Sunday, December 2, 2007
Feeling on gainesville homeless
When we were introduced with the homelessness issue Gainesville, I was just confused as to why they are forcing them out of the only place they know. I just am sad for the homeless because where were they going to go? What about the children? Are there going to be more deaths of the homeless because of this? There are just so many questions as to why this is happening and what is going to happen. The truth of the matter is that there is no clear cut answer. All that’s been said is that there is going to be facilities made to help these homeless get out of the situation that they are in. The homeless have also been given vouchers to stay at some available shelters, but this means families will be broken up because most shelters do not accept men and women together. I couldn’t even believe when Mrs. Smith stated that they will spend more money building up a fence around Tent City than they would in helping the homeless with shelter vouchers and assistance. The money for this project definitely needs to be revaluated and redirected. It does seem that the government has a strict goal to eliminate poverty within the next few years but the goal is based on numbers and not morality. It seems as if they are willing to do whatever is necessary to wipe out the homeless from this country even if it means families are being broken up and people dying along the way. As long as they reach their goal the government will feel as if something good was accomplished. I feel that no matter what protesters do, we won’t be able to get the government to revaluate the goal of ending poverty by any means necessary.
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I recently did a paper on the homeless in Gainesville and read many articles on the provisions that the city has made to eliminate the issue and what they are doing to help. I really didn't look at the plans of closing Tent City and building a one stop service center in a negative way, but as a way of providing a safe alternative for the homeless.
I understand that closing Tent City was drastic, but if I am understanding correctly Tent City is about 100 acres of land and they only shut down 50 acres because it was private property.
One thing that is for sure is the fact that this will continue to be a problem until others in the community lend a hand in changing policies and helping so that we can get this problem fixed, not only in our communities, but in the world.
When it comes to the topic of the homeless I am very torn. I think that it is sad that veterans and disabled people have no help and have to suffer on the streets. On the other hand, I believe that most homeless have two hands and two feet that can get them into some sort of workplace to make minimum wage. I read an article on a guy who was homeless for 15 years before he realized he could make something of himself. He applied at a local burger joint, and worked his way up the chain. He now resides in Malibu running a restaraunt chain making over six figured per year. I think that a lot of homeless do not take the opportunity to make something of themselves, which is a shame to the community and to themselves.
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