No, and make it a criminal offense

It's a way of life and has been for many years if you make anything a criminal offence it will still happen but in a more shady way. If you have a look at before we evolved we would love with nature like other organisms and it is a lot more eco friendly and natural than living in a brick box that had evicten many more species just for you to live in.

My thought is just like... where the hell else are they supposed to go??? Like if they can't find shelter and the government wont provide them shelter, then they have genuinely no other option but to "loiter". Their crime is simply existing in a world that considers them undesirable, often for no fault of their own.

Should have the freedom not to be forced into staying in a situation they don't feel safe or comfortable.

They are homeless, vulnerable and may have mental problems or suffered abuse. They shouldnt be treated as criminals

If the government cannot help these homeless people where do you expect them to go, should they just kill themselves?

Homelessness is not always a choice, and we should empathise with those who have nowhere else to go. To make them feel unwanted and an inconvenience is cruel and selfish.

Yes these people need help to get shelter, shelter is a fundamental human right and therefore these HUMAN BEINGS should have some sort of a shelter. It is moral and right to help people who are homeless.

Shelter is a fundamental human need, no one wants to be homeless, they don’t have another option but to live in a tent. I would much rather sleep in a May homeless shelters are full or unsafe for people to stay in. How is criminalising this going to help anyone at all? It wouldn’t make the streets safer or help the homeless. It would cost a lot of money to enforce when it should be used to help make more shelter spaces that are safe and help people find jobs and live a better life.

Arguments against criminalizing homeless encampments typically focus on human rights, the ineffectiveness and high cost of criminalization, and the lack of viable alternatives

I believe all homeless people deserve the right to a house, and if the government cannot provide that for them, why on earth should it be a criminal offence for them to camp. They have nowhere else to go?

So if you lost your job, an couldn’t afford to eat or live in a house, you would want to be a criminal?

I can't even comprehend the idea that being homeless could be illegal. Like if you have nowhere to go, you have nowhere to go.

There's an expression for this it's called "never kick a man when he's already down".

making desperate people not allowed to collect together and help eachother, isnt that just making their situation way worse?

People need to have empathy and there is no negative side effect from homeless people staying in public places other than people disliking it or the atmosphere.

It should not be a criminal offence reasons for people not going to homeless shelters there are many reasons such as their possisons being stolen and significant violence.

Homeless people are usually already in a mental state of no self confidence, often anxiety and helplessness, in a physical state of hunger, solidarity and loneliness. If you make it a crime on homelessness encampments, then where are they meant to go? This was not normally their fault anyways for being homeless in the first place beacuse who wants to live on the streets and be hunger and poor everyday? No one! They are only like this because the government's policies and economy forced them to do so, and if you make it a crime to survive at the barest of the minimum, then that would be inhumane.

Criminalising desperate people means they will only become deeper in their issues. Even economically it makes much more sense to give homeless people the easiest time we can, as being homeless makes one much more susceptible to drug addiction etc.

If they don't have anywhere to stay or even sleep, why should it become a privilege to sleep. They aren't troubling anyone, this isn't anti social behaviour, they just need rest. Would would you do if the ability for you to sleep is criminalised and the next time you wake up you're being escorted into the back of a police van.

Why should someone be prosecuted due to them being homeless
There should be more funding on social housing for anyone
Housing should be a basic right
Where are they supposed to go

Making it a criminal offence would leave them no choice but to go to private properties which creates a whole different issue. Need to get to the root of why they refuse support instead.

Homeless people are people. They should be offered more support and treated with dignity homeless shelters should be improved and more council housing should be available

Homelessness is a choice if you refuse a shelter place or if you refuse housing then you’ve been given two options. There has to be a reason why you chose not to take them options. It could be for your drug abuse, alcohol abuse, you may have mental health issues or maybe you’re just some narcissist that likes the feeling of being seen as someone struggling against the elements.
Either way, homeless should be criminalised. There should be an incentive for you to after get off your backside and actually get into a way of living conducive with western society. Homeless, this has…  Read more also increased crime in areas that we live drug abuse, alcohol abuse and anti social behaviour . We have basically lit candle made of **** and now we smell the effects of that (i’m trying to explain that we started this problem originally by not enforcing rules and now it’s got to the point where beyond the job how the problem is grown and it’s only by criminalising and regulating how homeless people live is the only way we will actually get the world back on track)