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The New Haven Green smells heavily like urine and is littered with trash (including sharp glass fragments from many broken alcohol bottles, which is dangerous). It's embarrassing for the city to have our central square be in such a state, but more embarrassing that our inattention to the homeless is what causes it to be so. What is New Haven doing to help those who most need it and, in so doing, helping to preserve our public spaces?
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Parker (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
Gary B. (Guest)
downtown resident (Guest)
Alphonse A. Kronberg (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
There is a lack of affordable, or free housing for seniors, the disabled and the poor. The city waste money revitalizing down town and schools built 20 years ago. The people should be the number one priority.
It is very sad when a disabled person can not afford a rent and the "so called housing programs" are so full they are non existant, and the disabled person is told they need to stay in a homeless shelter until housing is found. This is outrageous.
No one should have to spend the night on the street.
SS (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
Christopher Schaefer 4 Congress.Com (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
Homelessness is a national tragedy but there is no simple solution.
If I'm downtown and am approached by a "panhandler" I generally refuse to give money--but offer to walk with him/or to a nearby eatery and buy them some food. 99% of the time they turn down my offer: "I don't like what they serve" "I'm actually not hungry now but will be in awhile" etc. This usually is a dead give-away that the money would have been used for alcohol or drugs. And that 1% who actually takes me up on my offer? I buy them whatever they want and as much as they want: very affordable since this scenario only plays out 1 or 2 times a year. And I know I've actually helped someone.
Alphonse A. Kronberg (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
Shelters should be made more secure so a person feels protected there.
Costly, yes but there are many projects thet money is wasted on. This money can be used to develop these programs.
When i was a child New Haven was known as "The Model City"
What a laugh.
Oyboyski (Guest)
Oyboyski (Guest)
As to the shelters , It's a poliocy of 3 months in at a shelter then they throw the "bums" out , they can't return for 3 months (3 in and 3 out).
Rules are subject to change with the shelter staff using it's own discretion.
Christopher Schaefer 4 Congress.Com (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
Also, having grown up in a family where there was alcoholism, I can assure you that an addict cannot overcome their problem unless they make the first giant step--which is the DESIRE to overcome their addiction and to live in the real world rather than in a world clouded by drugs or alcohol.
Once that first step is achieved, the next difficulty is overcoming the body's physical reliance on the addictive substance. Just ask someone who has tried to give up smoking how difficult THAT is. Finally, one must be able to address the problem that lead to addiction in the first place: depression, job loss, failed marriage/relationship, no sense of purpose or meaning in life, etc.
I'm not trying to make the situation seem hopeless; just trying to explain how very complex homelessness is.
Alphonse A. Kronberg (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
I know how hard it is to overcome addiction. I had a drug problem for many years. I am proud to say i have been clean since 1988.
These are difficult problems to overcome and "yes" the person must have the desire to help themselves. More education when thry are young would be a good "stepping stone" in this direction
Michelle (Guest)
Extremely unsafe "havens" with relatives for clients.
Many of these green folk were on disability but thrown off for various reasons , most for no reason.
Alphonse A. Kronberg (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
Its outrageous.
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