IndependentYoung3027 t1_j71tvyg wrote on February 3, 2023 at 1:52 PM

I mean hypothermia conditionals means you should want people in the “inadequate shelters” over the streets. The shelters have heat.

Parks are not meant for small communities to live, they are meant for everyone to join. Maybe they can try to put everyone in the same shelter so they can stay with the people they know.

tenfortytwopm OP t1_j71ulax wrote on February 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM

That would be good in theory - but that’s really not how DC shelters work. Many are closed on weekends - as if homelessness is somehow only a weekday problem - and many people do not feel safe in shelters.

IndependentYoung3027 t1_j71xs6p wrote on February 3, 2023 at 2:21 PM

This appears incorrect. Please provide any proof that many are closed on weekends. In the winter, DC will transport someone 24 hours a day to a shelter if they are in need.

SSSS_car_go t1_j722nnr wrote on February 3, 2023 at 2:55 PM

>Many are closed on weekends

Can you provide a source for that statement? I don’t find that restriction on this long list of DC shelters. Admittedly I only skimmed, but other than Casa Ruby, which appears to be closed on Sundays, they look like they are open either every day or every night.

blind__panic t1_j71vx3i wrote on February 3, 2023 at 2:07 PM

I’ve never heard about this issue of many shelters closing on weekends before and it is very surprising to me, I would have expected it to be a larger topic of conversation given how many issues this must cause. Where can I read more about this?

[deleted] t1_j74bcak wrote on February 3, 2023 at 11:38 PM

You haven’t heard it because it isn’t true.

Formergr t1_j72moxv wrote on February 3, 2023 at 5:05 PM

>Many are closed on weekends

Citation requested.

Shamepai t1_j75sgnp wrote on February 4, 2023 at 7:42 AM

Not signing your sorry ass petition op