@ISIDEWITHQuestionsHousing IssuesStarted 3yrs agoActive 5mos ago

Should homeless individuals, that have refused available shelter or housing, be allowed to sleep or encamp on public property?

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59%
Yes
41%
No
43%
Yes
40%
No
16%
Yes, and create more social programs to provide free food, clothing, and medicine
1%
No, and make it a criminal offense

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 @9S6R9W9answered…5mos5MO

Yes But Only With The Owners Consent And Create More Social Programs To Provide Free Food Clothing And Medicine

 @9QWPHJRanswered…6mos6MO

if they refuse shelter let them stay but dont have the goverment pay them.

 @9MMM4L9answered…8mos8MO

Improve the incentive for going to these shelters or housing

 @95FS5G2answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but only on marked territories

 @997H2JTanswered…2yrs2Y

They should be allowed to stay in public areas, granted they care for the area and leave it as or better than they found it.

 @97P8GX6from Famagusta  answered…2yrs2Y

No but take them to shelters and explain them their situation and help them start a new life

 @96VNVYWanswered…2yrs2Y

i believe that they can sleep there but can't make it a permenit tent or more than three days.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…3mos3MO

Drug Crisis Prompts Portland to Reboot City Government

In a sign of either hope or desperation, Portland voters decided to throw out their entire government structure and replace it with a weaker mayor, expanded City Council and ranked choice voting.A major driving factor was the passage of “Measure 110” decriminalizing all drugs in 2020, which was backed by 74 percent of Multnomah County’s residents. Voters couldn’t — or at least didn’t — anticipate how this policy change would reshape a city already strapped for money, dealing with a public health crisis and confronting rising rates of homelessness and fentanyl abuse.Drug use shot up, homelessness worsened and taxpayers fled.“Political rhetoric in 2020-2021 in the City of Portland was incredibly ideologically driven,” Gonzalez said, explaining that there was a “default conversation” on topics like homelessness or police reform that shut down an exchange of ideas.The City Council race, meanwhile, is mayhem. Portland is switching from four at-large seats to twelve seats representing four districts. The dozens of candidates include Black Lives Matter leaders, nonprofit advocates, business owners and police officers.There are 19 people running for mayor and 98 people seeking seats on the City Council. They’re nearly all campaigning on left-of-center platforms — this is Portland.Pandemic closures, protests, elevated crime rates and rising homelessness buffeted many liberal cities in recent years, including San Francisco and Minneapolis. But policy choices made by the city and state aggravated their impact in Portland.The ramifications are measurable: Nearly 12,000 people moved out of Multnomah County between 2020 and 2023, per data from Portland State University. The exodus between 2020 and 2021 alone took nearly $1.1 billion in taxable income out of the city, according to data analyzed by the Economic Innovation Group. Portland’s once bustling downtown is nearly empty, and a negative national reputation clouds its economic future.Drug decriminalization and the city’s open camping rules compounded the feeling of insecurity. Homeless encampments spread through empty public spaces and filled sidewalks during the lockdown, and some became epicenters for the fentanyl trade. Even Portlanders who voted for decriminalization and believe in a compassionate approach to homelessness didn’t feel as safe in their own neighborhoods.