Homeless Documentary

[sov98]

HOMELESSNESS IS A OPTION! GET A JOB HOMELESS PEOPLE! AND GET CLEAN!

[teed60]

How does someone live on $500 a month...in Canada that is what the welfare recipients get.

[Alicenotinchains]

@teed60 True...but it is 'free money' welfare, I don't think its meant to take care of anyone pernenantly but assist.Anyway, I desires the best for all.

[FRSFreeStateNow]

Perfect song for a problem that clearly doesn't get enough attention in America even its the worst part of Poverty in America.

[Hotlipzism]

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[Hotlipzism]

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[WorldofMEYROW]

We have a solution folks - documentary airing called Finding Our Way Home - One Community Solving Family Homelessness on December 12th on San Diego 6 news at 10:30pm

[lester5192]

san diego homeless people suck.

[CreepyHermitPoet]

Some people have so much and others so little. My friend Jesse is currently homeless and as winter approaches I worry greatly about him! He is poor as can be. It doesn't hit home until you see your best friend on the streets. This is his channel and I am trying to rally support for him to let him know that there are people out there who do care about him. I just don't know what to do to help him. I ve been documenting his journey with videos to open the eyes of the world.

Chad

[jendeh1000]

There better off committing a felony and going to jail

[drew7473]

is that mexican food

[Alana8480]

I will admit that some folks are homeless by choice.

There are a lot of teenagers and twenty-somethings in San Francisco who love the "lifestyle" and won't even try to find jobs. I've seen it firsthand.

[tickyul]

San Diego, a truly nice city....if you can afford to live in one of the decent parts. If not, it is not so pleasant, you will have a hard time insulating yourself from the filthy aspects of this city. Downtown has some great areas, but, it also has a lot of areas filled with drugged out dirty bums crapping/urinating on the sidewalks. Neighborhoods south and east of downtown are pretty sketchy. North of town is your best bet if you only speak english.

[EVERYONEISHUMAN]

I disagree with Dawn's comments. I think some people have disorders and no support like she got. Women have more shelters and programs than men. And the programs are ususally shit.

[HappyHookerTV]

@EVERYONEISHUMAN BS From eexperience, there are more shelters for men and the ones that do cater to womyn are for domestic violence and good luck in our patriarchal, misogynist society getting a restraining order for that! Even if there are more shelters for womyn in certain areas, WE NEED THEM due to disproportionate imbalance of power held by men over womyn in our patriarchal society.

[HappyHookerTV]

@EVERYONEISHUMAN Alot of the homeless population are NOT drug abusers, but mentally delayed people who - due to the lack of programs that can help them whose funds get diverted instead to prisons and war crimes (Iraq) - have no support. I fear where my mentally disabled brother will be once my parents - who are getting up there in age - succumb.

[LabRat6619]

Those two homeless people looked very clean to sleeping rough?

If you afford to eat and clean up now and again and not get into fights it can't be too bad in a warm climate?

Yes, I know it would not be easy, but better than freezing further up country?

At least they have their lives, instead of being corporate robot in an office block somewhere?

[VanillaIcedLatte]

i havn't seen skip around in a long time.

[deathtobill5]

That woman dawn was very inspiring to homeless

[cdltpx]

HL is a choice by some but too many are HL bc of mental disorders and ignorance. Sadly if you are HL don't tell prospective employers you are they will not hire you in fact they will aviod you for coming out. You can be HL in todays world and still function. You have to bend some facts but do so or you will remain HL. Number one you must have communication cell phones can make your HL period much shorter. Get clean this means go to a bathroom take a ho bath but make sure you don't smell.

[BCproductionz]

dope!! The audio is back!

[WorldofMEYROW]

@BCproductionz We have a solution - documentary airing called Finding Our Way Home - One Community Solving Family Homelessness on December 12th on San Diego 6 news at 10:30pm

[jab1107]

Thanks for posting! More people need to hear Dawn's message!!

[retrisis]

FUCK VIACOM

[7514328]

Many people are one pay check away from being homeless.

[Cakerolled]

And others are homeless because they smoke crack

[7514328]

Cakerolled: Many people are only one pay check away from being homeless, too. When you bypass a homeless american, do you give them your spare change? In a way, it is a small taxation for a good purpose.

[marlinbay]

Far out! No sound.

I'm reporting this to utb whats the fucken point of viewing it then MFS

[kavimander]

@marlinbay your gonna report it> what a fuckin snitch lol

[NorthlandNinja]

Hey man sorry about that. I was away in the USA when that comment was made.

Other people were using my computer.

I'm so gonna kick their butts! Sorry again.

[kavimander]

lol kk

[LancerPI]

Stop blaming the propertyless for being propertyless. In a country where a microscopic handfull of rich freeloaders own half of everything worth owning, it is clear that Capitalism is the root cause of homelessness, poverty, and unemployment. What the homeless, the poor, and the unemployed need is firepower. Political power grows out the barrel of a gun.

[voicefromthegrave]

I don't blame capitalism, which tends to make all goods more affordable for everyone. I blame the government which monopolizes what may be used as currency. If they have control of the currency, they have control to set prices, therefore pricing many people out of the market through various programs and subsidies, especially in the housing, medical care, and agriculture industries. They make the essentials extremely expensive, while every other product becomes more affordable over time.

[AtlasShruggery]

Yeah, and the reason is Reaganomics. That's why we can't let Republicans touch the money.

[psycroptic1]

People are homeless for a reason...

[mando91614]

If I end up getting a good job I will help the rounds around my community and donate clothing and food

[Pillowie]

That's what's wrong with this dumb ass world! How would you feel if you lost all of your money, your home, your dignity? Would you then have self pride and look down on the people who we're once below you? Being homeless is not funny! I know how it feels to be like that, but I've worked hard to be who I am today! Getting jobs now and days is hard as hell. It's not that easy. believe me.

[LOVEDEVOTIONMUSIC]

you said it guy!

[ririmja]

i wish someome drops an atom bomb in hollywood

[tripvids420]

@ririmja

that's evil

[dmklmk]

i like the video and its true its up to them if they stay homless or not

[dkoch2]

So, if you were homeless, it would be okay for someone to take a pipe to your head?

[lwouldliketoknow]

LTm0rt

Yeah I noticed that too and thought, prick.

[boomya555]

1st to all the evil minded people who put down the homeless people. 1-You cant get a job without a home address, 2-You also need a home phone number 3-Some and even most jobs now a days require 3 References. Some Jobs wont hire You if you have bad credit. Some jobs wont hire You if You have a pre-existing medical condition

[wmbdm]

Alot of Homeless are Mentally Ill!!!

[LTm0rt]

hahaha he says " I can't... disabled and too old" then you start laughing at him and he gives you a "bitch i'd kill your ass"-look

[Pixelbuddy]

Why'd he laugh at him?! What an asshole!

[emmceePRODUCTIONS]

Nice doc! Please check out my documentary on homeless youth in Phoenix AZ "The Forgotten Population"

[818keith]

Dawn made the right choice. I spent a long time on the streets because of bad decisions I made. When I finally made the decision to give up my addiction help was available. You have to want it to make it work.

[zaloo123]

The major problem in San Diego is lack of low income rent. Craigslist/ Roomshares all over the country has 200 to 300 dollar rentals. We, as low income may have to use 1/2 to 3/4 of pay to rent a room

[PrincessKimberly]

The problem with low income rentals is that they tend to attract tons of crime, and other residents don't want that in their neighborhoods. Just look at the Golden West Hotel in downtown San Diego. It's considered low-income, and it's downright shady.

[pinkyperky5000]

Dawn is lucky she got some form of help, but she is ignorant to whats going on. She got help, she is obviously slow in some capacity. There are families on the streets and they dont chose to be there. Hasnt anyone heard of the working homeless, holding down a job, no addictions, just not able to earn enough for rent or save for a rental bond.

[Paranoid45]

Dawn has some very good points about homeless people i cna sorta relate that people choose to be one thing and they dont want to change becuz my dad is a hardcore smoker and a hardcore alcoholic and he wont quit either of those and its slowly killing him and a few times he was really close to being homeless. the video was very touching thnk you (i dont live with him btw)

[mrmartinmartin]

That's a very touching video.

[salaamallah]

i did not want to be homeless either but was forced on to the streets NO ONE WANTS TO BE HOMELESS i remember it well BRING BACK THE PUBLIC WELFARE STATE PROGRAMS AND WATCH THE HOMELESS DISSAPEAR !!!

[funnychicky]

you are heartless and cruel

[salaamallah]

1FunHater i want to hear this directly that ALL HOMELESS deliberately choose to FREEZE TO DEATH on the COLD homicide streets that homeless women choose to be RAPED because they are HOMELESS !!! ???

what social services ? where ?? WELFARE has been CUT OFF nad it is GONE !!

DESCRIBE WHAT SERVICES WHERE ?? there is none at all

[salaamallah]

this woman is full of shit on this video!! NOBODY chooses to be HOMELESS just like NOBODY chooses to be BORN how and where !! man! is he ever FULL OF SHIT

NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE WITHOUT A HOME !!!

[1FunHater]

I personally know many homeless men and women who choose to be homeless and there's nothing wrong with that if that's their choice. For most of us, living in main stream society works for us, but for many folks, it's a struggle. Some people choose to shun the available services offered in most large communities, like San Diego. Drug and Alcohol addiction and mental illness often play into this, but not for all.

[PrincessKimberly]

Um, no. People DO choose to be homeless. They might not end up there by choice, but under certain circumstances (mental illness, substance abuse, etcetera), it is easier to stay on the streets. If you were hooked on drugs, do you think you'd want to have to follow the rules of a program? No! Some people can't deal with a conventional lifestyle. Also, no one is going to freeze in San Diego.

[tall32guy]

I agree on that token as well! There's both types on the street: the type you just mentioned, and the type that doesn't want to be there but has no choice (and even then it could be argued they do).

[StraightUpBitch]

I thought this to be done in a respecting manner. That was nice to see instead of degrading them even more. Thanks for sharing.

[hudgeliberal]

Some may not want to be homeless..but most just dont have or are not capable of realising what it takes to get off the streets. It is a growing problem and a sad one. The sad thing..no one seems to care. Its all about ME in this age of evil.

[gooch13]

that was an interesting contrast between Dawn and Skip. It shows that there are folks who want to get out and folks who just dont give a shit.

[tall32guy]

Dawn nailed it right on the head! LOL It is a choice... if they really want it bad enough they will get the will to make the way!

[qolorblind]

It's not a choice for MOST people.

[tall32guy]

I agree; I should rephrase that comment, and say that it's not a choice for ALL homeless. But, Dawn must know somewhat what she's talking about because she used to _be_ in the homeless boat! LOL But then, she could be generalizing without having talked to many people then, to find out, during her homeless stint.

[qolorblind]

Dawn said that stuff because she was only around addict homeless people. Period.

I know first hand that there's no help for the majority of homeless people who don't want to be homeless.

[defendyourlight]

I am homeless in san diego and we definitely are not all like that.I feel I live a glamorous life..IT S A CHOICE and I love it

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