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If you don’t have a guaranteed place to sleep that night then you are homeless. Did we really go so far backwards that 10 people in a 2 bedroom apartment isn’t a housing problem?
Not surprised. You can't go anywhere in Tucson these days without seeing tent villages in washes and on the sides of roads. There's a massive one with like 40 tents right near the airbase. >

It's incredibly sad. The city is being sued right now for homeless sweeps by police to get the homeless folks out of site before the gem and mineral show starts. It does seem like the city is trying to help with the homelessness but it is such a complex issue. I honestly just wish the put half the effort in to it as they did with other projects such as Rio Nuevo. >

Yeah I have no idea what the solution is. I'm sure a substantial amount of people here became homeless elsewhere but are in town because the climate is more suitable for camping this time of year. I'm sure many living in the Rillito and Santa Cruz had a rude awakening this past week with the rain and snowmelt. >

Give them sheds and old trailers/RVs somewhere with facilities so they have a place to live? >

That's basically the same situation they have now. The only way to deal with mass homelessness is to give them what amounts to permanent housing and social services and orient them towards finding jobs.
People will complain about the spending needed to make it happen and the "free ride" but they're the ones currently complaining about having to see them living in squalor, so people need to pick which one they are more willing to complain about. >

In their perfect God-fearing world they'd just kill them all or throw them into the desert to die.  Make no mistake, it's not about spending to them, it's about cruelty. >

These housing prices are beyond crazy. And its basically forcing people to rent at absurd rates corporations should not be allowed to owned multiple properties to rent for profit as well as foreign nationals. Enough is enough >

AZ cost of housing shot up really fast. This is one of the highest correlated items to homeless rates. 
Housing is starting to come down, but slowly, and rent from properties purchased at the height won't. >


“HUD does not believe that couch surfing should be considered as homeless,” said Dawn Bogart of the nonprofit Homeless Youth Connection

I absolutely disagree with this. Couch surfing with different friends and/or family is not permanent secured housing, and people who do this should be considered homeless still.