Along with Sami and others, I am joining Sami for Monday Murals.
As we see an increasing number of people on the streets, imagine 2030 after governments have declared no one will need to sleep on the streets and we will ensure they don't. During our Covid lockdowns, the streets were cleared and street sleepers were found accommodation.
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Sadly I can't imagine it and don't believe it. Love the mural.
ReplyDeleteNo, nor do I EC.
DeleteThe mural is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Aw, thanks Alison.
DeleteThose faces are beautiful. A really skillful mural.
ReplyDeleteI agree JayCee. It's a cracker.
DeleteThat would be an ambitious goal
ReplyDeleteRoentare, unachievable but that doesn't mean authorities should not try.
DeleteImagine sleeping in the streets last night.. the winds were shocking :(
ReplyDeleteDreadful, Hels. I slept through the early morning drama.
DeleteThere will always be homeless people but with enough compassion and political will we could house a lot more than we do now
ReplyDeleteKylie, yes, especially those who really want and desperately need housing.
DeleteWouldn't that be lovely?
ReplyDeleteIt would Bob, but it won't happen.
DeleteIt disgusts me in this day and age with taxpayer money thrown at football stadiums and car races by governments in Australia that people have to be homeless. In Adelaide for example there are government and private buildings that could be repurposed for the homeless. I often buy food for a homeless woman in Rundle Street while people sit by and fill their bellies completely disregarding her. I have phone the homelessness govt contact but they have limited resources and few places they can offer. My homeless friend likes a muffin and a coke….always a coke….mightn’t be healthy but is her choice
ReplyDeleteAll those disused office buildings, how many could be housed in those eh? Dozens per building.
DeleteSome cities here in the USA treat their homeless population like criminals. There has to be a better way. I like the mural, they look hopeful.
ReplyDeleteDeb, I 've heard that. Most people can't help being poor and homeless. Thanks.
DeleteSingle people with two bedroom high rise flats should be required by law to house one or two homeless people. That would solve the problem over night.
ReplyDeleteVery poorly thought out. At least here a big contributing factor to homelessness is mental illness and addiction issues.
DeleteYP; would these homeless people also be paying their share of rent and utilities? Buying their own food? I would be very hesitant about taking in someone I don't know who might have the problems Debby talks about. I only have one bedroom, but I did have one son sleeping on my lounge room floor one winter while he was homeless until he found a room in a share house.
DeleteThat's fine YP. Owner's such as me with two spare bedrooms are exempt. Well the boarder takes up one now, so I only have one spare. Seriously, you are quite correct. There are so many empty nesters in large homes who could at least take on students. So far, I am happy with mine.
DeleteDebby, it similar here. YP was just being provocative. The people who do need immediate housing are mostly women whose lives have fallen apart after a relationship breakdown.
DeleteRiver, don't take YP too seriously. I've seen taking in someone go wrong. Obviously you don't have space. Older women with the space would be pretty safe with Asian students of either sex. I'd like to say someone gay, but no, I cannot. A young Australian female would probably be fine.
DeleteBut I missed your original point, the homeless. I would be reluctant.
I'd forgotten that street sleepers had accommodation found during Covid, so was that just temporary and they got kicked out once the scare was over or did they voluntarily go back to the streets? I keep thinking back to the quonset huts set up in camps for post war immigrants and wonder why the governments today can't do similar to house those who have lost homes due to financial or other difficulties.
ReplyDeleteRiver, a lot of the accommodation for them was in hotels and motels, empty because of the lock downs and no tourists. I remember some migrants caught up in the mess were put up in quite posh hotels too. Ii don't know the word quonset. Are they Nissan huts? They were quite brutal housing but better than nothing.
DeleteYes, Nissan huts. I'd forgotten the word.
DeleteThe murals look good Andrew. Wouldn't that would be good if houses were found for them all...but it's not simple.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, no, it is not simple. Some people are just not suited to private housing. There needs to be adequate mass, supervised accommodation for many, in my opinion.
DeleteThere's such life and hope in those faces. It's a grand ambition, but sadly will not be realised, I think.
ReplyDeleteNo JB, it won't, but there can be amelioration.
DeleteEn algunos lugares hay refugios, pqra que nadie tenga que dormir en la calle. Precioso Mural.
ReplyDeleteFeliz semana.
Thank you. We do have such places here but it is never enough.
DeleteIt can be done, it takes more than affordable housing,
ReplyDeleteTP, true. So many need supervised care in accommodation. But isn't that institulisation?
DeleteIt's a beautiful and meaningful mural. I think so much could be done for the homeless with all the spent on fireworks, festivals, stadiums... Luckily in Perth we still don't see a huge amount of homeless people, but they do exist in the city centre. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Andrew.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sami. As your population expands, so too will these types of problems grow too.
DeleteLlegó de nuevo y con tu permiso me quedaré por este tu blog.
ReplyDeleteMe cuesta trabajo pensar en algún gobierno que se proponga trabajar realmente por los desfavorecidos. Me gusta tu fotografÃa. Un abrazo Andrew
Thanks Luis. I think governments balance the problem. Voters don't want to see too many people lying about on the streets or suffer anti social behaviour, so governments act to control things but not eradicate them.
DeleteImagine! Your post evoked many deep thoughts. Thank you, Andrew Aloha
ReplyDeleteCloudia, perhaps a mural for the social good.
DeleteThe city sanctioned encampment, supplied with dumpster and porta potties is now gone here. I heard they just moved across the street, however, but I don't know that for sure, since my car is gone and I don't drive by there until I get it back.
ReplyDeleteStrayer, that would be a shame if that is all that happened.
DeleteIt seems to be a problem everywhere. who knows what the solution could be, Andrew.
ReplyDeletePat, the loss of cheap boarding houses had a huge impact, along with the deinstitutionalisation of people with sometimes quite severe mental health issues. It's a problem.
DeleteIt wouldn't take much to make it happen, if we reordered the way resources in our societies are allocated. Take a couple million away from the CEOs and redirect it toward remediating homelessness, and the problem would be solved or at least alleviated. And the CEOs wouldn't notice a difference!
ReplyDeleteSteve, I think you are right. Their salaries and remuneration is so great, they wouldn't miss anything. It is just a paper figure to them.
DeleteWhat beautiful murals!
ReplyDeleteQuite special, I agree Darla.
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