97 year old Burlingame woman is being evicted from the small home she has rented for 66 YEARS

[Ultrarunner]

Only been a problem twice... have not had a new move in since Housing changed a lot of the rules.

I do know that income on assets are counted in gross family income unless this to has changed?

One of my tenants received a settlement from a car crash and it needed to be accounted for.

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Originally Posted by Ultrarunner

Only been a problem twice... have not had a new move in since Housing changed a lot of the rules.

I do know that income on assets are counted in gross family income unless this to has changed?

One of my tenants received a settlement from a car crash and it needed to be accounted for.

A settlement usually has to be paid down in a certain amount of time. A car can be worth any amount of money is my understanding. So, they can pre-pay bills or buy a new car, but they'd have to sell off an old car.

I could be wrong. But, that's my understanding.

[JanND]

Originally Posted by RMESMH

Thanks for the updated information about Georgia (the 85 year old lady who is still at home in the cottage). I noticed that the Daily Mail link doesn't portray the granddaughter's husband in the greatest light, but does refer to Georgia as Marie's 'roommate', whereas the pro bono attorneys refer to Georgia as Marie's 'live in partner'.

It is my understanding that the suit filed on Ms Hatch's behalf was based on her being able to live in this home as long as "she" wanted.

I doubt there is any basis for her roommate to fight this eviction.

I hope the LL gets this property sold in time so his sons get their rightful inheritance.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by RMESMH

I know this is anecdotal evidence but, looking at all of my friends and family in the Bay Area both liberal and conservative, all of the NIMBYs are liberals/progressives.

You're not the only one to observe this. Even some liberal leaning media publications are admitting it:

Why Middle-Class Americans Can't Afford to Live in Liberal Cities - The Atlantic

Blue America has a problem: Even after adjusting for income, left-leaning metros tend to have worse income inequality and less affordable housing.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by RMESMH

I know this is anecdotal evidence but, looking at all of my friends and family in the Bay Area both liberal and conservative, all of the NIMBYs are liberals/progressives.

Originally Posted by mysticaltyger

You're not the only one to observe this. Even some liberal leaning media publications are admitting it:

Why Middle-Class Americans Can't Afford to Live in Liberal Cities - The Atlantic

Blue America has a problem: Even after adjusting for income, left-leaning metros tend to have worse income inequality and less affordable housing.

As usual, all issues must be dumbed down to liberal/conservative, right? It's not possible that individual issues have individual values and individual flaws, eh?

Tyger, your lack of independent analysis and foundational truths are glaring. Right off you start in with the implication that the issues of development are not only partisan, but that the "left" is so very wrong that even its own voices are finally having to face the "conservative" truth you champion. Well done Donald. Total obfuscation through correlation, but absent causation.

The first realization to apply correctively is that: almost ALL sizeable cities are liberal leaning. Illustrative chart from PEW Research:
Chart of the Week: The most liberal and conservative big cities | Pew Research Center
This reality entirely deflates the entire premise of "left-leaning metros have worse income equality and less affordable housing." It is an empty declaration given that the vast vast majority of metros are "left-leaning".

At any rate, this campaign of yours to denigrate NIMBYism as a destructive "liberal" force is amusing at best. NIMBY protest is at the very least as valid as promoting development. Strongly right-leaning folks from Dana Point to Timbuktu raise hell at any suggestion of developments infringing on their cloistered bastions of conservativism. So, how about canning the partisan assignation. Try examining each individual issue and proposal as - well, individual.

And, while you are at it, remember to consider the underlying, non-partisan truth of:
"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell."

And always remember: you can't expand infinitely in a finite paradigm.