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Homeless occupying abandoned homes: The invisible hand at work?
So they don’t like homeless shelter because of the rules.
*roll eyes*
Too bad...
With his nice leather jacket you can tell he’s “Uptown Homeless” — William Reed is no cheap country bum dressing in layers of sweat pants and a plastic trash bag overcoat held together with safety pins who hangs out under a bridge overpass with a sixpack. Still, with his busy schedule even an Uptowner like William has no time to floss.Because, as we all know, police occupy the same moral plane as drug dealers and are just as dangerous, /sarc.
This is a shame because the damage done by the squatters will affect the ones whose homes are in foreclosure. If I had a home in foreclosure I would make every effort to keep it intact until the next owner took possession.
In Texas, many of those foreclosed homes are being stripped of all copper wiring, kitchen cabinets, built-in appliances, bathroom vanities and tubs...anything that can be resold.
It seems that the banks will have to completely refurbish or bulldoze some previously nice homes, which is a foolish way to run a business. It would have been much more cost-effective to keep the occupants in with a reduced monthly mortgage payment.
I’m not sure what my PC response should be to this article. Do I go with the mean banks foreclosing on poor consumers response or the thank goodness the homeless have been helped response?