#Denver fails at most human rights issues. In addition to Downtown Denvers #homeless #ban, we also have the worst laws to allow big banks to outright steal peoples homes. Did you know in Colorado that 17% of #foreclosures in Colorado end up in homelessness? Our legislators do, but they dont care enough to fix the problems. downtowndenver.org/html/foreclosure.html Fighting homelessness by giving homeless people houses: A program in Salt Lake City decided that it would be smarter — and more humane – to spend $11K/year each to house 17 chronically homeless people and provide them with social workers than it would be to waste the average of $16,670/year per person to imprison them and treat them at emergency rooms. goo.gl/EgLe4H There are 18,600,000 vacant homes in the United States. Enough for every homeless person to have six! goo.gl/bnJDvH “Earth provides enough to satisfy every mans needs, but not every mans greed.” ―Mahatma Gandhi — with Gourav Kala and 2 others.
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:38:32 +0000