[Tax-chick]

if its homeless residents had better access to housing and the city provided the services they need to stay healthy

Bosh. You can't make mentally-ill and drug-addicted people follow good health habits.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Tax-chick :" Bosh. You can't make mentally-ill and drug-addicted people follow good health habits. "

Agreed
Especially when you have drug-addicted who refuse housing because the housing centers don't allow drugs on premises.
Now you have to wary while commuting, and concerned about what you touch while in transit.

[morphing libertarian]

YOU CAN IN LOCKED FACILITIES

[wiggen]

You used to be able to lock them away in a medical facility for their own well being and that of society as a whole.

[libstripper]

Try a no poop or pee on the streets law. If the cops catch a bum doing it, first thing they do is taze him.

[cherry]

anybody who has gone into a public br sees people leave without washing their hands...men and women...its a very bad habit not just among the homeless...