CDZ Homeless Problem Part II

[badger2]

Note especially the NIMBYism:

California Housing Shortage
California housing shortage - Wikipedia

 

[badger2]

In reply to post #71, for the violence of frontier capital, and in some contexts, we doubt that neither cost-of-living adjustments nor housing vouchers may suffice.

Eriksen and Ross (2015) Housing Vouchers
(full text pdf)
American Economic Association
'....The result for that study suggests that the increase in rental prices associated with the allocation of housing vouchers resulted in a large net wealth transfer from unsubsidized, low-income households to private market landlords.....We also found that the largest price increases were for units near the maximum allowable voucher rent in cities with an inelastic housing supply.'

So the voucher holder, because capable, will attempt to move up to the limits of a system that can't keep up with demand, which is the affordable housing gap now standing at about $740 billion. To thwart the predatory bulemia of the market landlord would include such things as rent-to-own, etc..

 

[jwoodie]

Basic housing units should be for one adult person or couple. If they continue to camp in unauthorized areas, they should be arrested. Even druggies and the mentally ill don't want to spend their time in jail.

(Families with children already have housing available to them. If the parent(s) are unable or unwilling to utilize housing, the children should be placed in foster care.)

 

[badger2]

Yes, one adult or couple-sized units make sense, recalling that the gap is the disappearance of SROs (single-rooms occupancies) to make room for "upgrades." That was the approach of the LA musician with the tiny homes complete with a bit of sanitation thrown in. Why did this seem to threaten City Hall? Was it direct competition with their "professional" plan?

It's probably not a good idea to let frontier capitalism off the hook, either. Washington Post brought it up, though it was much too swiftly suppressed in msm:

22 May 2019 WaPo Balmes San Francisco's problems on Capitalism
WaPo blames San Francisco's problems on capitalism — and gets ridiculed ruthlessly on social media
' "This is unregulated capitalism, unbridled capitalism, capitalism run amok," said Mark Benioff. "There are no guardrails." '

 

[badger2]

3 Jun 2019 LA County and Cities Brace for 2019 Homeless Count Results 'Everyone is kind of on alert'
LA County and cities brace for 2019 homeless count results. ‘Everyone is kind of on alert.’ – Press Telegram

 

[badger2]

Attempts at Ghost-Busting

31 Oct 2017 To Solve the Next Foreclosure Crisis, Look to Sacramento
https://www.regreview.org/2017/10/31/somogyi-foreclosure-crisis-sacramento/
'....yielded a larger positive economic impact than the Obama Administration's main foreclosure preventing program....Schwarzenegger....'

 

[badger2]

To Solve the Next Foreclosure Crisis, Look to Sacramento | The Regulatory Review

 

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Homeless Problem Part II Drug Report

3 Jun 2019 Largest Drug Bust in Duluth PD History
Largest Drug Bust In Duluth PD History

 

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Homeless Problem Part II Drug Report

4 Jun 2019 Chillicothe Gazette: Chillicothe Police Seize 3.4 Pounds of Heroin, Department's Largest Bust
Chillicothe police seize 3.4 pounds heroin, department's largest bust

 

[badger2]

Suggested viewing is the Clinton-cocaine video at youtube. A huge bust, Mount Juliet was a proposed immigrant refuge city.

Homeless Problem Part II Drug Report

7 Jun 2019 Tennessee: 475 Pounds of Cocaine Seized at Mount Juliet
475 pounds of cocaine seized in Mount Juliet

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The homeless problem is less about the homeless and more about the right’s unwarranted hostility toward those homeless.

 

[badger2]

The right's unwarranted hostility may stem from the nazi strive for pure form. Under less secure circumstances, we know how far that can go if left unchecked.

 

[badger2]

The cocaine bust at the proposed sanctuary city Mount Juliet, a suburb of Nashville (post #90) links to this report:

5 Pounds Cocaine, $153K Found in South Nashville Motel Room
5 pounds of cocaine, $153K found in South Nashville motel room

 

[badger2]

11 Jun 2019 Homeless People Are Causing Subway Chaos, Data Shows
https://nypost.com/2019/06/11/homeless-people-are-causing-subway-chaos-data-shows/

 

[badger2]

The most timely cocaine connection to Russia are these two reports about the investigative journalist, Golunov:

6 hrs ago. Moscow Times A Framed Reporter Suddenly Matters to Putin

11 hrs ago. Putin Ally Says Drugs Case Against Russian Journalist a 'Very Bad Story'

 

[badger2]

18 minutes ago. Seniors Were Sold Risk-Free Retirement with Reverse Mortgages
Seniors were sold a risk-free retirement with reverse mortgages. Now they face foreclosure.

 

[badger2]

Homeless Part II Drug Report

5 Jun 2019 Major Bronx Drug Bust Breaks Up Smuggling Ring Bringing Fentanyl From Mexico
Major Bronx Drug Bust Breaks Up Smuggling Ring Bringing Fentanyl From Mexico

How An American Billionaire Predicted -- And Then Profited From -- The U.S. Opioid Epidemic
How an American billionaire predicted — and then profited from — the U.S. opioid epidemic

 

[badger2]

Homeless Part II Drug Report

12 Jun 2019 Nogales Hard Drugs
Nogales CBP Officers Seize $806K Worth of Hard Drugs | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

 

[MAGAman]

Creation of a middle ground is out of the question?

Democrats will never agree to it, because it would require them to stop punishing employment.

 

[badger2]

Kennedy gives a comprehensive and informative report:

6 Jun 2019 Kennedy on California's Rising Homeless Population