Portland's rapid push to open homeless shelters risks staff burnout, outreach worker says

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  • Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
  • Mayor Keith Wilson pledged to end unsheltered homelessness in his first year. But a former Salvation Army employee says the speedy rollout is too much for shelter workers, who may not receive enough training to be equipped for the challenge.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 23

  • @michaelspring3915
    @michaelspring3915 7 днів тому +8

    How much money has to be spent with zero results? Does anyone have a answer to solve this issue cause money is not doing it.

    • @Azazel2024
      @Azazel2024 7 днів тому

      I do ..but its not going to ever occur here

    • @stevewhite1110
      @stevewhite1110 5 днів тому

      Housing costs $1500+ a month times 12 months times 30,000 (at least) families struggling to pay rent or already homeless = half a billion dollars a year. Metro doesn’t have even close to that much money which is why their current approach isn’t ending homelessness.

  • @Hexmommy79
    @Hexmommy79 7 днів тому +7

    Devils advocate here but when will we build mental health inpatient facilities to address the mental health and addiction issues causing the overwhelming majority of this crisis? Its pretty common sense that's what needs to be done yet we keep spending money on things that are not gonna work

    • @MarvinThiessen
      @MarvinThiessen 7 днів тому +4

      Attacking symptoms while ignoring root causes, it's the progressive way.

  • @redbeard2527
    @redbeard2527 7 днів тому +7

    The shelter beds are cool, but that doesn’t help people get off the street or drugs.

  • @MarvinThiessen
    @MarvinThiessen 7 днів тому +3

    Mayor Wilson sounds like a vinyl record with a skip in it. We've yet to hear anything else besides just getting a bed for a night. No mention of mental health or drug addiction.

  • @kattycat3502
    @kattycat3502 7 днів тому +1

    You finally figured out Trump bashing gets ur show cancelled 😂

  • @vedacarmony5754
    @vedacarmony5754 7 днів тому +1

    Housing first. Housing first. Housing first. Is anyone listening? I thought so.

    • @crushedorchids
      @crushedorchids 7 днів тому

      No because most people know that's stupid AF.

  • @kevinnguyen9636
    @kevinnguyen9636 7 днів тому

    Cheating 🤡☝️🇳🇫🇸🇪

  • @kevinnguyen9636
    @kevinnguyen9636 7 днів тому

    My witnesses by daily life ☝️🇳🇫🇸🇪🌎🔥

  • @kandismith6121
    @kandismith6121 7 днів тому

    I want to find out how I can open up a shelter.....

  • @AaronKyle-n4z
    @AaronKyle-n4z 7 днів тому

    You need to give money to the salvation army and let them run it themselves!

  • @Bobby-h5m4u
    @Bobby-h5m4u 7 днів тому

    No plan,shameful! Just take the Lloyd center and turn it into A 24 hour door revoling shelter or a office building in the loyd district!

    • @MarvinThiessen
      @MarvinThiessen 7 днів тому +3

      Nice word salad, Bill-Bob.

    • @Azazel2024
      @Azazel2024 7 днів тому

      An 8 year old would think that works

    • @Bobby-h5m4u
      @Bobby-h5m4u 6 днів тому

      @@Azazel2024 You sure don't have any other options,now do you????
      Always being stupid instead of being productive. U speak like a old white woman ,A DEI retired senior

  • @Azazel2024
    @Azazel2024 7 днів тому

    I'm burned out by bums and drug addicts constantly on public transportation, literally near every place you go and while it's declined its Portland. You made this as bad as it is

  • @johnalver
    @johnalver 7 днів тому

    Hahaha Asians for the win