First high-rise homeless housing for L.A.'s skid row - $500,000 PER housing unit

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by jm1982

As many know homelessness has been skyrocketing in Los Angeles.

There are now plans for a new high rise to be build for the homeless in skid row.

The $138-million project...for 278 housing units..which works out to nearly $500,000 each.

L.A county now has over 58,000 homeless. So imagine what the cost would be to house all 58,000..

There is a big industry that thrives on the homeless industrial complex. A ton of well paid "homeless advocates" and developers that make big profits off building these types of projects.

It's interesting that one sees massive homeless populations more in liberal cities like L.A,Seattle,NYC etc.

Weingart Center plans first high-rise homeless housing for L.A.'s skid row - LA Times

There is a coastal/climate component - West Coast climates are more temperate than all others in this country and also a regulatory component. On average (Your Mileage May Vary) blue cities/counties tend to regulate housing more than red cities/counties. (e.g. more restrictive zoning and density rules. and more red tape) This tends to produce less and more expensive housing than in red cities/counties, hence higher costs.

[PilgrimsProgress]

Originally Posted by jm1982

Or house them where housing is actually affordable. Which is not Los Angeles in 2017.

Mojave Desert would be cheap. Death Valley maybe.

This LA project smells of kickbacks. Another nail in the coffin of Mayor Gridlock Garcetti's presidential bid

[No_Recess]

"If you build it they will come."

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by headingtoDenver

Homelessness will never be solved because a good chunk of them don’t want to work and actually don’t want any assistance. Here in Denver, they interviewed a bunch of homeless and asked them why they don’t use the shelters and their replies were that they were dirty. I thought this was funny because the people they interviewed looked like they hadn’t showered in over a month.

Seems apparent to me there are multiple causes and multiple solutions, some simple and some impossible. Until very recently I lived in a overcrowded house with total 11 people including a married couple and their 20something adult son. The wife worked a low-wage job, the husband was very disabled with substantial mobility issues (with several ER visits and hospital stays in the two years I lived in the house), and the adult son was there as a caretaker for his father.

The house needed major HVAC and other work and the landlord decided to totally renovate with intent to double the old rent upon completion.

So he gave us one month of free rent before we had to move out in order to let the workers do their job.

A month after we all moved out, at least four people were still without a normal home - the family of three (staying in a motel until their money ran out) and another guy (who was staying in a tent in his friend's back yard).

So at least the family was effectively homeless. while the only thing they needed was an affordable roof over there head - Mom was working and nobody had a drug/crime/mental illness issue.

Don't you think at least THAT slice of the problem can be solved?