It is, they’re just confirming it given the cold weather
a good chunk of rough sleepers are people who refuse accommodation, but in the cold they may choose to come in.
There is (was up until recently don’t know if the Ukraine situation has changed this) always excess beds for rough sleepers.
For many different reasons, homeless people choose not to use these places.
It is always a thing, there are empty beds every night in Dublin.
Is this an offer for students needing accommodation?
It IS always a thing. This is a reminder.
It is. There is always spare space to accommodate rough sleepers but not everyone wants to sleep in hostels
It is. They can’t magic up a load of beds within a week. Those sleeping on the streets choose to do so.
I wonder if it’s a case that they can do it in an emergency as there’s different insurance obligations and quality standards. The idea of “a crap place to sleep is better than no place to sleep” during an emergency. If attention is brought to it, the excuse is that it’s an emergency and they are trying to help more than the system can handle. That excuse wouldn’t fly all year round
When I used to work in a shop in the city centre, I used to deal with a regular homeless customer, I would chat to him every time he came in as he was a nice/friendly man, he previously had addiction issues (hard drugs) but managed to largely overcome them, despite still hanging around the wrong crowd. He never came into the shop drunk, off his head or anything, but he still had the look of a typical Dublin junkie.
He had a place to sleep at night as he was part of a program to help him get on the right track, but he still slept on the streets instead along with his dog. He dealt with immense paranoia, he felt like no one wanted him there (in the hostel), he also felt deeply unsafe. He was on medication for his depression and anxiety, which helped him a lot, but he found it incredibly difficult to sleep in a homeless shelter.
I stopped working in that job earlier this year, I know his dog ended up taken away from him, I hope he is okay now, his dog was his world.
Can’t remember where I heard it but I was told that basically the census for homeless in the country is basically one night where guys go out and record homeless people sleeping rough and that’s the figure. Imagine how many are in hostels/ hospital/ found another bed for the night etc and imagine how many more are out there that are not included in that number.
The fact that the top level comments are all from people who haven’t been homeless, and talking about homelessness is f’d up.
The idea that anyone on the streets chooses that is disgusting.
I was homeless from 16, dad wouldn’t help me with the homeless list, was stuck in limbo for years.
When I eventually got to the nightly hostels, it was a rat race. You call in, try get a bed, when the point comes when there are none left, you go and collect a blue sleeping bag and find a place to sleep.
Mods, I beg of you to regulate this comment thread.
Most of homeless have issues with other homeless so won’t use the facilities provided because they don’t feel safe and prefer to sleep on the streets.
The beds are there, it’s just the shitehawks that take the other beds is the problem. Some people would rather sleep rough than get mugged or be subject to ppl shooting up next to them in hostels.
This thread is a dumpster fire.
Honestly my perspective on this is probably gonna get me hate / launched into space but really I see it as a non cookie cutter issue. I don’t think we should just fire tax payer money at all homeless …
I’d like to see people who end up homeless through financial hardship looked after as a priority to be honest – then folks with mental health problems but if the refuse it’s strike your out – alcoholics/druggies if we can save em grand but honestly they’ve had their shot. Can we help the people not consciously fucking their lives away first ? Is that such an awful thing to say…
There’s been months of threads about people working hard 9-5 – commuting 2 to 3 hours not being able to afford rent anywhere but mention the homeless and everyone wants every last one of them catered too with accommodation in the city center powered by unicorns and rainbows …
I mean ffs we don’t have beds for kids in hospital right now but let’s worry about the junkies… there has to be some harsh reality here as awful as it is to say.
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psst, it is.
It is, they’re just confirming it given the cold weather
a good chunk of rough sleepers are people who refuse accommodation, but in the cold they may choose to come in.
There is (was up until recently don’t know if the Ukraine situation has changed this) always excess beds for rough sleepers.
For many different reasons, homeless people choose not to use these places.
It is always a thing, there are empty beds every night in Dublin.
Is this an offer for students needing accommodation?
It IS always a thing. This is a reminder.
It is. There is always spare space to accommodate rough sleepers but not everyone wants to sleep in hostels
It is. They can’t magic up a load of beds within a week. Those sleeping on the streets choose to do so.
I wonder if it’s a case that they can do it in an emergency as there’s different insurance obligations and quality standards. The idea of “a crap place to sleep is better than no place to sleep” during an emergency. If attention is brought to it, the excuse is that it’s an emergency and they are trying to help more than the system can handle. That excuse wouldn’t fly all year round
When I used to work in a shop in the city centre, I used to deal with a regular homeless customer, I would chat to him every time he came in as he was a nice/friendly man, he previously had addiction issues (hard drugs) but managed to largely overcome them, despite still hanging around the wrong crowd. He never came into the shop drunk, off his head or anything, but he still had the look of a typical Dublin junkie.
He had a place to sleep at night as he was part of a program to help him get on the right track, but he still slept on the streets instead along with his dog. He dealt with immense paranoia, he felt like no one wanted him there (in the hostel), he also felt deeply unsafe. He was on medication for his depression and anxiety, which helped him a lot, but he found it incredibly difficult to sleep in a homeless shelter.
I stopped working in that job earlier this year, I know his dog ended up taken away from him, I hope he is okay now, his dog was his world.
Can’t remember where I heard it but I was told that basically the census for homeless in the country is basically one night where guys go out and record homeless people sleeping rough and that’s the figure. Imagine how many are in hostels/ hospital/ found another bed for the night etc and imagine how many more are out there that are not included in that number.
The fact that the top level comments are all from people who haven’t been homeless, and talking about homelessness is f’d up.
The idea that anyone on the streets chooses that is disgusting.
I was homeless from 16, dad wouldn’t help me with the homeless list, was stuck in limbo for years.
When I eventually got to the nightly hostels, it was a rat race. You call in, try get a bed, when the point comes when there are none left, you go and collect a blue sleeping bag and find a place to sleep.
Mods, I beg of you to regulate this comment thread.
Most of homeless have issues with other homeless so won’t use the facilities provided because they don’t feel safe and prefer to sleep on the streets.
The beds are there, it’s just the shitehawks that take the other beds is the problem. Some people would rather sleep rough than get mugged or be subject to ppl shooting up next to them in hostels.
This thread is a dumpster fire.
Honestly my perspective on this is probably gonna get me hate / launched into space but really I see it as a non cookie cutter issue. I don’t think we should just fire tax payer money at all homeless …
I’d like to see people who end up homeless through financial hardship looked after as a priority to be honest – then folks with mental health problems but if the refuse it’s strike your out – alcoholics/druggies if we can save em grand but honestly they’ve had their shot. Can we help the people not consciously fucking their lives away first ? Is that such an awful thing to say…
There’s been months of threads about people working hard 9-5 – commuting 2 to 3 hours not being able to afford rent anywhere but mention the homeless and everyone wants every last one of them catered too with accommodation in the city center powered by unicorns and rainbows …
I mean ffs we don’t have beds for kids in hospital right now but let’s worry about the junkies… there has to be some harsh reality here as awful as it is to say.