Residents Tired of Data That Supports one Agenda
Cristal M Clark
This past week the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative released a study on the same day temperatures dropped to dangerously low levels in an effort to further gain pity before releasing it’s falsified and dishonest findings.
To no one’s surprise at last not the residents who have encountered the homeless issues, the data released only supports one agenda and that agenda is not the one that makes the city safer much less it is both highly inaccurate and false.
This study completely and blatantly ignores the truth. The hundreds of residents trying to break leases are lying or not seeing what they have reported seeing?
The study says that a total of 30,409 people accessed services related to homelessnessbetween July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
- Homelessness is a reflection of systemic failures rather than personal shortcomings, by and large– this so completely false. Again, if you choose certain things in life, you will be homeless and that is an individuals shortcomings. Don’t believe me? Go visit my son who is sitting in the jail downtown here. Pull his jacket, then you come talk to me. Let me break it down for you by all means, please. Then let me tell you about the homeless crew that he hangs with. Explain it to the police who arrested him, look at his charges and explain to the police how his actions and his homelessness is part of a systemic failure rather than a result of his own choices. He had a good union job, didn’t lose it, he walked away from it and made the choice to be homeless and do drugs and to commit crimes in an effort to support his drug habit and his homeless needs.
- The housing wage for a two-bedroom apartment is $35.84/hour. The average wage in the seven-county metro area is $14.17- what fucking wage are you talking about, have you not heard of this search engine called Google? Google our minimum wage and I think that you might find that $14.17 is bullshite. Why are you only looking at two bedroom apartments here? Clearly you are not looking at the whole picture because rents have dropped within the last year.
- The #1 contributing factor of homelessness is relationship problems and family breakup- why not tell us why this is? Honestly get off of your high horse and break it down for us. It’s not the family in over half of the cases, it is the homeless individuals themselves which discounts the first thing on your list here.
- The #2 contributing factor of homelessness is an inability to pay rent or mortgage-Again, try breaking down why that is instead of throwing a falsified study at the state.
- 94% did not choose to experience homelessness according to HMIS- again not factual information in the least. I walk through the city and I too ask people why they are homeless and an overwhelming amount want to be, rather than follow rules, take medication, stay sober, they want to be homeless.
- 88% of respondents since 2015 reported a last permanent address in Colorado, meaning people are not moving here to experience homelessness – not sure this is accurate info at all either, have you seen the number of expired out of state plates at some the larger homeless encampments?
- More people are newly homeless (44%) than chronically homeless (30%), especially among families (50% vs. 13%)-This is not truthful at all, I see the same homeless people for years in the same areas. What they used to bolster this one was all of the homeless being bussed up here because we are a sanctuary city.
- They know every veteran experiencing homelessness by name in 5 out of 9 subregions and have a goal of full regional coverage for veterans by the end of 2024 – Bravo, perhaps the most honest part of the survey.
The issue that I have with these types of studies is that they only support one person or groups agenda and in no way shape or form serves to support the actual true gravity of the situation. You cannot tell me that the residents in this city who are tempted to break leases over the homeless around their homes, are lying or making up what they saw. I live here and I see it too, the drugs being used and sold. I have seen dealers in nicer cars than mine pull up, do a drug deal and drive off from bus stops and encampments. I see people sleeping in their cars but pulling into parking lots to smoke meth or crack.
About a year or so ago, we had one encampment open up a makeshift bar, the theft of property?
Last night my best friend called saying that he was swinging up this way, I went to the store next to me to grab some stuff and was harassed by some of the homeless who were hanging out at the bus stop. You expect me to believe a study where respondents are only going to tell you what you want to hear so that you will advocate for more resources for them? What a sad and deplorable joke.
Speaking of, try cleaning up the bus stops and ridding them from the drinking and drugs, oh wait, is that part of the systemic failures? Is it? Until the Mayor and these advocates step up and start telling the actual truth about the homeless population and increased criminal activity it brings, the residents cannot and will not support them or anything they bring to the table wanting to propose in an effort to help the situation.
We must be realistic about the homeless issues or we will continue to see this problem, you cannot throw a bandaid on it and expect that to last forever.
Cristal M Clark
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