re: New Orleans paying 16 million to “re home” homeless for 90 days for Super Bowl

Every penny of that $16 million should be audited by the feds.

Kick em out and put up the fences like they did on Claiborne under the interstate, keep doing this for every major event forcing them more and more into New Orleans East and the problem will resolve itself. Sounds like a win regardless the cost

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"I think that the governor has shown that sweeping people away in a corner is his plan of attack rather than doing what the city has done for the past two years which is actually moving people off the street and into warm beds, warm shelter with wraparound services," Harris said.

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BS.
The current council and mayor haven’t done anything to address the homeless problem, just like all previous councils. But yeah, let’s blame the new governor that is at least trying to do something.
Leftist garbage.

How do I get a sweet contract like that?

Not sure you posted the right link. This story details, who is getting the $16m (its an offshoot of the Lemoine Company), and its double what the city requested to have the same operation performed.
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You are extremely off the mark on this friend I’m sorry.

It’s disaster response, not disaster prevention.

Firms like that provide rapid and competent staffing to government agencies only in times of need. The market dictates the pricing.

Thing is how many of these folks want to be in homes? They can’t take care of themselves to begin with. When they need case managers to manage them, it’s time to build institutions. Half are probably young / middle aged grifters, zero sympathy. The old vets if many left, those are who need the housing and help. I’m tired of these folks hanging on street corners and begging.

I've got a hayfield they can put them in for $4 million. I will need them to build a containment fence.

Latoya - my DMs are open.

City hasn’t done anything for years so state had to step in.

The overwhelmingly vast majority are only looking for their next drink or their next fix of something, they are checked out of society and waiting around to die.

What will likely not be published is the number of these homeless people who will inevitably pass away in this temporary shelter situation.

What would they have to pay you to be there trying to assist them, only to find them dead of overdose/suicide/murder and having to deal with it both physically and psychologically? Or almost guaranteeing yourself a coronavirus infection for your troubles? Something else for folks to think about when they form their own estimates of what something like this should cost taxpayers.