Having Winter weather that will kill people sure makes not counting seasonal homeless a great way to say you don't have any homeless problems.
Its actually even better than that. Because the tourist season in Salt Lake City is winter, there are no homeless when the tourists are there.
Also shipping your homeless and/or mentally ill to CA.
Re:How Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness
by paulddraper on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:36PM
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Wha? Why CA? Las Vegas is way closer.
Re:How Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness
by dragonwriter on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:39PM
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Nevada has been caught shipping theirs to CA, so that's still shipping them to CA, just less directly.
Re:How Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness
by bostonvaulter2 on Friday March 17, 2017 @04:58PM
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Really? Do you have a reference?
Re:How Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness
by dragonwriter on Friday March 17, 2017 @05:21PM
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Specifically, mentally ill homeless:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Nevada-reach-tenta...
That's pretty funny because Nevada accused Utah of shipping their homeless there in the run up to the 2002 Olympics.
Re:How Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness
by BatFastard on Saturday March 18, 2017 @11:37AM
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The homeless population in Provo is starting to become more visible, particularly around University & Center. I've encountered a few tent encampments around the city, as well as witnessed people sleeping overnight in Provo's Pioneer Park (Center & 5th West, not to be confused with SLC's Pioneer Park).
Edit: I just remembered a city ordinance was passed specifically in response to the tent camping. I'll see if I can dig up a link for reference. Many homeless advocacy groups were quite upset with the decision.
Edit 2: Found an article. This is much more recent that the OP article, which dates from 2015.
http://www.sltrib.com/home/4976771-155/provo-city-ordinance-...
Reminded me of this: http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/beggar-preten...
Have you ever driven by the streets next to Pioneer park downtown? On a certain street by the homeless shelter it's basically Tent City
>There are no massive homeless camps like you see in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.
Uhh, you sure about that? I literally ride my bike by two almost weekly downtown. They are right off the exit ramp for I-15.
> There are no homeless people anywhere else in the state so the ones you see in Salt Lake are it.
I've seen panhandlers in Provo before on Center street (not sure if they were homeless or just panhandling)
There are no homeless people anywhere else in the state so the ones you see in Salt Lake are it.
Not all panhandlers are homeless. Most of the homeless in Salt Lake City seem to disappear at night. There are no massive homeless camps like you see in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. A lot of the panhandlers in Salt Lake have houses and consider panhandling to be their day job. https://www.ksl.com/?sid=27782692