Unfortunately, it comes from someone doing the best they can to survive their situation. It’s not easy being homeless.
Some people are sympathetic. Others would rather not see them at all. And you have to ask yourself: why is there no acceptance, no kindness, and no chance of understanding?

🛠️ What Are Makeshift Shelters?

Basic answer: any group of materials available at the time, arranged in a way that provides temporary protection from the sun, the night, and any probing eyes.

Is it the location? The amount of stuff used to build them. Or is it simply that they remind us of what we’ve let happen to our fellow man?
We’d rather focus on the visible discomfort these little huts bring than question the projects that drained public money and delivered nothing.

• ❌ Unsafe
• ❌ Unhealthy
• ❌ Trash collectors
• ❌ Hubs for disease, insects, and rodents

Maybe some instructions on accountability and respect are in order:

• Pick better locations to build
• Clean up your area regularly
• Don’t store or hoard at your temporary site
• Do not trash the area common spaces belong to all of us

We’re not trying to fool anyone with these suggestions. They won’t solve the deeper problems, but they can address the “eyesore” critiques right now.

If cost-effective solutions are what people want, then they should vote on the petition that gives Shelter Outline: The Network a chance to turn some of these problems around.

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By the Street Sentinel