HOMELESS RVs

HOMELESS RV’s
© 7/29/18 Sunday @ 5:16 p.m.
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I just saw movie: Leave No Trace;
was quite good about Vet with PTSD:
lives in woods with young daughter.

Viet Nam solder was first in homeless refuge;
I opened new one in upstate New York:
under nonprofit I founded – he was woods squatter.

For over decade homeless was nonprofit’s focus;
guests in homes I lived in and nonprofit sponsored:
men/women/children – hundreds helped without grant aid.

Homes facilitated like monastery with strict rules;
meetings, homework, mentoring, chores part/parcel:
one free week then $100 donation via General Relief paid.

Most were addicts desperate for recovery program;
sick physically/mentally/spiritually from alcohol or drugs:
street or jail abodes were future prospects.

Society lacked empathy for pandemonium plight;
incarceration norm tax cost averaging $100. per day:
individuals stripped of dignity – treated like objects.

There was one par excellence role model;
Mimi Silbert founded Delancey Street:
residential/vocational rehab revivified life.

She was righteous with humanity concern;
Mary Jo Copeland/Jean Forbarth were others:
walked talk – took action against society strife.

I began massive networking on Samaritan Rooms;
grands, like me, could start nonprofit convert empty nest:
perfect candidates for fostering homeless adult kith and kin.

Public Law 100-430 protects disabled living together;
honors Oxford Model conceptualizing recovery homes:
reiterating alcohol/drug abuse is sickness – not sin.

Juxtaposed was additional creative solution;
government owned RV’s are homeless allocated:
coupled with gas/maintenance/food supplements.
Included: Medical/Dental/Mental Health Care;
HUD study homeless now cost $100. per day:
savings would be astronomical exponential cents.

Each municipality has RV Campground;
with vehicle repair/maintenance training center:
plus cottage industry educational classes.

Domestic, caretaking, computer, small tools;
are service areas of community need:
would supplement hope to homeless masses.

`Out of the dots’ thinking must be pursued;
A-Town/B-Ville suggested for civic reflection:
Language in Thought & Action: brilliant seed.

My years + LIVING experience with homeless;
academically/experientially revealed plight:
respect/empathy are the highest need.

I am lamenting humanity depreciation;
Golden Rule falling by wayside:
Good Samaritans are few and far between.

Yet I have faith in moral evolution;
intrinsic spiritual quest seeking higher:
pilgrim’s progress towards divine mien.

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The Story of A-Town and B-Ville - Center for Civic Reflection ...
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Language in Thought and Action, S.I. Hayakawa (Harcourt, 1991). ... What effect does B-ville's “insurance policy” have on the town's sense of community?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan
Public Law No. 100-430, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 13 ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12289709
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Sep 13, 1988 - Annu Rev Popul Law. 1988;15:89. Public Law No. 100-430, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 13 September 1988. United States. Among ...
PDF]Oxford House – The Model
www.oxfordhouse.org/userfiles/file/doc/themodel.pdf
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(301) 587-2916 • Fax (301) 589-0302 • Internet: www.oxfordhouse.org ... The requirement that states haverecovery home revolving loan funds is now .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leave_No_Trace_(film)
The Vera Institute of Justice released a study in 2012 that found the aggregate costof prisons in 2010 in the 40 states that participated was $39 billion. The annualaverage taxpayer cost in these states was $31,286 per inmate. New York State was the most expensive, with an average cost of $60,000 per prison inmate.Aug 23, 2013
City's Annual Cost Per Inmate Is $168,000, Study Finds - The New ...
https://www.nytimes.com/.../citys-annual-cost-per-inmate-is-nearly-168000-study-says.h...
The Delancey Street Foundation, often simply referred to as Delancey Street, is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco that provides residential rehabilitation services and vocational training for substance abusers and convicted criminals.
Delancey Street Foundation - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delancey_Street_Foundation
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1921
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HUD secretary says a homeless person costs taxpayers $40,000 a ...
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Mar 12, 2012 - "It costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets. ... HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan appeared on The Daily Show on March 5, 2012. ... but cheaper to solve homelessness than it is to put a band-aid on it," ... Here, we're looking at whether Donovan presented an accurate dollar figure
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-americans-are-living-in-their-vehicles-amid-high-housing-prices/
The number of people who live in their vehicles because they can't find affordable housing is on the rise, even though the practice is illegal in many U.S. cities.
The number of people residing in campers and other vehicles surged 46 percent over the past year, a recent homeless census in Seattle's King County, Washington found. The problem is "exploding" in cities with expensive housing markets, including Los Angeles, Portland and San Francisco, according to Governing magazine.
The problem of vehicle residency is national in scope, although its impact may be more "acutely felt in urban areas where space is more limited," said Sara Rankin, an assistant professor law at Seattle University and the director of Homeless Rights Advocacy Project, in an email to CBS MoneyWatch.
Challenges abound for people who live in their vehicles, ranging from racking up parking tickets to finding a safe place to park and shower, advocates say.
A recent survey by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP), which tracks policies in 187 cities, found the number of prohibitions against vehicle residency has more than doubled during the last decade.
"Much like outdoor camping and sleeping bans, city-wide restrictions on living in vehicles may leave no lawful place where homeless people may live in a community," NLCHP said in a recent report. "Bans that permit vehicle impoundment, or that result in impoundment flowing from unpaid tickets or other enforcement of such bans, can cause homeless people to lose their shelter, transportation, and personal belongings in one fell swoop – with no realistic option to retrieve or replace them."
It's a frequent problem for the youth …