We are in an apartment we have been renting since 2000. The rent is controlled. If we were to move our rent would double plus we would need to pay utilities. I don't know how people can afford any of it.
Homeless Tent Cities in Canada
- Thread starter Ron in Regina
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What changed? "Fenty and side" (fentanyl and meth) came along. It's a true crisis.
Vancouver recently opened 1300+ housing units for the feral people and many still sit empty.
It's "unhoused" homeless is racist, Nazi, Commie, fascist white supremacy.
They probably require occupants to follow rules like no drugs, etc.
Makowsky couldn’t say why people were refusing help, noting that they don’t tend to give long answers, but he said there could be many reasons why.
“It’s sort of a scenario where they are asked if they’d like any help from the ministry and it’s just a ‘no,’ ” said Makowsky.
Alejandra Cabrera, who volunteers at the camp, said many people are dealing with barriers to getting help, such as complex needs. That’s why they often don’t have housing in the first place.
“A lot of these people have some trauma, substance abuse, mental health – all sorts of things that we need to address,” she explained.
Other advocates on social media have also talked about barriers like a requirement of having official identification, which can be difficult to get for a person with no fixed address, or some shelters requiring a fee depending on the situation.
Makowsky said Regina police have warned that ministry workers shouldn’t be going through the encampment and into tents without an escort for safety reasons, so social services workers are now set up just inside City Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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“It’s sort of a scenario where they are asked if they’d like any help from the ministry and it’s just a ‘no,’ ” said Makowsky.
Alejandra Cabrera, who volunteers at the camp, said many people are dealing with barriers to getting help, such as complex needs. That’s why they often don’t have housing in the first place.
“A lot of these people have some trauma, substance abuse, mental health – all sorts of things that we need to address,” she explained.
Other advocates on social media have also talked about barriers like a requirement of having official identification, which can be difficult to get for a person with no fixed address, or some shelters requiring a fee depending on the situation.
Makowsky said Regina police have warned that ministry workers shouldn’t be going through the encampment and into tents without an escort for safety reasons, so social services workers are now set up just inside City Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Makowsky says help is being offered at Regina homeless camp
Where the terrace in front of Regina City Hall used to be all cement and fountains, now it's tents and people ...
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As I said before they are feral humans. Before being housed they need to be domesticated again or for the first time.Makowsky couldn’t say why people were refusing help, noting that they don’t tend to give long answers, but he said there could be many reasons why.
“It’s sort of a scenario where they are asked if they’d like any help from the ministry and it’s just a ‘no,’ ” said Makowsky.
Alejandra Cabrera, who volunteers at the camp, said many people are dealing with barriers to getting help, such as complex needs. That’s why they often don’t have housing in the first place.
“A lot of these people have some trauma, substance abuse, mental health – all sorts of things that we need to address,” she explained.
Other advocates on social media have also talked about barriers like a requirement of having official identification, which can be difficult to get for a person with no fixed address, or some shelters requiring a fee depending on the situation.
Makowsky said Regina police have warned that ministry workers shouldn’t be going through the encampment and into tents without an escort for safety reasons, so social services workers are now set up just inside City Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Makowsky says help is being offered at Regina homeless camp
Where the terrace in front of Regina City Hall used to be all cement and fountains, now it's tents and people ...
Regina Mayor Sandra Masters addressed the encampment during a media conference Wednesday, suggesting the city wouldn’t be able to take down the tent city without safely ensuring that those who are staying there had a place to go.
“I think that’s what all of the organizations are working through right now, kind of the if/then scenarios, because if we have somewhere (where folks can go), that’s easy,” she said. “If we don’t, how do we accommodate short-term shelter while we work through what to do with folks that don’t perhaps want shelter?”
Volunteers are doing what they can to keep those living on Regina City Hall’s doorstep safe during the heat wave.
Mandla Mthembu is a camp volunteer who has been helping since Day 1. He was one of the organizers who helped move the camp from Pepsi Park to City Hall back in June.
Volunteers at City Hall encampment trying to help residents beat the heat
Volunteers are doing what they can to keep those living on Regina City Hall's doorstep safe during the heat wa...
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“Setting up a camp in front of City Hall is, in my opinion, a publicity stunt by people that go to their comfy beds at the end of the night and are exploiting those that really need the help,” Bray said on Tuesday’s Greg Morgan Morning Show.
Bray said housing is available, but many of those facilities have zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol. While not all homeless people struggle with substance problems or addictions, Bray agrees there needs to be supportive housing available for people trying to overcome addictions issues.
However, he does not think pitching tents in front of City Hall is a viable option for addressing the issue.
“My frustration is that it’s often activists that, in my view, are exploiting people that are homeless that are trying to use this as a grandstand to make some sort of political point,” Bray said.
“If you say, ‘Here’s a place where you can stay, but you need to be drug- and alcohol-free,’ and they say, ‘Sorry, I am not willing to play by those rules,’ then you are basically not giving them another alternative unless we have some sort of facility where we can basically compel them to get the help they need,” he said.
Bray spoke the truth. They are homeless by choice.View attachment 18793
Volunteers are doing what they can to keep those living on Regina City Hall’s doorstep safe during the heat wave.
Mandla Mthembu is a camp volunteer who has been helping since Day 1. He was one of the organizers who helped move the camp from Pepsi Park to City Hall back in June.
Regina Police Service Chief Evan Bray said creating a tent city on the front lawn of City Hall is not a solution, given that homelessness is more of a provincial priority than a municipal one.Volunteers at City Hall encampment trying to help residents beat the heat
Volunteers are doing what they can to keep those living on Regina City Hall's doorstep safe during the heat wa...
“Setting up a camp in front of City Hall is, in my opinion, a publicity stunt by people that go to their comfy beds at the end of the night and are exploiting those that really need the help,” Bray said on Tuesday’s Greg Morgan Morning Show.
Bray said housing is available, but many of those facilities have zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol. While not all homeless people struggle with substance problems or addictions, Bray agrees there needs to be supportive housing available for people trying to overcome addictions issues.
However, he does not think pitching tents in front of City Hall is a viable option for addressing the issue.
“My frustration is that it’s often activists that, in my view, are exploiting people that are homeless that are trying to use this as a grandstand to make some sort of political point,” Bray said.
“If you say, ‘Here’s a place where you can stay, but you need to be drug- and alcohol-free,’ and they say, ‘Sorry, I am not willing to play by those rules,’ then you are basically not giving them another alternative unless we have some sort of facility where we can basically compel them to get the help they need,” he said.
Meanwhile, got a relative that gets to go to city hall M-F, etc…& says City Hall is a total mess. People are being harassed, chased, offered drugs, everywhere is a bathroom, surrounding businesses are shortening their business hours due to employee fear, just ridiculous, etc…empathy.
It’s 90°+F here today, and within three months, there will be snow on the ground, & within two weeks of that it’ll be permanent snow until next Spring. We can reasonably expect -40° (C or F, your call) in that stretch. Harsh is an understatement.
It’s 90°+F here today, and within three months, there will be snow on the ground, & within two weeks of that it’ll be permanent snow until next Spring. We can reasonably expect -40° (C or F, your call) in that stretch. Harsh is an understatement.
Don’t worry Ron by winter they will be on a bus out here .
By winter, they might be on a bus in front of city hall here, called a warming bus, until Spring, ‘cuz global warming…I mean choices, as opposed to choosing not to do meth or fentanyl so they can be in a shelter. Just rotate out the buses every 8hrs, 24hrs/day, 7days/week, until Spring.
Does this not happen in other places?
City of Regina | Regina Transit Overnight Warming Bus Now Available to Residents Experiencing Homelessness
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Maybe we should give them all the dope they can handle then replace the bus with a mobile crematorium.By winter, they might be on a bus in front of city hall here, called a warming bus, until Spring, ‘cuz global warming…I mean choices, as opposed to choosing not to do meth or fentanyl so they can be in a shelter. Just rotate out the buses every 8hrs, 24hrs/day, 7days/week, until Spring.
Does this not happen in other places?
City of Regina | Regina Transit Overnight Warming Bus Now Available to Residents Experiencing Homelessness
City of Regina
How does what not happen in other places? Homelessness? Or government efforts to keep the homeless alive?By winter, they might be on a bus in front of city hall here, called a warming bus, until Spring, ‘cuz global warming…I mean choices, as opposed to choosing not to do meth or fentanyl so they can be in a shelter. Just rotate out the buses every 8hrs, 24hrs/day, 7days/week, until Spring.
Does this not happen in other places?
City of Regina | Regina Transit Overnight Warming Bus Now Available to Residents Experiencing Homelessness
City of Regina