LogFAQs > #956618907

I gave a mini-van to a friend (ex-roomate) who was homeless for awhile and had no where to live. He went to the LA area (his brother was near there) and said that it was very hard to sleep in the van over night there, because the police would come by and force you to move. There is a big homeless problem there, but it seems like they are making life difficult even for people who are not disrupting things.

In LA and The Bay Area etc, many people live in cars/vans etc because rent is so high, even while working. Live in a Van for $0 a month or pay over $2000 a month for a small 1 bedroom. Even if your making a salary of 30k+ a year, it's very tempting to live in a van there vs paying so much for rent.

The solution is simple, affordable housing. Make it available. I know, if affordable housing is available won't it just fill up and more and more people will move into the area and be homeless again?

Maybe if you just made a small amount, but go JAPAN on the problem and build TONS of VERY SMALL but VERY CHEAP affordable housing. Flats that are simply 1 room, no kitchen, no bathroom, simple room. Shared bathrooms on each floor, perhaps one for every 10 rooms (with 2-3 actual toilets, and 1 shower (probably have a sign up sheet for shower times).

Make each such building have a few thousand freaking rooms and rent em for CHEAP (Like $200/month + utilities). Internet can be shared between multiple rooms easily as well (so each pays like $5 for internet access).

Build a bunch of the Mofos so that every freaking US citizen can at least have a roof over their head.

If your homless, you get a FREE 6 months to stay there before having to pay any rent at all. Gives you a chance to get on your feat and start making some income.

IF your on SSI etc, you can easily afford to live there, eat, and pay for medications.

SIMPLE solution, wouldn't cost that much (much less than is being spent on police/jails/shelters etc for homeless right now). It would also help reduce the FREAKING INSANE RENTAL COSTS for the rest of us, since if you can rent a freaking room for $200, a 1 bedroom will probably no longer be $2000+.

At least that would do something positive. It wouldn't solve the entire problem (since some homeless are there because of mental issues etc), but it would be a good start.

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