Monday, August 28, 2017

Homelessness, Housing and the Future

Breitbart - Los Angeles County to Pay Private Homeowners to House Homeless. While you might think this is just being discussed in Los Angeles, it is not.

KFVE - Could homeowners be the answer to Hawaii's homeless crisis?

Los Angeles Daily News - On LA County’s remote north end, the homeless are stuck. Is hope on the horizon?

Some simple little facts to consider. During the housing boom (2003 - 2007) people began building bigger and bigger houses even though families were getting smaller and smaller. While touring new developments at that time I began to say that they looked like boarding houses and that is what they will become.

Imagine paying people $75,000 to build a small home in the back of their property, what is the effect? Well, first and foremost it means that the idea of zoning for single family residences is destroyed. Once destroyed, people will be allowed to rent out rooms, again, a violation of the zoning regarding single family residences. Trust me, this "pilot program" is intended to fail and instead people will get paid to rent out rooms and it will start in the Antelope Valley and Moreno Valley.

If you want to see what is coming, start by looking at the infrastructure that is being built.