Homeowner invites homeless man living under porch to move in

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29133097/

KSBY-TV

updated 11 minutes ago

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Reported by: Kelly Bush

A Louisiana man finds a homeless man living on his property, but doesn't call the police.

Instead, Jim Stewart moved the homeless man, Kenny Woods, from under his porch to inside the home. snip

"People don't realize they're just a paycheck away from being where I'm at," said Woods.

sharing this.

:grouphug:

I hope this catches on big time.

I feel the same way when I see so many people commuting alone. We were taught (most of us) to share when we were young. I put up a buddy for two months while he saved money for his own place. The resources are there, they just have to be shared.

Did I miss something? Did Mr. Stewart break the law by not calling the cops? What law?

edit to correct name.

areas as violating some sort of public nuisance law.

I don't support that thinking.

public or commons area?

Sorry, I don't mean to be dim here, but that last comment in the article didn't make any sense to me.

It's a great story and that last little jab kinda put me on tilt.

edit to clarify point

They should go and die instead so that the $500,000 / year CEOs don't say "Ewww!" when they see them.

People may be finding that human kindness again. PHEW!!!

but he does have to be careful. Homeless people tend to be desperate. Good Samaritans are often punished for their charity.

for the hobos who dropped off the train near our house (before the train pulled into the station in town). She said, "Always feed anyone who's down and out, and say a kind word."

It was the "New Deal" ethic, I learned later. 'We're all in this together.' I just figured it was being American.

I saw a number of hobos--train riders--in the 1950s--because of where I lived, but I NEVER saw mentally ill people living on the street in their own filth, or bag ladies, or shopping cart ladies, or whole families living their car, or war veterans on the street, in California, until Reagan became governor. That was the turning point. It was deliberate policy, starting with casting the mentally ill out on their own--the half-way houses that were promised never materialized. What a disgrace the Reaganites and Bushites have turned this country into! An utter and complete disgrace--they ought to be horsewhipped!

Instead of giving the homeless food now, some people just step over them. Not all homeless people are drunks or mentally ill.

Even though they didn't have much she would still make them sandwiches. Might be only cheese and bread but thats all they had to give.

I would do the same.

Don

exchange, mutual respect. they had hobo symbols on their fence gate that said this was a good place to come. :)

I love that. The owner gave Woods (and his dog) a job in exchange for the accommodations. Both
of these men have integrity. :-)