'Homeless Island': Great Falls Candidate Says Unhoused People Could Be Tourist Attraction

"Homeless Island": Great Falls candidate says unhoused people could be tourist attraction

“I think that there’s a completely untapped opportunity with, I guess, making the homeless issue into a homeless profit,” Pete Anderson said during a candidate forum.

'Homeless Island': Great Falls candidate says unhoused people could be tourist attraction

“I think that there’s a completely untapped opportunity with, I guess, making the homeless issue into a homeless profit,” Pete Anderson said during a candidate forum.

Great Falls candidate suggests congregated neighborhood for unhoused as tourist attraction

A Great Falls city commission candidate suggested earlier this week that the city’s unhoused population could be served by putting them in a single location as a money-making venture. “I think that there’s a completely untapped opportunity with, I guess, making the homeless issue into a homeless profit,” Anderson told the crowd of roughly 60. “And there is a tourist attraction just waiting to happen.” The comments were made as part of a candidat…