Washington County says it's eliminated homeless camps. How did they do it? | Worth Your Time

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Published 2024-04-15

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  • @EbolaMuffins
    Less access to drugs in Washington county, so more likely the houseless that were there were more likely to respond to outreach.
  • @lovelight6973
    I've always felt lack of collaboration in Multnomah County has been an issue. An ongoing one. I see lack of collaboration and different areas in Multnomah county.
  • Homeless=big cash cow for Portland and Metro. They're not going anywhere.
  • @bofferius8530
    Multnomah county has a drugfulness/bureaucracy complex that needs to be supported at all taxpayer costs.
  • @maestrovso
    In short, Washington county is harder on respecting these addicts' free will and rights and their "personal freedom" to do whatever S they see fit that have negative impacts to the contributing citizens of the county. ACLU and NAACP, and most important, Multnomah County's homelessness industrial complex have major problems with that.
  • @swhaht6807
    Tillamook needs a plan. Three long term camps with wood built structures that look like 1200 AD rural Europe. No sanitation. "hell is only a breath away"
  • Looking into turning a decommissioned prison into a treatment facility/homeless shelter wouldn’t hurt. . . The space is already there. . . You could have mental heath services, addiction treatment services AND beds for unhoused since 2+1=3
  • @ianfounds1373
    Houston is doing it right; consider Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
  • @MikeyfromBOS
    Here is the secret: It is the culture, the personalities, the individuals that wholeheartedly show genuine concern for humanity... as opposed to finger pointing, reactionary harassment, failure to communicate openly and honestly. When you see individuals, not a problem to be solved of a group of people that all are the same and need the same help. Getting societal issues out of sight seems to be the motivation of officials in Portland/Multnomah, this wastes money and time, creates distrust and division, promotes a culture of blaming and shaming, and sacrifices the values of a community while aesthetically ruining a city with measures that do nothing to actually address the root of the problems.