Former Obama administration housing chief Julian Castro suggested in a post onAdded actress Alyssa Milano in a tweet: “In Las Vegas, homeless people are sleeping on concrete floor of a parking lot —six feet apart—while all the hotel rooms are empty."
City spokesman Jace Radke said Tuesday that the open-air shelter was an “emergency situation” and the lot was chosen because the city already owned the property. Officials in Nevada have not proposed putting the homeless in vacant hotels, including the famous casino resorts of the Las Vegas Strip, which began emptying two weeks ago when Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered a monthlong halt to gambling and closure of casinos. The resorts were allowed to keep their hotels open to avoid displacing guests or for emergency purposes.
The city of Las Vegas said in a tweet Monday night that it initially tried to provide padded carpeting for those staying in the open-air shelter, but said the carpeting couldn't be sanitized and officials instead tried to offer mats for some.
Praying for these homeless may the Lord cover them as they are without
WT? APAINTEDSQUARE? Who’s The Brightspark Behind this ClusterFeck of an Idea These are vulnerable lives they’re playing with not Pieces on a Chessboard They need 2B safe ARoof over their Heads COVID19 Isn’t a GAME ITS A KILLER God I’ve Seen some Daft Shit in my Life But THIS!
WT? A Painted SQUARE ! Who’s The Mastermind Behind this Cluster F.k of an Idea? These are vulnerableHumanbeings they need Roof over their heads some where safe 2stay Their not pieces on a Chessboard Covid19 isn’t a GAME ITS A KILLER God the stupidity of IT All Blows my mind
A fart travels farther than those perimeters let alone a sneeze. ASYMPTOMATIC
This is absurd! A city with all those hotels could not help them out? Chicago did it.
With every hotel empty in Vegas what shame
Obviously Trumps succeeded in making America great again.
...one of the greatest and richest liberal homefronts, ladies and gentlemen.
'Human rights' is nothing but a casus belli for American regime, they don't even give a shit of their own people's 'human rights'
Shouldn’t they be a little further apart?
A city like Las Vegas, full of free available hotel beds, and this is the best you can come up with?! Shameful!
Now put that parking lot way out in the country somewhere.
JFC 😐
Nobody cares about the homeless. That’s just reality. 🤷♀️
I hope they give then canopies for bad weather. But then the water runs on the ground..... please have decency for those people and put them up in closed hotels.
So, those in the middle row, are they supposed to grow wings to get out?
Um, that’s way too close together. Droplets can hang in the air for 3 hours. Don’t be so literal people.
Oh why cant you see , what the hells going on, we only love dough, people come and they go, O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the rich and the poor on the pave ? Trumpistan Empty hotels within yards but poor folks sleep on the ground COVID19
Who cares
Like those rectangle are far enough apart. How stupid of the local government
Well they should be spread out much more then they are here!
Unbelievable!
Only now do we know that a country so powerful that the public can be the day when the bed, powerful
Unreal. Treating them like stray animals
I’ve read many comments but none say “come stay with me.” They all say stay at someone else’s property.
Only America!!! Amazing how stupid the country has become
Dear Las Vegas, FYI -
This is so Sad!! They could at least give them Tents and Blankets!!
They are right on top of each other-could we at least shelter them?
Looks like some help is on the way
Can’t we buy them tents?!
That’s deplorable!
All those empty beds in all those casinos and we as AMERICANS put these poor people into squares in a parking lot! Oh cuz they're HOMELESS! How many with homes are without JOBS right now and one step away from being put into a SQUARE!
This is horrible. Open up something for these people
coronavirus pandemic forces us into self-quarantine. To help those who can't do that, the Interfaith Sanctuary and the Riverside Hotel have partnered up to give some of Boise, Idaho’s homeless a place to stay.LasVegasSun maddow CNN
Democrats are the real course of this problem,they allowed illegal immigrants into the country
That is disgusting & shameful to do.
Why aren’t they being put up in trump hotels?
They are not six feet apart.
Las Vegas can't even afford floor mats. Not even 6ft apart. Will they be denied access to care if they get sick?
They are building homes out of packing containers that you find at shipyards. You mean to tell me Las Vegas can’t afford to spring for some of these containers and some blankets. HUMANITY
This is how they are treated all the time, hardly anyone thinks about them. I think animals are treated better sometimes.
All the casino hotel rooms are full right ?
Not 6 feet apart
This is the saddest thing I've seen all day I pray for this people in jesus name amen
So many saying hotels should step up on the thread. Well who is paying the bill for the electricity they use? Who is paying for the housekeeping staff? Who will be responsible for the damages they cause? Who will pay the hotels water Bill's? Who will pay for what they steal?
DO TELL, WHO DIRECTED THEM? ABC TELL THE WHOLE STORY FOR ONCE!
Vegas is one of the richest cities in the country and they can't afford to do better than this?
Use a god damned empty hotel. These r himan beings not dogs. Shame on you!
The Governor also banned use of Hydroxychloroquine for treatment of COVID-19. Imagine that.
There's no empty convention center to put people under a roof? Really?
There are so many homeless people in the world's most powerful country
Why the outrage for this when there’s non when they are sleeping in park benches?
And there's not even a buffer zone between their designated areas. How can spread be blocked if you don't try to make sure these people won't infect each other?
Who thought this was a good idea? Every hotel is empty 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
Ridiculous all these people on the ground when there are empty hotels n that city😡
Terrible ! These people need treated with a bit of respect ! Who’s idea was this ? Get them to sleep there aswell !!
Is this the Initef State of America !!!! I do NOT need an answer.
No protection from the elements whatsoever. And those parking spots are not even 3 feet away much less 6. What good does this do for them? What about those empty hotels?
People whining - please POST YOUR ADDRESS and a homeless person will report to your front door.
From my dissertation, here is a new discovery of rectangular space. I wish it were not so.
With all those hotels lining the strip, with thousands of empty rooms and human beings are being told to sleep outdoors on the cement. That is despicable and no one should book rooms after this pandemic finally passes. The inhumanity of this is abhorrent.
there are no empty hotels in Vegas? America, you are the cesspool of the developed world.
Step up hotel owners! Last I heard, you have empty rooms!
I love this! ❤️
This is shameful, America. And IBelieveTaraRead
In a country as rich as this, there should be no homeless population. We must do better!
IMPEACHMENT! JAIR BOLSONARO, PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL Jair Bolsonaro has gone beyond all limits and is in no condition to continue governing the destiny of more than 200 million Brazilians.
Thought it will only happen in CCP China
keep your family immune system STRONG!!
That’s terrible. All those hotels in Las Vegas ? And they can’t accommodate the homeless from having to sleep outside? Smh
Of course there is outrage....because people are trying to stop the homeless from dying. They never see the bigger picture. SJW can go share a triangle as well....
Wait what? It must be President Trump's racist policies.
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