Portland Rapid Response Cleans Up Over 60 Homeless Tent Sites in 10 Days!
As you can clearly see by the image, the City of Portland impact reduction program has certainly been busy within the last 10 days – cleaning up well over 60 different sites sprawled across the city.
In this incidence, this has been the removal of tents, needles and other objects after homeless people had vacated the area. We all know what a big problem this is and how it’s largely been ignored by authorities in the past. So many residents view this mass clean up operation as a step in the right direction.
The rapid response unit are not any kind of crime enforcement team and are genuinely just cleaning up the trash that has been left behind – so we should think of them as the good guys of the city.
However, some locals feel that this is purely a timing chosen by the city that is suitable for the summer. One Portland resident referenced that the Rose festival will soon be here and that officials want to make the city look nice for out of state tourists.
What do you think about this?
About The Clean Up Program
The Homelessness and Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program (HUCIRP) in Portland, Oregon, is an initiative aimed at addressing the challenges associated with homelessness and unsheltered individuals in the city. The program focuses on managing the impacts of homelessness on public spaces, including parks, sidewalks, and other areas where people experiencing homelessness may seek temporary shelter.
HUCIRP employs a multi-faceted approach to address homelessness. It involves collaboration between various city agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community partners to provide outreach, services, and support to individuals experiencing homelessness. The program aims to strike a balance between the needs of people experiencing homelessness and the impact on the surrounding community.
Key components of the HUCIRP may include:
- Outreach and Engagement: HUCIRP seeks to connect with individuals experiencing homelessness and build relationships to understand their specific needs and challenges. Outreach workers provide information about available resources, such as shelters, healthcare services, and housing options.
- Temporary Shelter and Camping Sites: The program may establish designated camping areas or organized temporary shelters with basic amenities to provide safer alternatives for individuals experiencing homelessness. These sites often have access to hygiene facilities, case management, and support services.
- Navigation Centers: Navigation centers are low-barrier shelters that offer comprehensive services, including case management, mental health support, addiction treatment, and assistance in finding permanent housing. They aim to help individuals transition out of homelessness and into stable housing.
- Supportive Services: HUCIRP often collaborates with service providers to offer access to healthcare, substance abuse treatment, mental health counseling, employment support, and other essential services.
- Enforcement and Cleanup: In some instances, HUCIRP may involve enforcement actions to manage the impact of homelessness on public spaces. This can include clearing encampments that pose safety or health risks while providing adequate notice and offering alternative resources to affected individuals.
Rapid response is a joke! The only reason they respond is so they can
Pilfer through all of the property and keep homeless people’s belongings. They are the lowest of the low! Some homeless people have valuable things. They fell on hard times.
Amen Ruby! Couldn’t have said it better myself. Bottom feeding maggots. I think they should be renamed:
” Weeler’s Peelers”
I happen to agree with this commenter. Rapid response is nothing but a bunch of good ol boys essentially wearing their camo gear yelling “hold my beer” or “‘mericaaaa” showing up and antagonizing an already tense situation acting with non chalance and zero compassion or wiggle room (I make this statement as one whose watched first hand as my friends belongings were bagged up and thrown in a truck indiscriminately) to allow a more human story to exist here. They are nothing but essentially the new modern day privateers. Glorified and justified goons on behalf of the city. The real question I have here is why nobody has sued them for infringing on their 4th amendment constitutional rights to not be subjected to an illegal “search and seizure”. Because believe me when I’ve been present on more than one occasion to deal with this group, their smug attitudes along with the smirks on their faces as they proceed to take away all of or mostly all of a persons belongings that albeit may often just be items that were thrown away by others, or in some instances completely legitimate possessions of the individual, leaving them even more disinfranchised and ina worse more despondent manner because they just lost what little items they deemed important enough to exist with, and have just been seized by these privateers who get to have a power trip and ego stroke because they are condoned in their actions by the city. Honestly It is the most disgusting and disturbing scene I’ve ever been privy to witness and have to handle I’ve had in my life. Then when they are done they tell you to call 211 and roll off in the big ford truck with the American flag decal on it. It’s not human. It’s not right. It’s also a pretty big kick to the face of someone already stressed and going thru the extremes of being homeless and existing on the streets in this city. Compounded more by the way these goons are given permissions to a use the already downtrodden citizen.
I agree watch out when they show up it’s basically sanctioned theft.
While the homeless problem itself is a heartbreaking reality, the comments about how it is being handled is even more heartbreaking and appalling.
So, other than a miracle and the sovereign intervention of the Lord Jesus Christ, what viable answers do have to truly help these poor individuals in their time of need?