Homelessness continues to rise in Knoxville

Knoxville's Office on Homelessness says it's expecting an increase in the number of homeless people in the city this year.

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[Atticus]

Representative Dennis Powers of Tennessee is another monster for voting in favor to punish the homeless.

[cheleeelbon]

Time for the residents to become refugees. Where do you want to go?

[mattsteve]

There used to be a time in our history where the government made it illegal for you to be poor

[mgshepard]

i am thinking about starting over in Knoxville, but i will have nothing and will be homeless. what could you tell me about that, if there is a place away from others and won't be chased away? but i am planning on finding a job quickly

[sarbantz]

Homelessness is not as big problem in conservative cities, but there is an explanation for it. The main reason for homelessness is fentanyl, and other drugs addiction believe it or not. If you do not believe me, you can find Michael Shellenberger's interviews here on YouTube. Liberal cities have laws that attract homeless because addicts can support their addiction there more easily. The main one is you are allowed to steal from stores for up to $950 in Cali, and no one will bother you, police will not even come even if they had an officer available. In my town the law says you can steal up to $500 worth of items, and that nothing, so there are no as many homeless like in Cali but we have almost as good camping weather as southern Cali. I go to Texas, and they do not have such law that you can just steal from stores as you wish, so their addicts migrates to the west coast where they can simply support their addiction. Stealing from stores, they call it boosting.