Those who are down on their luck and need a helping hand to get back on their feet are not the ones causing the problems. It is the vagrants who have no desire or intention of every doing anything other than being a bum who cause the problems. And yet they are all lumped into the same category of 'homeless'. If I were ever one of the former I would be pissed off to no end about being grouped in with the latter.

The neighbors of the Haven for Hope site were worried about this crime before construction of the facility began. They were very unhappy and felt that the deal had been struck without their input--but that they would have to live with the consequences. Perhaps the rich philanthropists that thought this was a good idea should take a turn patrolling these neighborhoods to protect the residents from their generosity...or pay for more city police for foot patrols.

carmen....well said! your my hero !

The city isn't going to solve anything by getting these heathens together and feeding and watering them. Well, I guess they don't drink any water, but that is beside the point. They eat up all the free food and then steal anything that isn't tied down to use for dope and whiskey. The city needs to stop giving them free food and get them some Jesus. They only way they are going to stop defiling the city is to stop their sinning. Feeding them only makes it worse. They ought to put chains and strong locks on the doors of the evil place. They already have a fence around it and it would make a fine jail. Once they lock all those wretches up, it would be OK to go on and feed them until they can be deported to Louisiana or some place like that. Any that accept Jesus could go ahead and stay, but, having accepted Jesus, they wouldn't want to hang around with drunks and fornicators stealing things and leaving turds laying around, so they would not be a problem.