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Portland's Solution to Housing the Homeless
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:42 am
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:42 am
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With more than $300,000 and volunteer homeowners, Multnomah County has a new idea to fight homelessness: Build tiny houses in people's backyards and rent them out to families with children now living on the street. The homeowners would pay nothing for the construction. They would become landlords and maintain the units for homeless families for five years.
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Four tiny houses are tentatively scheduled to launch this June at $75,000 apiece, with the hope for up to 300 accessory dwelling units as they're known in the next year if the first ones work out.
Don't have time to quote the rest of the story, but look at the pics and see what $75K gets you in Portland these days.
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Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:43 am to Hoodatt
Looks like a 30 year old aluminum Sears tool shed.
It's a shack made of particle board and tin. Are they actually going to build a homeless encampment with this shite?
Who wants that in their backyard? And how would the homeless afford rent?
It's a shack made of particle board and tin. Are they actually going to build a homeless encampment with this shite?
Who wants that in their backyard? And how would the homeless afford rent?
This post was edited on 3/18/17 at 7:45 am
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:45 am to Hoodatt
And how are those worth $75k a piece?
If it's that easy to dupe Portland politicians I need to get into contracting
If it's that easy to dupe Portland politicians I need to get into contracting
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:47 am to Hoodatt
if you build it, they will come!
If this succeeds, I will donate $500 to Bernie Sanders for U.N. Secretary General
If this succeeds, I will donate $500 to Bernie Sanders for U.N. Secretary General
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:47 am to Hoodatt
Great idea. All southern cities with homeless problems should contribute by paying for the bus fare of their homeless to travel to Portland.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:49 am to Hoodatt
You should be able to build ten of them for 75,000
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:51 am to bencoleman
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You should be able to build ten of them for 75,000
But then the politicians wouldn't get their kickbacks.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:57 am to Hoodatt
Maybe it will help with piss smell of the city
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:57 am to Hoodatt
$75k a pop? Good God what a bunch of morons. You can get those damn barn storage sheds for $4k. You could fit five or six of these Hooverville dwellings in one of those. Adding a window unit and insulation wouldn't cost much more.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 7:58 am to PsychTiger
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Great idea. All southern cities with homeless problems should contribute by paying for the bus fare of their homeless to travel to Portland.
The Holden administration has been buying them bus tickets to Atlanta for years. How do you think downtown looks the way that it does today?
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:01 am to Hoodatt
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:07 am to Hoodatt
Why not rent a home for $1000 a month for a year and use the remaining $63K for training and education to get a job? You can get a degree at a community college for a lot less than that. Potential residents obviously are already receiving assistance for food and everything else already.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:12 am to Hoodatt
Just wondering what they do for plumbing. Do they have a five gallon bucket to shite in, go dump it somewhere and bring their potable water back in the same bucket?
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:17 am to Hoodatt
How many needles are they provided with per month along with their housing?
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:18 am to Homesick Tiger
No way I would have that in my backyard next to my family 24/7. This is going to end badly.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:19 am to Hoodatt
PortaPotty in every back yard.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:22 am to Michael T. Tiger
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No way I would have that in my backyard next to my family 24/7. This is going to end badly.
Yeah, but think of all the bum fights you'll get to watch from your back patio.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:22 am to Hoodatt
Should be fun listening to the sales pitch when one of these homeowners try to sell their home.
"We're leaving the refrigerator, the curtains and the homeless couple in the backyard."
"We're leaving the refrigerator, the curtains and the homeless couple in the backyard."
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:23 am to Michael T. Tiger
I wonder how many tolerant enlightened liberals will volunteer to be a host
I bet we see lots of literal NIMBYism
I bet we see lots of literal NIMBYism
Posted on 3/18/17 at 8:24 am to bencoleman
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You should be able to build ten of them for 75,000
more like buy 25
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