Why doesn't Deborah Kafoury (Multnomah County Commision chair) lead the way and house some herself.
Posted on 03/18/2017 11:10:33 AM PDT by Twotone
With more than $300,000 and volunteer homeowners, Multnomah County has a new idea to fight homelessness: Build tiny houses in people's backyards and rent them out to families with children now living on the street.
The homeowners would pay nothing for the construction. They would become landlords and maintain the units for homeless families for five years.
Then the tiny houses would become theirs to do with what they want. If the homeowners break the contract before then, they pay the cost of construction.
The project would put the 8-month-old joint homeless office - a shared effort between the county and Portland -- in the housing business while offering an innovative, if so far small-scale, way to chip away at Portland's affordable housing shortage.
Four tiny houses are tentatively scheduled to launch this June at $75,000 apiece, with the hope for up to 300 accessory dwelling units as they're known in the next year if the first ones work out.
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
Why doesn't Deborah Kafoury (Multnomah County Commision chair) lead the way and house some herself.
In some parts of the SF Bay Area, housing is extremely tight, and some people are renting out their basements, garages and other space on their property. The result? Congested streets with little to no parking. It's so bad in some places that people park on the sidewalk, and authorities to little to enforce laws against that. That's just one bad thing, the loss of parking and congested traffic.
Another is a homeowner's loss of privacy. One should be prepared for constant noise, and interruptions in their own affairs. This tiny housing is for people with children! No more enjoyment of your own personal space in your backyard, not to mention noise drifting into your home. And kids do what kids will do, meaning they don't understand borders and will have their toys all over your space. Like in your driveway blocking you from entering with your car after work.
These are the mildest of bad things that will happen.
So do RVs and trailer houses.
Yes, I was jesting with lots of sarcasm to go along with it. 0regon liberals deserve everything they voted for. In Seattle the mayor wants to increase property taxes to pay for the homeless.
“Supporters hope to be able to reduce the cost per house if the project expands, but the price tag is still cheaper than government-funded shelter beds per year. A family of four costs $32,000 a year to house and help in a shelter.
“That SAME FAMILY could be supported IN ONE of the pilot project’s tiny houses for $15,000 a year during the five-year contract.”
They must be smoking something more than marijuana in Portland to think that they’ll place a family of 4 in one of these dinky one room sheds!!!
PS: He also wondered where the middle class is; seems there’s fewer and fewer in King county.
So they become tenants and not squatters? Sure about that?
Wouldn’t they have rights so that the homeowner cannot make them leave??!!!
Homeless people defecating in their yard and taking away the homeowner’s ability to enjoy their land while the homeless shoot up and drink.
What is stopping the homeless from refusing to leave once they are there?
Portland = Portlandia!
Art imitating life!
Life imitating art!
Intelligence lost & not to be found!
One step away from “Mr. Jones. Since your kids have moved out you now have a couple of “extra bedrooms” and the Akhbar “family” needs a place to stay...”
Then: “Mr. & Mrs. Jones: do you REALLY need 2 cars?”
Can you imagine if neighbors on both sides decided to do this. UGH! Talk about bringing down property values. This is the epitome of that reality!!! This makes some thing like a drug and alcohol group home a few doors down effect on property values akin to June and Ward Cleaver just a few houses away in comparison.
Ummm yeah....but he was asking where they were going to shower and go to the bathroom.
So, they can only build 4. Typical government BS
I can’t imagine feeling comfortable going for walks at night in my neighborhood anymore alone and what happens when the homeless neighbor and his or her shady friends are found sleeping in my yard in the morning or found peeing in my fountain when they’re under the influence? Clearly there are the occasional folks that are truly just down on their luck. But that is the exception not the rule in this day and age sadly.
Excellent plan!, let the bleeding hearts come face to face with reality. I feel sorry for the neighbors that have more common sense.
I’m not in Multnomah, too close by far, worse come to worse, I can pull up the landscaping and replant with yuzu or tri foliate oranges. Both can be nasty barriers.
Yeah...what could possibly go wrong?? Who pays for the water and power? New meters or hooked to the homeowner? And what do they do on your property all day long while you go to work?? invite there other “homeless” buddies over for brunch? I foresee multiple lawsuits against homeowner insurance policies and possible claims of adverse possession. What fun!! Portlandia, indeed.
But let's break it down. That's $1,250 per month. Is there really a lack of apartments in that price range? Also, who gets the pleasure of paying the cost of eviction in 5 years? Maintenance? Rehabilitation? And are those properties now permanently re-zoned for multi-family living? Or are property owners told ‘you've got a nice guest house, you rent it out after the homeless leave and we'll sue you into oblivion.’
Also, can't wait for property owners to get hit with penalties for using more water, electricity and trash service than ‘records show as being average’, or the even more fun one, failure to property utilize recycling bins by not recycling enough (especially if the new residents take anything with deposits to get recycled.)
I’m surprised we got through the soebarkah administration without having to put bums up in what might have been deemed our “additional space”.
Great idea. Put insane people in your backyard. What could possibly go wrong?
tiny blankets keeping you warm, tiny pillows, tiny tiny tiny tiny sheets. Talk about them tiny cookies... that the peoples eat.
“Our only hope as a society is if the same person who came up with the idea in 5th grade would change their mind and think it was a stupid idea by the ninth grade. Sadly.... they dropped out later in the year and never got to sixth grade ...
Hope that explains the problem ...
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