Not all homeless advocates support car camping in Roseburg

In douglas county tuesday.

Homeless people in roseburg are now allowed to sleep in their vehicles... starting this winter.

However, it comes with some restrictions.

Kezi 9 news reporter evita garza breaks down what the new program looks like... and why some homeless shelters say they won't be participating.

Executive director tim edmondson tells me this is a busy time of year for the roseburg dream center& as theye helping dozens of homeless people prepare for a cold winter.

He says adding more to their plate would be tough& like participating in the city new vehicle camping program.

00:15 tim edmondson, executive director, roseburg dream center:?you can just do something and say, oh well.

You gotta make sure everyone is on board?

City staff say the goal is to give homeless people another place to sleep at night& other than a shelter or a warming center.

But theye asking property owners to host these vehicles.

They would only allow three locations in the city&.

With no more than six vehicles a night.

The property owner would need to follow certain guidelines& like providing bathrooms and making sure someone can watch the parked vehicles.?you have to have staff to do that.

I don have that kind of staff.

And, there costs involved?

00:47 evita:?when the pilot program begins, edmondson tells me he worries it will be hard to monitor... especially throughout the night??they need to be careful with the parameters around it& because there could be people who abuse it?

Lynn antis& the executive director of the roseburg rescue mission says he agrees with edmondson.

Other cities have done this, there have been non profits that have done it for a while and have quit because of the complications?

Regardless& edmondson says he hopeful someone will participate.

Some churches have showers& so wel see where it ends up.

But i think it a really good idea?

The program will run until next november.

In roseburg, evita garza kezi 9 news.