The Need for Security, Rules and Enforcement
- 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.
The TBFW Field Research Conclusions:
Concerns of the Public
Out of sight, out of mind
- First and foremost, citizens of cities all agree on two things:
- 1. they want the homeless to disappear. There is the smell, the filth, and the disease. When members of our staff lived with homeless encampments, it was disgusting. The new trend is Cities trying to spread out the homeless to make it appear there
Out of sight, out of mind
- First and foremost, citizens of cities all agree on two things:
- 1. they want the homeless to disappear. There is the smell, the filth, and the disease. When members of our staff lived with homeless encampments, it was disgusting. The new trend is Cities trying to spread out the homeless to make it appear there are fewer homeless, but what it does is put them in the back yard of every citizen and makes the problem their problem. Solving the issue of homelessness means removing individuals from the streets and the city landscape. Getting rid of encampments of children's playgrounds. Placing them in temporary shelters throughout the city is causing the public more problems. Making several homeless shelters part of the city and panhandling part of the city commence is preventing citizens from enjoying downtown districts and driving their children to school without being accosted at every stop. The sights, smells, crime, and diseases created by homeless sleeping on the streets is unacceptable to the citizens.
Productive Citizens Scream
"No free homes".
- 2. They oppose the idea of providing free homes, fearing it might encourage people to become homeless in order to secure real estate. Ownership has value and can be transferred. The belief in working hard, following the rules, and saving for a home is fundamental. The thought that a homeless person could receive the same housing without effort is unacceptable.
Our Team Addressing Concerns
To develop an effective plan to address a problem, it’s crucial to have a deep understanding of the problem.
- Unlike those who lack direct field experience, the Troy Ball Foundation West has employees who have lived among the homeless population. Some of our vet employees were homeless. This firsthand experience allows us to grasp the conc
To develop an effective plan to address a problem, it’s crucial to have a deep understanding of the problem.
- Unlike those who lack direct field experience, the Troy Ball Foundation West has employees who have lived among the homeless population. Some of our vet employees were homeless. This firsthand experience allows us to grasp the concerns of both the homeless individuals and the public regarding this issue. Since 2018, TBFW has been dedicated to addressing the Homeless problem, conducting observational studies in Phoenix, Denver and Los Angeles. After six years of extensive research, we have arrived at the following conclusions.
- Treat the problem; don't try to solve it. We need to address the immediate needs of the homeless separately from finding a permanent solution to homelessness. There are two distinct issues. The primary goal should be to get them off the streets, provide hygiene, food, and place them in a safe, well-lit, and clean environment to sleep. They need to breathe. But first they need access to mental and medical healthcare and /or counseling. Once they are treated, having consistent days of living like a human being will do wonders. Once they have had the opportunity to recover and stabilize. They will then have a chance be eased back into society after their treatment at the Health Center City.
Concerns of the Homeless
Concerns of the Homeless
The renowned social scientist Troy Ball, who extensively researched the issue of homelessness, once stated that "when individuals begin to accept filth, fear, and hunger as a normal part of life, they reach a point of insanity, and treatment will be required before they can live among society again".
Real Causes of Homelessness include
The renowned social scientist Troy Ball, who extensively researched the issue of homelessness, once stated that "when individuals begin to accept filth, fear, and hunger as a normal part of life, they reach a point of insanity, and treatment will be required before they can live among society again".
Real Causes of Homelessness include:
- Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill, drug abuse, and the inability to set an alarm clock: In the 1960s and 70s, mental institutions were closed, and many people with mental illnesses were released into the community. Most people are homeless because they are addicted to drugs and alcohol, and most do not want to be controlled by a schedule set up by an alleged abusive employer. They would rather sleep in the streets than work 9-5 and be exploited. They just don't fit into our world, and they lack our values. Homelessness is a subculture of a large geoup of people who have rejected the standard way of life.
- False Reasons: The research we have conducted year after year has concluded each year that most homelessness is not related to a lack of affordable housing. The unsheltered homeless do not have the income to maintain ANY rent or mortgage, regardless of how low.