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jt_tesla t1_j3thbif wrote

Damned if you do - have a makeshift homeless shelter that was put up maybe lacking enough planning but necessary because of the weather conditions at the time. Damned if you don’t - if you spend all this time planning while keeping the place closed.

The problem is out - the true measure of worth is how the city, Amos house and everyone else involved will respond.

An issue that has yet to be resolved is what do you do with the folks that have mental issues, refuses to follow rules and/or has drug addictions? Kick them back out in the streets?

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stan_milgram t1_j3tlnjp wrote

Exactly. Shelters are a bandage over the gaping wounds of the mental health crisis and terrible economy. Both of these things are related, in many ways.

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the_falconator OP t1_j47n4gg wrote

You have people who have begrudgingly followed the rules at shelters in the past but are now going to the armory because they don't want to follow the rules and they can get away with being drunk and high at the armory. The city doesn't really have a say, this is a state run facility, with people coming from all over the state. The tent camp in Woonsocket that was cleared out last week they sent them all down to Providence to stay here, but it is burdening the city with numerous Fire/EMS/Police responses to the armory every day.

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