This is difficult to write about without sounding insensitive ……
The efforts of the city in past years, to drive homeless people from their out-of-sight, out-of-mind campsites seems to have resulted in people sleeping all over downtown Salem benches and sidewalks. I don't pretend to have the answers (other than more money) but this is one issue where I would be willing to pay some sort of tax to help with the problem ….. to provide adequate and available shelters for those in need.
People complain that most make the choice to avoid employment and be homeless and don't deserve assistance but in occasional encounters, I see what appears to be mental illness in many of the homeless and they likely would be skipped over by potential employers.
I don't know how to sort those who genuinely need help from those who are just lazy and don't want to work ….. The situation does need increased attention though on the local government level and soon!
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