried about it and others can choose to help.
A real person is talking ! . More of you!. ...Sry my bad eng im from sweden :P
The thing that is truly sad is that Nobody truly knows how we might end up. The couple who says they don't want temporary housing around them; they themselves might need assistance one day. There are absolutely No guarantees of prosperity in this life. I know of few people who are not basically living from pay check to pay check. All it takes is a single tragedy, or one false move, loss of a job, etc.... and their entire world can get turned upside down! We Must have compassion and be willing to "assist" those in need! If we don't then who will??!! It's sad to see "love thy neighbor" literally Die in this day and age. :'-(
Bless their hearts! I pray they are back on their feet soon.
BLM should give 2 thousand acres in a area where they can
grow crops and help support their each other. and build
a city around it. But have to be drug free to join.
this is always in the back of my head
Can't believe how ignorant these people can be opposing these camps, God please help these people with no homes and jobs
I’m Mexican and I don’t even speak English right and I have 3 jobs. All this people don’t want to work because if they are really wanted to work all they need to just go to manpower in Santa Cruz and problem solve. I understand there’s some people they really can work but most of the people there they can work.
WE all share this planet. Lets have a little compassion for those who for no fault of their own are victims of the system.
flower power man let's unlock our doors and let them in man, let them eat free food while we bust ass at work , and pay the food man, who are we to judge man, hey let them have sex in your bed man, and watch HBO man, while they get cash assistance, access and qualify sec 8 man.
@Terry Grenke flower power man😅
most of them are not bums there just ppl without homes
One would say, they are, Home less.
Nick Bozarth Yes they are human beings..
they make it seem only drug addicts and mentally ill become poor? not everyone is givin 1 million dollars and let go to see how they will do in life
Nick Bozarth This was,2009?
That wasn't a fair comment valkor73. 99% + of the population could NOT take that 1 million and turn it into Billions and THEN go onto become President of the U.S. Let me also remind you that that man only accepts 1 dollar per year as his salary.
Yeah!!! Don’t interupt on my lavish life style!!! God Forbid THAT!!! What if it was YOUR Fucken Child homeless.!! They, don’t know what the homeless are going through!! People these days are ALL for themselves!!! Me! Me! Me!!!
Nicely Put Valerie, tks. Ppl are just so effing selfish & so disgustingly greedy...I'm literally a paycheck from being on street too & I have a child...I'm doing okay but my heart just breaks for these ppl. Maybe not the men but for "families with children"( I've watched other homeless videos)
Yes, i agree with you. People need to have some humanity.
Welcome to America
Valerie Aufdenberg key west 1991 i was homeless too hello how are you
Right, wanting to live in a nice safe community is a big sin. What do you for the homeless, MS Hypocrite? Do you still live with your parents?
some work 7 days a week. rent has become a big rip off
greed on landlords part.... such ashame that the almighty dollar to them is all that is important.. give these people a fighting chance with housing!
I lived in Florida. Very few jobs. Mostly part time work. Restaurants mostly. Very education ed people working jobs that no education, was the norm. Rent sky rocket in late 90, early 2000s. Florida is a tourist state. Thats the focus.
Keep people in their homes by passing some sort of a rent freeze law or limit to no more than 4% yearly hike?
That’ll never happens just enjoy the new norm of homelessness I’ve worked and have never made enough to afford rent alone so it doesn’t matter things will get worse and no one will do anything to stop it
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That grandfather was ignorant. Like he looks down on ppl that lost thier homes. He better hope it doesnt happen to him.
one accident away from losing it all one drunk driver all it takes
this step-grandparent is a jerk. the tent city is clean, safe & home for people who have nowhere else to stay. Does this insensitive turd think people like being homeless? Guess what sluggish, it could be you, or a member of your family. you are DESPICABLE.
Sasha Prettyeyes things bad
praying that it does happen, to his GRANDCHILDREN, then he'll shut up FAST!
Sasha Prettyeyes I hope it does happen to him
i wonder how those two would feel if their kids ended up in that camp or they themselves ended up there
Richard Mcginnis They will cry bloody tears!
If their kids wound up homeless, they would turn their back on their kids. Trust me, these sorts of people even look down on their own family when they fall upon hard times. They so stubbornly cling to their stereotypes about the poor, that even when it happens to a family member, they refuse to admit the truth about poverty. These are the sorts that will disown their own flesh and blood. Do you think none of the homeless have been disowned? If they had family they could turn to, they would. But their families have all turned their backs on them.
Depends if the camp with their kids would be close to their background or not..
It turns my stomach whenever I hear someone who is blessed enough to have a home being disgruntled about how someone elses homeless situation ruffles thier security blanket. People can be so self absorbed
April...Ignorance leads to living in a tiny world of "that's what me, myself, and I think".
Ignorance leads people to having zero perception skills, no idea of reality, and no ability to have empathy. Our leaders actually promote this in clever ways. They want our strength of huge population to be reduced by divide and conquer tactics. Dumbing down society is proven by over half the population. It's not natural. There's no way people should be this ignorant.
Their lack of effort and life skills doesn't ruffle my security blanket at all. Any blessings that I have in life I earned. People aren't Homeless because they made great decisions and worked 60-80 hours a week since age 15 and saved 10% of their gross income like the non homeless have. Our town has no less than 30 unfilled beds at the Poverelo House on any evening. Of the 4800 police encounters with the Homeless last year only 4 people accepted any help. That's 4 people not 4%. When the Homeless want to make the changes and put in the work they'll join the rest of the civilized world. Until then they are just an annoyance.
The cost of housing is ridiculous to. Im in oregon and the apartments we live at are 1300 a month for a 3 bedroom , and u also have to pay for your own water. Come to find out after our lease is up they want to raise it to 1400 a month plus water. Its getting out of control. Greed is rampant , all we do in this country is shit on each other for the next dollar bill. America is a business nothing more nothing less.
where i live its about 700$ for a 2bedroom, you may think that is cheap but wages are low, hard to find a 10$ job
Terry Fredrick : in the NY/NJ area, there aren't ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS for that money! Almost impossible to live in this area!
Rashida Davis , wow. I remember when i was younger apartments were not this expensive. There cost has inflated and wages havent gone up nearly enough to match it. 1 bedroom for 1300 dollars us straight up greed and nothing more. Its sickning !!!
that's nothing. In the Boston area, not the city but "greater Boston" it's about $1000-2000 for a 1 bedroom 600-1000 sq feet, without utilities. In Boston it is more.
Terry Fredrick I use to live in a apartment complex every year they would raise the rent a hundred dollars every year but my pay from the job stays the same. Greed have destroyed America
I've been at my job for 18 years, and I hate it. They have sucked the life right out of me. They are making my health a shambles, destroying my back. I live in pain every day of my life. With that said, I also have a comfortable 1900 square foot home, a very nice car, and money in the bank. After seeing this, I cherish every day I can drag my aching back out of bed, go to work, and get a pay check & insurance. Best of luck to the new homeless.
I hate to bust your balls. But what is the most precious thing on earth? & to think your wasting your life doing what you hate out of fear..
What you need is a passion, besides your job. I looked at my job as supporting my passion, building hot rods and weight lifting. Then the work didn't seem so bad. I could always look forward to either going to the gym or the garage, depending on which day it was.
I'm sorry that you feel that way. I'm really no different, other than my gumption to make something better of myself. A lot of the homeless choose to be homeless. I call it lazy. I'm not lazy. With extraordinary back pain, that is debilitating, I force myself out of bed, sometimes 72 hours a week, to go to work and just deal with it.
+Wilbur Snaffel. Soon you will become a heroin addict just like many homeless who once had homes at the price of their health. They had to get on the junk in order to hold down their job. After awhile they not able to hold down job even with heroin. Then they end up homeless in wheelchair. You are making a big mistake. Quit now while you are ahead. Stop working, sell everything and buy a decent motorhome. Your life already over, you just don't know it. Do not wait until you so sick that only hard drugs will help.
+nannon “rtdnan” oneill , Sad
Since this is filmed in 2009,I'd like to see an update on how some of these people are doing.Did some of them get jobs again and get back on their feet?Myself I drove a truck and drove a bus through 2009-2012.I'm now in school finishing my aviation degree in keeping with my previous aviation background.I work two jobs and live in my own place.Most importantly I got the hell out of Florida.
2010 I went to a church that help me get on housing, food and health. Took me 6 months to a year to get normal in my house after being kicked to the curb for over two years of homelessness.I was used to sleeping anywhere on anything outside. It was strange to be in a home with four walls all my own. Don't judge even professionals become homeless.
The wealthy couple will see their day in hell. Maybe alot sooner than they think.
We are the people who will be able to adapt and survive when the shit hits the fan because our struggles with homelessness has made us strong and capable of dealing with the harshest conditions in life everyday for years... Just sayin
You are not in the position of judging people to hell.
God is judging, He also will judge you once.
Be prepared, ask Him for forgiveniss of your sins through the powerful work of His Son Jesus Christ. Amen.
@@YoYo-bb4nh
Shut it👉
I was there when it opened. It looked loose at the time. But ms. Lopez treated everyone with respect, and helped those trying to help themselves. She helped me get going on with my life. So thank you my. Lopez. She has done more for people like me, than the feds ever will.
This video needs a follow-up made.
Here's the follow-up: The complaining couple became homeless. Now living in the tent city.
Its called the American Dream. Because you have to be Asleep to believe it..
~George Carlin
Traye Chesser #ABSOLUTETRUTH
STAY WOKE
Now more like a Legal High, its not Legal if your just standing still.
Or you can pull your head out of your butt, work hard and educate yourself.
Traye Chesser ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA.
I feel so sorry for these poor unfortunate people who I cannot help.
we are program to think homeless are a disease and less human.....Jesus was also homeless for the Son of Man has no place to Lay his Head...to be homeless is to give up the world...a rich man ask Jesus how to get to heaven...Jesus replied...give All you have to the homeless...thus becoming homeless yourself....we can learn from them...how to be humble
Amen amen amen to that! When my homeless struggle gets to me I remember that scripture that our Savior Jesus Christ didn't have a place to lay his head and relied on the kindness of strangers!
Yes was just saying that myself! God bless
Thank u...
When the homeless are targeted...ITS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE HOMELESS..PLAIN AND SIMPLE..THEY HAVE TAKEN HOMELESS RIGHTS AWAY FROM THEM..
THEY ARE PEOPLE TOO..
THEY ARE TREATED INHUMANE...ITS REALLY SAD...
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Isn't it wonderful to know there's still people who care. But come on that guy who talks about water skiing sitting in his luxury home has no compassion for his fellow man 🤔 love tent city😇
He is a man and feels protective about his wife and children, so naturally he is scared thinking of drug addicts and mentally ill people wandering around near his home, his wife and kids. I bet if he took a visit there, he'd be pleasantly surprised to see what good people they are.
Here's the follow-up: The complaining couple became homeless. Now living in the tent city.
There are factual statistics that say homeless consist of drug and alcohol abusers, sex criminals, thieves and mental cases where a very very small percent are genuine good people... So its no wonder people want to protect their homes and families from the inferior group just down the street in tents.. Those bad apples make the whole lot look like shit..
meanwhile rich people have 5 houses and 10 apartments empty and they use them one week a year at most...
your point?
During his presidential campaign, when the housing crisis, some one asked John McCain how many houses he owned. He didn't' know. He said it he would have to check with his campaign managers.
Why isn't the CO of Countrywide in prison?
+JC4 How many homeless have you taken into your home?
Bernie Sanders has 3 houses. Yes he is Rich, so he must hate what he is. After all Bernie is always attacking the Rich,
Jack Jameson his wife is not a doctor, she was accused of stealing money from the public schools
I had thought about starting a community of animal advocates where where we all live close together and have community gardens and a no kill shelter we all supported and be as sustainable as possible
I'm glad to see people helping with good intentions.god bless all of you.
I admire the work this agency is doing. I wish the Catholic Charities of Southern Colorado has this level of help. I was homeless for 15 months in Colorado Springs and was lucky enough to have my SUV. It also allowed me the ability to keep my cats (when no human gives a rats ass about you, your animal(s) love you no matter what).
Kathy Odom yep.I have 3 cats and 2 dogs.
I’m sorry u went through that sad time. I lived in a station wagon w 2 kids in diapers once . It is a nerve wracking situation to be in
That is sad. I bet you were so cold in the winter.
Took my sister 2 months to get a job at Burger King she applied everywhere nobody was hiring she only got the job at crap Burger King because she called everyday for a week saying she was willing to work anytime.told them how poor she was and she had no money living off ramen noodles.its hard to find any job in America.really sad I won't be surprised if half the country ends up homeless in the next 10 yrs.
justine sell +I hope you know this video was posted 7 years ago. Obama took office for the first time.
justine sell the rich getting richer
This is needed in 2019!!!
I think that if I had been born and lived in the USA I would have become a homeless fast and then either I would have committed suicide or I would have become totally mad with despair.
America is truly a place for hard and resilient people.
I have sincere admiration for these people who nevertheless don't let themselves go into oblivion.
This sorry as home owner has obviously never been homeless! Hes worried that this tent city helping the homeless could be threatening to his children. WE ARE ONE. Weas people and as a community are one living organism and share consciousness. Ironic that this guy could be helping the situation instead of sitting his big house. If I seen others struggling I would be volunteering to help them!! People like this make me sick!
His day is coming, kharma is real my friend..
His attitude is a classic textbook manifestation of bourgeois (middle class) thinking. These people's beliefs and values derive from consideration of property values and conventional respectability. We should not be surprised to hear him express such casual heartless cruelty. It is baked into our society
My husband has lost his job and I have also lost my job, but many times you have to find a job you don't want just to survive until you find a job. I do have to agree, American need to let there Government and Congress to stop raising the price on living. More and More people are becoming homeless do the the greed of our country.
It is a sad state of affairs that these HOME owners are protesting the help of their fellow human beings. It wont surprise me at all when their grandchildren grow up to be homeless .
The American dream is just a dream.
Its a dream. I left my country
This video was uploaded in May, 2009. It is now November, 2016. Has anybody followed any of these people to see how they came out?
Roger Pollard anyone?
Stayed on drugs kept making poor life choices.
Here's the follow-up: The complaining couple became homeless. Now living in the tent city.
Lmao 😂
Update - Tent city got blown away in Hurricane Irma, property values went back up.
That resident saying they are drug addicts and suffer mental illness needs to go visit some of these people and educate himself, maybe even find a way to help them.....
It's amazing to see the cold-hearted callousness of non-homeless people. Most Americans are one medical emergency away from being homeless. I should know, it happened to me through no fault of my own. Homelessness is a symptom of our failures as a society. In tribal communities, we used to take care of our most vulnerable people & selfishness was unacceptable.
insensitive people talking trash
Thanks NAFTA!
You nailed it, used to as long as u wanted to work you could make good money n a factory or something not anymore everything has been outsourced.
Wow, the ignorance of some people. their greatest fear is helping someone in need, wether it be just a simple homeless person or someone that is mentally challenged. Where they think they're leading a productive life, it's a gross counter-productive life they live. If they were smart (wise) they would incorperate their childrens upbringing with learning to help those in need, not be ignorant and selfish.
People that are homeless and/or suffer from mental disabilities are treated like the lepers were treated in the Bible. They are looked at by society as "bad people". Shame on America.
Discman 45 Open your ears they clearly said it was a system that would ruin their neighbourhood and still solve nothing.
+husher5142 , "Their" neighborhood? What idiots! This country is not divided into ill neighborhood countries at war! We are all Americans!
My wife age 69 and I at 71 became homeless in May 2008. We remained homeless until December 2012 when we both started drawing Social Security. The combined social security was sufficient to get us into an apartment.
God Bless all this homeless people. So great they have this tent City🌷❤️🙏
God Bless and care for all. Praying for change for America, and all the other countries who have people just struggling to survive. I am very lucky to have a place to live, and have changed my life to use only what I absolutely need and to share what is left. It is not much and I am sad it never seems enough, but you are not forgotten. Hugs
sweetlorelei
May God bless you more...Thanks for being compassionate...We need more people like you who care.God bless.
shit happens and sometimes youre stuck in a town of 55,000 and no one is hiring that happens. not everyone has a car and can travel to a neighboring city to work. i wish something like this was setup when i was homeless.
Amazing how different this faith based organization provides for these individuals much better than government agencies.
Exactly I've been there, i slept in a refrigerator Box for a whole yr!! So i know how they feel some time you wish to just die because you think what did i do to deserve this life,that's whn you start to really pray for one mo chance to get it Right, but don't take nothing for granted Amen🙏
Rich people hating on the poor. That's new. (Sarcasm)
I'm 44. Too old to work like these guys. I've been going from job to job and companies want to work you to near death for very little. like 70 hours a week tossing logs into a wood chipper. 10 hours of cleaning cars with no lunch breaks at $8.50 an hour. Then theres these employment services that take all your overtime you make to proove you can be worthy to work for the company after 90 days review. I work my ass off, never late one day and I'm replaced with an excuse. So stressful. These guys living in tents are free, they just don't know it.
I wished my Dad were alive to set you straight. He and my Mom both went through "the great depression". They knew what real work was. Look at the settlers in the 1700's.... OMG you have no clue what real work is (neither do I, and neither of us REALLY want to find out...).
Yorick Aname I sure do know what real work is. I call huffing 250 pound logs for ten hours a day 70 hours a week hard work. Or some of the shit I did in the Military. Speak for yourself. And you can't compare me to your
Father and his situation, or mine to you. I live in a van. I'd most definitely live where these guys are instead. but I make do with what I have. Perhaps what I meant by my comment is there is nothing like this going on in my community. I wish there was, I'd jump at the opportunity.
java monster
Ok, you know what work is. I have done some stuff that comes close, but not quite that close. I've been homeless a couple of times myself. Good on you, brother, and thank you for your service. I'm a retired Marine, myself.
Yorick Aname No worries man, and thank you for your service as well.
I'll be homeless next Monday. 26 year old painter with a automotive degree but no license.. I plan on trekking to Cali because it's warmer than NC
This is a great program, and bless those who are helping. They are people human beings, suffering. Yes times are very very hard and the economy helps no one but the rich..
Please provide the info so that some of us that are poor still have compassion and heart to help others....
In 2009 I was one of these people. I lost my house, was packing my stuff, I had no money, less than a quarter tank of gas in my old truck. The worst feeling I've ever had in my life.
oh wow this tent city it AMAZING!!! we need this here in San Francisco!!!
SunFlowur no what they need in America equality and as long as there is racism they're never be equality
Racism the root to all evil
The problem started back in the late 1970s the price for house went up double and it just kept on and. On
It’s sad to see this, but the willingness to fight another day is what keeps them going.
I'm not rich but have Condo
2 Bedrooms and 2 full baths and 1 half bath but in Maryland
So welcome
God bless you
dumping ground...ur talking about people.
What about using the money that the government spend on war by helping these people . And also increase taxes on products from other countries so americans can make factories again after the big factories went to China and India
Peace
don backer
Your right man
Peace
import taxes is what extended the great depression and lead to ww2 ...
don backer Americans have to stop buying garbage from China and India!
steve b And you sell your life for food and shelter? stupid
steve b Good for you! I got a collage degree in your country that is now only good for starting a fire with! I dont need my degree or a job to make money! But I guess society brainwashes its sheep well. I hope you love being a slave to your system and your bills???? Best of luck!
One word. Humility.
I'm so sorry to see that all the best guys🙏
I would let people live in tents on my property that are homeless and good people only North of Knoxville, TN....just saying.
I'll keep that in mind. Right now I am good (knock on wood and thank God or whatever ultimate being is watching out for me), but one never knows...
You have a good heart...God bless you...Take care.
@steve b Steve stop being so hateful. Of course nobody is going to post their home address on this public forum. However, people can send Matthew a message and they can communicate privately. Why are you calling this guy names?
This is the type of thing I wanted to build when I got older so thank God somebody else thinks like me for the homeless.
We are all a little broken and one struggle away from losing everything. No one ever thinks that it will happen to them.
There but for the grace of god go I. You never know when it’s going to happen to you so you better not judge. My heart breaks for these people.
all them stuck up middle class moaning oh thats destroys there neighboor hood well theres alot of rich people that are now poor living in tent city so its not good to pass your evil thoughts when one day you loose your job or cant afford your medical bills
That guy was not middle class, that guy was low class in every sense of the word.
Wow... And this was 6 years ago.
+MungoidHen and the 2th crash is coming this year, with millions of illigals coming in. Game over.
+MungoidHen Indeed...wonder if it the same, worse or better now?
+Vincent de Guard is worst.. police now give you no choice or you go to jail or these..or yeah they send you out of Florida..dump you out of it I meant..these illegal and inhuman.
Edgardo Soto tragic...in a wealthy country that has so much. at the very least there should be provision for people to camp legally ...if that is their only means of shelter ...what is the point of wealth/being rich if it can't at least provide the very basics for the very poorest? i understand that some (not all) may have not helped their situation...but that ought not to be a excuse for some common decent humanity? is it so lacking nowadays? stay safe, stay strong...
Vincent de Guard Excellent comment,Good Questions for which we know (some of the solutions) but not All the answers. But we DO know Some of them.The division of richest and poorest is becoming exacerbated by corporate greed (again) that has gone on LONG ENOUGH,Why should the people take the blame ? Everyone knows it's the bankers fault.
Thanks man, and YOU stay safe too bro = )
And I feel very sorry for the ones that Lost their homes
And this is why l say NO! We do NOT need a Caravan of Desperate People coming into America!!! We already have enough who need help!!!
This could append to any one of us,this is why we try to donated food and water,living in the hot Vegas weather,but yesterday 05/25/14 we got a ticket for passing food b from our car indow,driving slowly,we had 2cs of water and 129 bags of food,(my husband donated his time ,twice a month to unloade truck of donation for old ppl, and he get free box of food,so WE donad to tent city) Soneone called the police,they told us to stop,they could not find anything wrong w/us,so the gave us a ticket"parking in the red" when thy told us to stop,Daaa...we did ,and the back tire of the car was in the RED,so $35, our fist ticket,and for giving foos to some poor soul,thats so sad!!! their is a place in hell for this cop!! Peace from Vegas
I would like to see a update on this place to see if things gotten better or worst.
As would I !
Tech Reviews and Help Are you kidding?? Of course it's got worse!! The US is a total dump!!
Here's the follow-up: The complaining couple became homeless. Now living in the tent city.
Thank You to all those who care .
I hope this man who does not want a homeless camp is never in this position no one knows what's round the corner.
WE ARE NOW IN THE 2ND GREAT DEPRESSION> THANKS WALL STREET!
shawn icksnay thanks to racism
the economy did not crumble. The government is in need of re-structuring and fast!
Let's hope this man never becomes homeless him self because life takes a lot of turns.
God bless the souls in hard times being in it day in day out on and on it's real tough hang in there
handsome homeless living like this,,,,,it is a shame,,,,, God has a purpose in life......some people do not even have the tent.
not all home less are drugatics, or have mental illness that is stereotyping people
victoria gomez i'd like to know where these people are at. cuz most states don't allow tents, its illegal,,unless you pay for camping....unless these folks got special privileges, which wouldn't surprise me.
"High-End Homeless Encampments". What an excellent idea!
I shed tears as I watched this tragic documentary. As a kid I adored USA, the richest country on planet earth where the streets were laden with gold as I was told. Across the Pacific in China, you see super infrastructure and public transport at affordable price. Poverty eradication by the government and wealth generation. As China gets richer, the neighbours benefited including yours truly. The US is wasting good money fighting futile war all over the world, precious funds that could have been spent on her people in terms of affordable housing, healthcare and infrastructure. Property tax is unheard of in my country.
Those neighbors need a rude awakening .Not all homeless are addicts
Sir I pray for you that you dont ever become homeless it could happened
This looks like a scene from the Great Depression in the 1930s, it looks like a Hooverville.
Ace1000ks1975 welcome to America
I live in Los Angeles in my apartment was $750 in 1996 that very same apartment now rents for $2,300. You cannot be single and live in the big cities any you need two people earning it an income to survive or anywhere else for that fact
Every one can fall on hard times no matter who or what they do in life .
Life is cruel and unforgiving at times merit to these folks resilience god bless .
Man I have been having the hardest time to find a carpenter, there is tons of demand for them so how is it he cannot find a job?
good question
Keep people in their homes by passing some sort of a rent freeze law or limit to no more than 4% yearly hike?
Prayers for all
Just because you or I aren't homeless doesn't mean we have the right to judge them.
appreciate what you have.
Hal and Cindy: NIMBY
At least these people have a area to set up a tent and eat decent meals. Many people are literally in the bushes . This is a step in the right direction! ... Thanks to everyone who is and has helped with such.
Extremely clean and organized set up to help the homeless and this is Catholic Charities attending to and helping these good people who became homeless through no fault of their own. To the man that bought his house and objects you have carpenters and painters across the street so get to know them and utilize their expertise they can buildup the neighborhood. ✅