I posted this in the other place before the thread was closed.
The biggest problem with housing the homeless is it is expensive, and people get complacent. People boondocking on the street in an RV are halfway to getting back on their feet, and some semblance of self sufficiency. They already have "housing" but no place to put it. They need a break and a boost.
The best way to handle this? If you have ever camped at the race track? That setup would work. They bring in shower and toilet trailers (about 30 ft each) with running water and sewer connection, put up a little grocery store tent, food trucks and a camping world. (This is at PIR/IMA raceway in Phoenix). 6000 reserved RV spots and thousands more in the unreserved area. It lasts a week. Take this formula and tweak it for the RV dwelling homeless: Permanent buildings with showers/toilets (use the trailers while they are being built) put in a store that can take food stamps and only sell what can be sold with them, a few food stands that sell cheap but decent prepared food (also food stamp eligible), Allow no drugs and alcohol, (good luck) and 110V 20A electrical hookup. Have people refrain from using their plumbing unless they can afford to have it pumped out or they have a tote tank. Disallow junk, only chairs and tables/grills and awnings outside. Use section 8 housing funds to pay for it all, and use the Sheriff's posse to patrol it, and toss people out at the first inkling of trouble/drugs/alcohol. Make it open to about 1,000 RV's and ensure there is some space between them (Zoomtown was like a parking lot / refugee camp, but fun). Oh, and a bus stop for the school bus and a city bus/shuttle to the city's bus hub so people can go to work.
Thoughts?
The biggest problem with housing the homeless is it is expensive, and people get complacent. People boondocking on the street in an RV are halfway to getting back on their feet, and some semblance of self sufficiency. They already have "housing" but no place to put it. They need a break and a boost.
The best way to handle this? If you have ever camped at the race track? That setup would work. They bring in shower and toilet trailers (about 30 ft each) with running water and sewer connection, put up a little grocery store tent, food trucks and a camping world. (This is at PIR/IMA raceway in Phoenix). 6000 reserved RV spots and thousands more in the unreserved area. It lasts a week. Take this formula and tweak it for the RV dwelling homeless: Permanent buildings with showers/toilets (use the trailers while they are being built) put in a store that can take food stamps and only sell what can be sold with them, a few food stands that sell cheap but decent prepared food (also food stamp eligible), Allow no drugs and alcohol, (good luck) and 110V 20A electrical hookup. Have people refrain from using their plumbing unless they can afford to have it pumped out or they have a tote tank. Disallow junk, only chairs and tables/grills and awnings outside. Use section 8 housing funds to pay for it all, and use the Sheriff's posse to patrol it, and toss people out at the first inkling of trouble/drugs/alcohol. Make it open to about 1,000 RV's and ensure there is some space between them (Zoomtown was like a parking lot / refugee camp, but fun). Oh, and a bus stop for the school bus and a city bus/shuttle to the city's bus hub so people can go to work.
Thoughts?
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