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Posted on 05/17/2025 2:33:44 PM PDT by NoLibZone
The number of homeless people in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties is higher than ever, according to the latest numbers from the national biannual homelessness count.
Known as the point-in-time count, the federally mandated census takes place every other year and is focused on creating a snapshot of who is homeless on one night in January. It is broadly understood to be an undercount, but officials still view the data as useful in identifying national trends and making comparisons between jurisdictions.
Surveyors identified 12,034 homeless people in the tri-county region this January, with 87% of them residing in Multnomah County, according to the preliminary data. More than half of those counted – 7,038 people – were unsheltered.
That’s the highest total since the count began in 2007, according to historical data. And the increase has happened despite all three counties sheltering and housing thousands more people every year.
These numbers could change slightly after the counties submit their data to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for review on June 13. (Typically, numbers are due at the end of April, but federal layoffs appear to have contributed to a delay this year.)
Subsidize something and you get more of it.
Tax something and you get less of it.
Everybody knows that.
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Lib Logic 101. The best way to cure the homeless problem is to give the homeless more benefits.
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Feeding wildlife makes them forget their gathering instincts and become dependent on the handouts.
Similar to a video game playing failure-to-launch son who knows mom will yell down the stairs when dinner is ready.
And refill the bowls of Cheetos and Fritos when empty.
I remember in the university bookstore hearing the part-time clerk say to his friend: “I’m worried about this birthday next week. My father used to say I’d better get a career and a real job when I turn 35. I’m turning 35 and this time I’m afraid he really means what he said.”
Beat me to it.
Basic economics is like esoteric wizardry to these morons.
Kalifornia’s Guv Nescum BRAGGED about his spending $24 BILLION on the homeless (really, The Homeless Industrial Complex). Nonprofits, NGOs, and, no doubt, his lovely extended family each received their 10% (or more).
Nescum just tried to blame and ask local Kalifornia communities to step up and “help” the homeless. Nescum is actually asking for $3 billion MORE “for the homeless.”
So, why do they bus them down the coast?
So you can be sheltered but still homeless? Or does the 12,034 include turtles, who pretty much carry their shelter with them everywhere they go?
The stupidity in this country is astounding.
If you are not in one of those taxpayer supported arrangements you are considered homeless and unsheltered.
Hand out free money and they will come.
I will pass it along here in Mexico. Some of these folks are looking for a hand out, nice to know where to go to get a lift. Why work? If you can get someone to sustain you.
Yes, the whole Homeless BS is a huge money racket for the same poverty pimps who started raking in big profits from LBJ’s Great Society scams and have been proliferating ever since. And it’s all tax free.
If we really want to “end homelessness” we should tax the NGO’s like for-profit corporations, and maybe they’d all go out of business.
One of her sayings - **Feed a rat, get more rats.**
Surprise!
I WAS RAISED ON A FARM:
CARDINAL RULE:
NEVER FEED THE FERAL CATS:
ALL YOU GET IS MORE FERAL CATS....
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