Deters Customers
In area especially in neighbourhoods with high levels of homelessness and panhandling. Businesses often struggle to combat them, as most have limited means to remove homeless who aren't asking potential customers for money. Customers might approach a business but be turned off by the appearance or behaviour of homeless who are nearby. Thereby, losing potential customer that could have been serve by the business property.
Creates Security Concerns
Property employees are told to watch for homeless who might be shoplifters. Customers hanging around in stores without active buying behaviour sometimes cause security concerns, forcing employees to focus on watching them to ensure they don't steal. Some businesses have to deal with groups homeless outside their stores that can lead to heightened instances of vandalism, fighting and disturbances that cause exterior security threats.
Costs Money
Homeless has indirect costs because of the problems it causes. Some property manager employs more security workers and use more expensive security systems than are otherwise necessary because of homeless. The time employees spend monitoring or interacting with loiterers is also increase the cost for the business to run, because …show more content…
Some property manager may have tried aggressively to get loiterers or vagrants, and homeless people, to flee the area. This has led to conflict with city officials and downtown commissions and negative media attention in some cases. It also indicated that some businesses use electronic sound-emitting devices to deter younger loiterers which are under the age of 25 (Independent.co.uk,2013). There also have receive a report from a family complaining about the devices that affecting their children. Negative news about fights or vandalism near a business also hurts the public's perception about the safety and comfort of shopping in the
In area especially in neighbourhoods with high levels of homelessness and panhandling. Businesses often struggle to combat them, as most have limited means to remove homeless who aren't asking potential customers for money. Customers might approach a business but be turned off by the appearance or behaviour of homeless who are nearby. Thereby, losing potential customer that could have been serve by the business property.
Creates Security Concerns
Property employees are told to watch for homeless who might be shoplifters. Customers hanging around in stores without active buying behaviour sometimes cause security concerns, forcing employees to focus on watching them to ensure they don't steal. Some businesses have to deal with groups homeless outside their stores that can lead to heightened instances of vandalism, fighting and disturbances that cause exterior security threats.
Costs Money
Homeless has indirect costs because of the problems it causes. Some property manager employs more security workers and use more expensive security systems than are otherwise necessary because of homeless. The time employees spend monitoring or interacting with loiterers is also increase the cost for the business to run, because …show more content…
Some property manager may have tried aggressively to get loiterers or vagrants, and homeless people, to flee the area. This has led to conflict with city officials and downtown commissions and negative media attention in some cases. It also indicated that some businesses use electronic sound-emitting devices to deter younger loiterers which are under the age of 25 (Independent.co.uk,2013). There also have receive a report from a family complaining about the devices that affecting their children. Negative news about fights or vandalism near a business also hurts the public's perception about the safety and comfort of shopping in the