'Handouts don't help': How a Colorado county reduced homelessness by 86% in 2 years
denvergazette.com
Amid a homeless crisis plaguing Colorado’s most populated city, a county just south of Denver claims to have found an effective solution to curbing homelessness in its communities.

I hate this news story. If I wasn’t living in this community (Douglas county) I would think it’s a good story. However, Douglas county has massive NIMBY policies, including outlawing everything that would allow someone experiencing homelessness anywhere near here. No homeless shelters are legal, no sleeping outside is legal, hell even weed stores are illegal in this massive county, despite it being legal in the majority of the state. Douglas county also created its own health department in protest of mask and vaccine mandates. It’s a very affluent deeply conservative pocket in Colorado that makes me sick.

  • BigMacHole@lemm.eeEnglish
    161·
    2 months ago

    This is a MUCH better use of Taxpayer Dollars then spending only a FRACTION of that on Sheltering and Rehabilitating the Homeless!

      • belathusEnglish
        13·
        2 months ago

        Looking at other sources, it looks like they’re shipping them to other counties. Now they’re homeless somewhere else. How heartwarming.

        • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          9·
          2 months ago

          Correct. The article attempts to paint all of this in a good light, but in reality that team just “helps” them get to Denver. And the local government bemoans that Denver is full of homeless. It’s infuriating