[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MarkJ', 'W')e have a similar issue in one region since the word spread that obtaining public assistance and emergency housing is faster, easier, they have less strict job search & apartment search rules, plus there are more low income rentals and slumlords willing to rent to people with without sufficient income(s), work history, references, credit, last month's rent and security.

Once the word gets out, the influx of people seeking shelter and handouts can't be met. The media and word-of-mouth effectively screwed local newcomers seeking shelter now occupied by out-of-towners. If you've got a sweet deal, you should probably keep it to yourself.

Other counties steer/push the homeless, criminals and public assistance clients to these areas. Some of the welfare motels and slumlord areas have become a dumping grounds for the homeless, criminals, sex offenders, plus their friends and families.

[Ferretlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'M')exico? What are we doing, playing Musical Chairs? We exchange our evicted McMansion owners for their Drug War refugees? What?

[eastbay]

This is so dreary.

[nobodypanic]

there'll come a point when one of these tent cities fights back. then god help everyone.

[MarkJ]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'Y')ou do a terrific job of outlinimg all the problems that come with an increasing Homeless population. What you do not do is come up with any reasonable solutions to those problems. Just where would you house all these folks now anyhow?

[Ayoob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MarkJ', 'W')e have a similar issue in one region since the word spread that obtaining public assistance and emergency housing is faster, easier, they have less strict job search & apartment search rules, plus there are more low income rentals and slumlords willing to rent to people with without sufficient income(s), work history, references, credit, last month's rent and security.
Once the word gets out, the influx of people seeking shelter and handouts can't be met. The media and word-of-mouth effectively screwed local newcomers seeking shelter now occupied by out-of-towners. If you've got a sweet deal, you should probably keep it to yourself.
Other counties steer/push the homeless, criminals and public assistance clients to these areas. Some of the welfare motels and slumlord areas have become a dumping grounds for the homeless, criminals, sex offenders, plus their friends and families.

[Ferretlover]

And, don't forget to take the plaque from the Statue of Liberty- "Give us your poor..."

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'A')nd, don't forget to take the plaque from the Statue of Liberty- "Give us your poor..."

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'A')nd, don't forget to take the plaque from the Statue of Liberty- "Give us your poor..."

[nobodypanic]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'M')exico? What are we doing, playing Musical Chairs? We exchange our evicted McMansion owners for their Drug War refugees? What?

[Ferretlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nobodypanic', 'a')nd how much of the world's resources do we consume? i think it can be argued strongly that WE are the cancer.

[MarkJ]

In order to house the masses, they need affordable homes, which require having a good paying steady job. Many of the good paying unskilled or semi skilled jobs have been eliminated since we don't need as many unskilled/semi-skilled laborers.


Outsourcing, offshoring, automation, robotics, computerization, communications, temp workers, part-time workers, immigrant workers, subcontractors, motorized construction equipment, construction/building/assembly techniques, pre-fab, mass production, power-tools, air tools, specialized tools, specialized equipment, specialized hardware etc has eliminated the need for many full time workers in many different industries.

From an affordable housing perspective, homes, apartments, condos, townhouses or manufactured homes may never be affordable for many due to building/safety/occupancy codes, lead/asbestos abatement, landlord/tenant law, zoning laws and deed restrictions limiting subdivision, minimum home size, minimum lot size, setback, road frontage, manufactured homes, muilti-family homes, apartment buildings etc.

The lack of jack-of-all-trades skills, tools and knowledge are also major roadblocks to home ownership. The best home bargains are often single family, multi family or mobile home fixer-uppers, but many people don't have the motivation, tools, skills or knowledge to fix them up, then maintain or repair them.

[rangerone314]

This just proves my point, that all "civilized" human societies ultimately subscribe to the philosophy of "might makes right", regardless of whatever phony ideological propaganda they advertise.

If they had a large shipment of a few thousand AK47's and a few dozen TOWs arrive instead of food, maybe they would have gotten more respect.

[Revi]

What do we do with all these people? We need some kind of a homeless refuge. Maybe it's time to bring back the poor farms. They were really awful, but each town had one.

http://wchsmn.org/content/2004/11/poorfarm/

[vision-master]

That place is an inn now.

[MarkJ]

Talked with some renters last week that have been on a waiting list for subsidized housing for close to 4 years. They're being evicted from their apartment, so the county is going to put them up in a motel at a cost of $50 per night until they can find affordable housing. Some larger familes require two motel rooms.

The waiting list for subsidized housing is so many years long, that some waiting lists are closed. When they open up a new waiting list in some regions, people will camp out for applications, plus the applications are gone in minutes.

Scoring a subsidized housing unit is like hitting the lottery.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MarkJ', '
')Scoring a subsidized housing unit is like hitting the lottery.

[nobodypanic]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MarkJ', 'T')alked with some renters last week that have been on a waiting list for subsidized housing for close to 4 years. They're being evicted from their apartment, so the county is going to put them up in a motel at a cost of $50 per night until they can find affordable housing. Some larger familes require two motel rooms.

The waiting list for subsidized housing is so many years long, that some waiting lists are closed. When they open up a new waiting list in some regions, people will camp out for applications, plus the applications are gone in minutes.

Scoring a subsidized housing unit is like hitting the lottery.

[Plantagenet]

Squatting (trespassing) is a felony.

It would be better to get these houses foreclosed on, and then sold cheaply at auction to private
buyers who need homes, or who are willing to rent the homes.

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'S')quatting (trespassing) is a felony.

It would be better to get these houses foreclosed on, and then sold cheaply at auction to private
buyers who need homes, or who are willing to rent the homes.