Most are out of towners.

The larger portion of the Green, bounded by College, Chapel, Temple, and Elm. (Upper Green, yes?)

With all the vacant properties in the city why dont the city rehabilitate or offer incentives for owners to rehabilitate so we wont have any homeless on the green or in the streets. The city can hire the unemployed to rehabilitate these buildings which will create jobs.
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.

New Haven should ban panhandling as they have done in a number of other cities.

"No one should have to spend the night on the street." Agreed. However, the problem is complicated by the fact that many homeless people have mental health and/or addiction problems (which is the reason for all those alcohol bottles) which bars them from most shelters due to resultant behavior. Additionally, many homeless refuse to stay in shelters for a variety of reasons, such as fear of theft of belongings, paranoia, etc. so feel "safer" camping in the woods, under a bridge, etc.
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.

With all the money the city of New Haven claims they don't have they should open facilities to help those with addictions or mental illness. Grant it a large percentage will not voluntarily enter the facility, however if they are found on the street intoxicated or a danger to themselves or others instead of a night in jail they can be sent to a facility for help.
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.

Another issue in regards , The State is in such dire straits , totally abandoned by manufacturing , That the State perpetuates a dump and chase, dump a ton of bums from all over and chase after them into New Haven for jobs (only game in town)

@ Mr.Schaefer , That's great of you to do that.
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.

"they should open facilities to help those with addictions or mental illness." This assumes qualified counsellors--of which there are not enough. Over the years the state has been shutting down mental health facilities. CT can't balance its budget as it is, so don't expect more money for people who don't vote for and/or contribute money towards the re-election of whoever is in power.
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.

Wouldn't it be great if just 10% of those going into the programs were able to give up their addictions, or have their mental disabilities controlled and become productive citizen's.
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

The programs in place are extremely top heavy with , at times with more employees and outreach workers than clients .(no room , no services available).
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.

I wonder how many of those on the green are disabled or elderly who cant afford an apartment. There are programs in place but try to get a subsidized apartment. You get the same response "there are no apartments available and were not taking applications, maybe in a year or so" Where does one go. The money you receive is well below poverty level. So what do you do? You drown your depression with cheap alcohol and sleep wherever you can.
Its outrageous.

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