r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Garey_Coleman • 10d ago

Where are the homeless supposed to go?

Cities have been cracking down on homeless people so they can’t have encampments or stay on sidewalks. At the same time usually the shelters are full. So those who are unable to get into a shelter, where are they supposed to go?

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u/HungryIndependence13 10d ago

Florida has made it illegal for them to sleep. No joke. 

You aren’t allowed to use someone else’s private property to sleep. 

You aren’t allowed to sleep on public property. 

So, they can’t sleep anywhere. They are not allowed to sleep. 

This 100% turns them into criminals against their will. No matter how hard they try to stay awake they will eventually fall asleep somewhere. 

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u/doubledoc5212 9d ago

Colorado has similar laws - it's unlawful to sleep in public places. The cops will literally wake people up at 2am because they're sleeping in a park and force them to hike elsewhere. Where: who knows? And god knows you're going to have a hard time actually getting your life back together when you never get to finish a REM cycle.

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u/selfly 9d ago

Is that recent? Last time I was in Denver there were a ton of homeless people with tents in the middle of the sidewalks.

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u/Popular-Departure165 9d ago

The camps have mostly been cleared out of downtown.  The city bought/rented a bunch of hotels to house them, but there are still a lot of people camping underneath overpasses and a long the bike paths.