Safety is KEY: “We act. We care. We deliver.”
- Although HCC is a resort style shelter, there are strict rules that must be followed to make the HCC a success. All rules have to do with common courtesy. Although security will be much higher, the rules are no more stringent than rules at a resort or HOA. HCC will have round-the-clock access to high-security bathroom facilities. Each section is surrounded by a 12-foot fence with sensors and live feed video cameras. Each section will have its own dedicated security team stationed at the single entrance/exit. Additionally, a quick response team will be available 24/7 to address any emergency situations signaled by the more than 100 college campus-type security beacons throughout the property. HCC Security Officers ensure compliance with the rules and regulations set by the HCC board. Violence and gang activity will be met with immediate expulsion. Security Officers patrol the property by golf cart and on foot. They are trained to perform the full range of public safety services dealing with emergency first aid, CPR, medical and fire emergencies, accidents, enforcement of HCC rules regulating the use of food, alcohol, drugs, and smoking on property. There is a emergency medical team staffed 24/7 in the hospital ready for any type of medical emergency.
- Each member must sign a legal zero-tolerance agreement upon registration, which will be strictly enforced. Residents are required to maintain cleanliness in their personal areas and to be respectful towards their neighbors. While we understand that not all guests will adhere to these basic rules, those who cannot will be subject to expulsion from the property or referred to the in-house mental health facility. We have a strict eviction policy for individuals who show no desire to live in a respectful and civilized manner.
- After a couple of months, most of those who can conform to the rules will permanently be expelled and HCC will settle into a functioning shelter. The high-security numbers will be reduced as the need is reduced as per recommendations by the Director of Security to the board. Excess security staff and case managers will then be reassigned to train at one of the other forty HCC properties being built throughout the United States.
- The cost to each guest is them maintaining cleanliness and being respectful to other guests. This cost is minimal compared to the benefits of safety and having access to daily showers, hot meals, medical treatment, computers, library, career center, and the pursuit of happiness, and every social service one could imagine.
- Part of the healing process includes being able to sleep without fear. For security and treatment purposes, each Health Center City will be limited to 600 tents. Cities like Los Angeles and New York will require several Health Center City sites.
- Despite the high-security measures, homeless guests are free to come and go as they wish 24/7. Each section will have a sterilization day where guest will not have access to their tent for 6 hours pers week. HCC is a resort style shelter program not a prison. The purpose of the stringent security is to ensure the safety of those in the encampment by keeping the street out of their living environment, not a control mechanism.