[Ninian Dryhope]

We have work to do to get to number one.

[JohnLongIsland]

when you let the homeless drift aimlessly that is when you are mean to the homeless.

[Adder]

"that makes it illegal to lie, sit or place belongings on downtown or Midtown sidewalks from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m."

What's the beef? After 11, you can stretch and take a load off.

[mtbopfuyn]

Exactly.

[RTINSC]

Houston should provide comfortable sofabeds at all the bus stops. Leather would be nice.

[LaineyDee]

"The criminalization of homelessness is a burning civil rights issue for this decade."

LOL!!!!!

[Rte66]

Whoa there. *Dallas* is the *Meanest City in Texas.* We're pikers, slacking off at 7th in the US to their 6th.

[martin_fierro]

Send 'em to 'Frisco.

We'll give 'em free WiFi.

[Bring Back Old Sparky]

You have some tough competition. Detroit is throwing a Superbowl party for the homeless to keep the panhandlers away from visitors. If begging is your occupation, this is restraint of trade.

Congratulations on making the list. It is an indicator that Houston is conservative. They don't have homeless in Liberal Town.

[DustyMoment]

Houston ranked 'mean' to homeless

Ok, so what's the down side of this?

[Jaxter]

If you ever go to Houston.
You better walk right;
You better not stagger,
You better not fight;
Sheriff Benson will arrest you,
He'll carry you down,
And if the jury finds you guilty,
Penitentiary bound.

Let the midnight special
Shine her light on me;
Let the midnight special
Shine her ever-loving light on me.

[gaijin]

No favor ever goes unpunished, I guess.

This is EXACTLY the kind of thanks you would expect from people who expect nothing from themselves, and everything from the world in return for nothing, and rrrright now.

[sure_fine]

maybe some could move up to the kennedy compound

[keithtoo]

The solution is simple. Have the homeless camp out at the Chronicle building. The lib's that work there surely won't mind.

[Vaquero]

Excellent plan Houston, you know how to move these indigents along to greener pastures. Make it tough on them.

[isthisnickcool]

The National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

You'd think instead of begging people for money so they can publish this kind of stuff these "nonprofit charities / lawyer support groups" would raise money then provide these people a home. The ONLY reason we are reading about these so-called "rankings" is so these outfits can get their names out there so they can raise more taxpayer subsidized money.

I wonder where Houston ranks in not giving new Mercedes and Rolex's to the homeless. /sarcasm off.

[wolfcreek]

Experiment; Make it illegal to give money to the 'Homeless' for one year and see how many of these people give up their lifestyle. The majority wouldn't exist without you and I.

[csvset]

cities with particularly harsh measures that criminalize sleeping in public, begging or other behavior associated with homeless people bums.

[Brilliant]

In Broward County, Fla., a nonprofit agency has partnered with police to create outreach teams that, in five years, have placed more than 11,000 people in shelters while arrests of homeless people have declined.

This is not the reputation we want here in Florida. I doubt that it's true, either.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Round them up and send them to Berzerkley.

[Kakaze]

Apparently, these people have forgotten the acts of Houstons citizens as a result of hurricane Katrina.

Houston will forever be remembered by me (and those with a grip on reality) as the city that opened its hearts,homes & wallets to sacrifice for those who became truly homeless.

Thank you Houston