Homelessness has quickly moved to the forefront of debate in Salt Lake City's 2023 mayoral election. We discussed the topic with former mayor and current mayoral candidate Rocky Anderson. Here's what he had to say.
I would push for us all to set much more aggressive goals and really work toward a goal of essentially ending homelessness in Utah.
The solution in most of the rest of the world is nonmarket housing. The city ought to be using its resources, its borrowing power to build mixed-income housing where people of all different income levels can live together, and then they pay according to their ability to pay. It’s absolutely time we do this.
Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson interviews Tony Lambert on 500 West, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. — and there would have to be a separate one for families — and include in those camps optional shelter that is low- or no-barrier, where people can come and at least get out of the elements., wherever people are living — I would make certain that everybody has access to toilets, showers, laundry facilities, a community kitchen and food, and we could participate with churches and volunteers in the community, and homelessness advocates.
There are some people who are just resistant to shelters for any number of reasons. How do you get them into a shelter option, be it a homeless resource center or a sanctioned camp?in San Antonio. They had encampments all over San Antonio. Now you’ve got a no-barrier courtyard, which is segregated from the rest of Haven for Hope. You can be uninterested at the moment in transitioning to improve in your life, but at least it’s a place where they serve three meals a day.
Some people say, “Well, you know, if you arrest people, that’s been really mean to homeless people.” No. What you need to do is, if they’re violating the law, stop them by arresting them, and then divert them. Don’t put them in jail. This isn’t about punishment or retribution. If someone in an unsanctioned camp refuses to go to the sanctioned camp or refuses to go to a treatment center, refuses to take any of the options that are available to them for help, what should happen to that person?
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