Pratt knocks LA mayor's approach to homeless people, says Seattle would 'welcome them'
Key takeaways
- He claimed there is enough housing and beds for everyone living on the street.
- They are choosing to be on the street because they want to do drugs, they don t want rules, they want to have animals to abuse, Pratt continued.
- Pratt also said the city s homeless residents were bused in by scam rehabilitation centers, scam NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] and scam homeless nonprofits.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Pratt, a former reality TV star from MTV s The Hills, claimed in an interview with ABC 7 Los Angeles reporter Josh Haskell that the city s people without housing are not homeless, they re drug addicts using meth and fentanyl. He claimed there is enough housing and beds for everyone living on the street.
They are choosing to be on the street because they want to do drugs, they don t want rules, they want to have animals to abuse, Pratt continued. This idea that they re forced on the street right now is a lie that our city is perpetuating.
Pratt also said the city s homeless residents were bused in by scam rehabilitation centers, scam NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] and scam homeless nonprofits. He claimed it was a lie that the city s homeless people were left out on the streets and that they chose to not be housed, fed or treated.