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Hennepin County, Minneapolis homeless
shelters facing a $13-million-a-year fiscal cliff

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Posted By: Ribicon, 5/8/2022 12:56:24 PM

When COVID-19 hit, the U.S. government poured hundreds of millions in pandemic relief money into communities across the nation. Hennepin County took the opportunity to jump-start a gradual overhaul of its homelessness services. Overnight shelters transitioned to 24/7. Some built out smaller-room sleeping arrangements with more privacy. Fees were eliminated. The low-barrier Avivo indoor tiny home village, which offers three meals a day and allows pets and substance use on site, opened in the North Loop. Homeward Bound, a culturally specific shelter with trauma-informed services and 100% Native staff, opened in Ventura Village.(Snip)But as the one-time money from the American Rescue Plan

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Like lottery winners tearing through the windfall, municipalities put a lot of jingle in some people's pockets to launch programs that cannot continue without additional taxpayer funding. Won't you cut back a bit more so these crackheads can get high in culturally specific housing?

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Reply 1 - Posted by: TJ54 5/8/2022 1:24:06 PM (No. 1150041)
Enjoy!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: NorthernDog 5/8/2022 1:45:50 PM (No. 1150051)
Unfortunately helping the homeless is a bottomless pit. The only program that would work is getting them back into mainstream society working for a living, taking care of their own needs, and eliminating all drug usage. Instead, we are going in the opposite direction.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DVC 5/8/2022 2:18:15 PM (No. 1150088)
Put locks on the doors, bars on the windows and call them "Mental Institutions" and perhaps people would be happier to fund them, if we can be protected from these people.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: voxpopuli 5/8/2022 2:55:08 PM (No. 1150101)
what can go wrong? free money for worthless people.. administered by worthless people
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Reply 5 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 5/8/2022 3:50:14 PM (No. 1150117)
Charge rent or fees like the real world and since they permit substance use on site sell fentanyl at cost so they can afford the rent.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Skinnydip 5/8/2022 4:24:29 PM (No. 1150137)
I smell a large tax increase coming. After all, it’s irresponsible for responsible people not to pay for irresponsible people.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Strike3 5/8/2022 5:07:57 PM (No. 1150147)
This is pennies compared to what San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York have locked themselves into. Note to self: Never go there.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Petronius 5/8/2022 6:07:29 PM (No. 1150174)
Thy might as well have just put all that money in a big pile and burned it.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: ussjimmycarter 5/8/2022 9:14:30 PM (No. 1150263)
Live about 100 yards inside Hennepin County border! Gee, wonder if property taxes will go up?
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Reply 10 - Posted by: mifla 5/9/2022 5:22:23 AM (No. 1150407)
Giving people money with no strings attached allows them to do as they please.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: ROLFNader 5/9/2022 10:06:54 AM (No. 1150602)
Put 'em all on an island and just drop a few thousand pounds of commodity food every week or so. You could cut that budget by 90% .
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