There's been a sharp uptick in the past year in the number of cities passing ordinances against doing things on public property such as sitting, lying down, sleeping, standing in a public street, loitering, public urination, jaywalking and panhandling, said Neil Donovan, the executive director of th
Most crimes against the homeless are committed by other homeless people, while crimes by outsiders have typically been one-time actions by hooligans in pursuit of thrills, said Neil Donovan, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless.
Truth in numbers?Neil Donovan, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, a Washington-based nonprofit advocacy group, says the decline in the raw numbers of homeless is likely based on poor data from the federal government.
National Coalition for the Homeless executive director Neil Donovan calls the Occupy movement tremendously important, but faults it for a middle-class orientation that is not shedding light on persistent poverty. He says, It is validating the inconvenience of the middle class, where their optioNeil Donovan says he can go into the Occupy D.C. encampment at McPherson Square and pick out the homeless guy who is pissed off. Hes pissed off because someone is taking his bench that hes been sitting on for six months and he doesnt understand why.
"Collecting things defines ownership. To a tragic extent that defines home for them," said Neil Donovan, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. "This speaks to the need for mental health services."
"Shelters are becoming very difficult to afford," said Neil Donovan, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. "These are people in dire economic conditions. They have very limited disposable income. It doesn't do anything for their economic situation."
Date: Jun 02, 2011
Category: Business
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