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What do we know about Colorado's war on the homeless? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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The holiday debates have begone.

"Only two people signed up for this tiny home program. The rest said they like being homeless."

I have the logic, but not living in Colorado, I don't have the facts. I do know they're playing a game of shuffle board with their homeless population after some quick investigation, but nothing specific to the claim. I'll get the article in reference if I can.

But man, how hard is it to accept that no one "wants" to be homeless.

This doesn't make it sound like Denver isn't doing its best.

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[–] D61@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Over the years, the articles that describe the in's and out's of the "shelter" system make it sound like shelters are just a form of jail.

Have a spouse of a different gender and children? Well, your male partner can't be in the same shelter as you.

Got a pet? Well fuck right the hell off.

Dormitory living setups and shared bathrooms means your stuff is going to be stolen and any weirdo's that make it into the shelter will have free reign to do what they want to you, your stuff, and where you sleep.

Gay? Trans? Better hope you can hide it, especially if the group running the shelter has some form of right wing religious ideology that views these groups as demons or some other silly shit.

Is the managing group's funding primarily by government grants or private donations/grant programs? Well, the group better not do anything that might get the politicians or rich private citizens angry that you're helping/housing the wrong kind of person. So its best to have incredibly strict criteria to keep publicity problems to a minimum.

If you're looking for a job and they ask for an address, I find it hard to believe that shelters are set up to work as a "home address" so how the fuck you'd be able to apply for a job if you can't find a way to piggy back on somebody's PO Box and their home address for applications.

[–] su25@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

a lot of these shelters will also prohibit substances on the premises and not all of them involve treatment programs, so if you are addicted to a substance (usually fentanyl right now), you'd have to go cold turkey just for housing. you're expected to get clean on the street and then get housing.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

It also wouldn't surprise me if having a prescription for anything other than antibiotics might get you enough side eye to get booted out of or denied entry into a shelter.

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