To: Rarebird who wrote (4222 ) 1/1/2020 8:23:23 PM From: Elroy Jetson Read Replies (1) | Respond to Most people who currently live on the streets previously lived in insane asylums , but involuntary insane asylums no longer exist apart from an involuntary 72 hour lock-ups for assessment.a.) If you travel, you see this cultural change has greatly increased the homeless population in all of the large cities of the world where there are not enough beds in homeless shelters. Barcelona, Los Angeles, Vienna, London - all the same.b.) Some nations like Hungary either force their homeless into exile in Vienna or murder them. About half the homeless in Vienna speak Hungarian.c.) Today and historically police in small towns have always harassed their homeless population to encourage them to move to a larger city. The indigent but sane homeless have always migrated to the cities regardless of what century it is. The police in some larger cities like Las Vegas do the same to move their homeless on elsewhere. d.) In a city like Paris where there are enough beds inside shelters, you still see homeless people living on the street - except on those days when the cold is so severe that the police can legally arrest the homeless people who refuse to move to a shelter until it's warmer.I know many people today are so disturbed by the homeless, they would personally murder these people .multiple different contacts with outreach and support programs dealing with the mentally ill, the poor, the sick, the abused, the addicted, the elderly, those released from prison and those having 'frequent contact' with the police. The last two are hardly surprising as current societal norms tend to criminalize homelessness. not predictive of becoming homeless, but contact with multiple types of social service agencies is highly predictive of becoming homeless - so that's where Los Angeles is increasing their resources.
