Homeless encampment puts thriving Austin businesses at risk
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Apparently, there is not a sufficiently robust legislation that punishes groups of people literally entrenched in public areas where the passage of passers-by is hindered.
In the presence of a camp for homeless people established in front of a property he owns, a citizen of the city of Austin, Texas, has requested that the government take action on the matter as soon as possible, since he claims to be being severely affected in your finances.
Through an interview with the Fox 7 Austin television channel, Pedro Morales, owner of a building in the South Lamar neighborhood of Austin, indicated that a group of homeless people had settled next to his building a few days ago and some were even practically hindering in transit of other citizens, since they set up tents in which they lived with bedding, shelves and even kitchen items.
“Eventually it will be overwhelming, it will cost us business, it will cost us money and it will cost us time,” said the subject allegedly affected by human beings who have been left without a formal home where they can face the consequences of a national economy seriously shaken by the inflation and other factors.
Even when the support of the police department has been requested to evacuate the camp from the area, the truth is that this is usually a daunting task, because although someone is arrested for a few hours, later the same subject ends up entrenching himself again at or near the same site.
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“There is absolutely zero liability. The city created this mess; I did not create that mess between my buildings. The way in which the city has been progressively moving towards a direction of tolerance has caused this,” Morales stressed, notoriously upset about what he considers a lack of commitment on the part of officials to deal with a problem that has been present in several cities in the country.
Likewise, the citizen clarified that, like him, other business owners are seriously considering the possibility of moving to cities where greater emphasis is placed on resolving what clearly looks to become a humanitarian crisis.
“I will be tolerant to a certain extent. Once we really start losing business, it doesn't make sense. We will no longer live in Austin. It's that simple,” she concluded.