These doghouse shacks are an eyesore and unhealthy.
They have no running water, bathroom or electricity.
They don't belong on city streets, in neighborhoods or anywhere else.
Someone said that putting public toilets near the shacks would solve the toilet problem.
No way.
Most homeless people don't care about other people or the environment.
They would overflow the toilets (ever been inside a public toilet place near the beach in Santa Monica where homeless sleep?) and create an even bigger health hazard.
Having these shacks in neighborhoods would mean private property would be used as toilets.
Also, I don't want these people near me as many are unstable.
Much of the real problem with homeless people are the homeless themselves.
Many of them panhandle just enough to meet their needs for the day and night.
As long as they get handouts, they stay homeless.
They don't care.
So many people talk about wanting to find solutions to the problem and yet, they give to the homeless which in turn, only encourages them to stay that way.
The homeless people need to get back on their feet.
If they want to live in these little doghouses, then they should do work for the city in return for their "housing".
If they want food, then go for help instead of harassing people for it.
Stop giving them reasons to stay homeless.
Sympathy will not solve the problem.
Far too many homeless people can work.
We need to force the issue with them and by doing so, we can get a better grip on the homeless who are mentally ill and/or have other problems.
The moochers are the biggest problem.
Enough is enough of them.
I used to help homeless people, but I got sick of them taking food only to go lay in some park and sleep afterward.
I realized that I was not helping them.
I was only filling their homeless needs.
This has to stop.
These doghouses need to be swept away as well.
They are not doing the homeless or society any good.
George Vreeland Hill
