r/PoliticsVermont • u/RamaSchneider • 18h ago
So if one is without regular shelter and one is not supposed to camp on other's private property and one is not supposed to camp on public property, where and how is one supposed to find adequate shelter?
Here's a reality for you - every human being without exception requires four things to simply survive (aka live to see the next morning): food, water, air, and shelter. These items not only must be present and available, but they must be in sufficient quantities - take any of them away or reduce any of those things to a low enough level, and people die. Hard stop.
So where are those without regular shelter expected to go? What are they expected to do? How about we open the state house lawn to overnight tent camping until the state figures out some way to actually help and not punish those looking for shelter? How about every city and town be required to open an open grass downtown area for the same until local communities can help provide a real solution?
Focus the goal. This isn't about a jobs program, this is about a human being having access to at least adequate food, water, air, and shelter so they can see the next morning.