What’s the difference between a homeless person camping in a tent for weeks on end and a Gonzaga basketball fan camping in line for game?

I had to think about it for a good a minute. Oh wait. No I didn’t. The difference between a basketball fan camping out and a homeless person camping is the basketball fan will eventually leave!
If you came up to me and told me that the ‘Tent City’ under I-90 was just a temporary shelter area that for the homeless I would say that you are crazy.
Tent City has been going on for the past six winters to my knowledge. The homeless are retaliating against Spokane claiming that the city has not done enough for low income housing. So logically that means they should stay in a tent in the middle of winter under I-90.
Yes, I understand that the House of Charity, Hope House, St. Margaret’s, and the Salvation Army are full every night. But there are so many options that people don’t know about. Some homeless shelters that are often forgotten are the Union Gospel Mission, Truth Ministries, Family Promise of Spokane, and SNAP East.
So right off the bat there’s four places the homeless people can go to get better shelter than a tent under I-90.
The Homeless Coalition of Spokane posted the myths and facts about the homeless people in Spokane. Of all the people Catholic Charities helped last year, 70% of the people claimed to have a mental health issue and were looking for help. Why not try one of the seven mental health institutes in Spokane.

I’ve been told a significant portion of the homeless people have mental illness due to a drug and alcohol problem.
Why not check into one of the nine drug and rehab centers in Spokane to get help.
A majority of these centers and institutes also happen religious. Hence why some of the homeless people refuse to go to them.
No offense but if you’re homeless you shouldn’t be picky about who helps you. I’m a religious person and if I were at the end of my rope and the only shelter in town was the Atheist House of Charity I would get help from the Atheists.
The objective of the homeless centers are to help the homeless. Not convert the homeless. How many homeless people are there in Spokane? Well the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, (HUD/U.S.), estimates there are 1,273 people in the City of Spokane.
But according to Hope House there is an estimated 1,800 homeless single women in Spokane.

Two words. Not true.

I trust a statistic from the HUD/U.S. over Hope House.
Now lets take into account the people who get stranded here via train and bus.
Spokane is the first big town between Chicago and Seattle, and that can add to our homeless rate, but it won’t add 1,800 homeless women alone.
I feel Spokane can do more to help the homeless, but at the same time if the homeless won’t meet Spokane half way to get themselves help, then we will always have homeless people in Spokane.