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Portable toilets converted into homes for homeless (CA)
KBZK News ^
| Apr 08, 2017 6:19 AM PDT By CBS News
Posted on 04/08/2017 2:49:52 PM PDT by 11th_VA
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles man says he’s found a solution to the city’s housing crisis in the most unlikeliest of places.
T.K. Devine wants to help solve L.A.’s homeless problem with portable toilets.
“Folks who are living it rough and living on the streets and are trying to make a better life for themselves, they need consistency,” Devine told CBS Los Angeles. “They need a good night’s rest.”
The 35-year-old founder of Porta-Home is converting portable toilets into portable homes out of a downtown Los Angeles warehouse, including one built for himself.
...The system rests on a trailer that can be parked on any residential property, and the only hookup needed is a water hose.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: California
KEYWORDS: deathsentence; homeless; housing; tinyhomes; tinyhouse; wboopie
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There goes the neighborhood ...
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posted on
04/08/2017 2:49:52 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
At least they aren’t making a home on the range.
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posted on
04/08/2017 2:51:20 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: 11th_VA
“originally built for those with disabilities, and the toilet is removed.”
Hmmm, I think I see a problem here.
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posted on
04/08/2017 2:51:54 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
04/08/2017 2:53:21 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(#notmyappealscourt)
To: 11th_VA
Yep. Republican president. The homeless stories are back! Next up: AIDS!
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posted on
04/08/2017 2:53:38 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: 11th_VA
“I think we can do this for under [$20,000]” per unit
where to begin...
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posted on
04/08/2017 2:55:29 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
To: 11th_VA
The pop culture and media have invented the “Tiny House” craze to acclimate people into living in 280 sq ft.
But that’s just a step up from the guy who converted a shipping container, which is a step up from the guy who converted a dumpster into a “home”.
And now, there’s this.
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posted on
04/08/2017 2:56:54 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: 11th_VA
Only 20K per ... don’t sound very re-cycled to me.
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posted on
04/08/2017 2:57:05 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: 11th_VA
Liberals are so full of crap.
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posted on
04/08/2017 2:59:34 PM PDT
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: stylin19a
Give me plywood and tar paper and can make them for about $200 per unit.
CC
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posted on
04/08/2017 2:59:48 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: dynachrome
That’s so they can sub-lease the basement.
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posted on
04/08/2017 2:59:53 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
("Do you want me to shoot,I'm rested.")
To: Celtic Conservative
Yeah, but there would go your $19,800 profit....
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posted on
04/08/2017 3:01:46 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: 11th_VA
“Folks who are living it rough and living on the streets and are trying to make a better life for themselves, they need consistency,” Devine told CBS Los Angeles. “They need a good night’s rest.”BS
They are primarily BUMS, who need a good swift kick in the ass more than they need anything else.
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posted on
04/08/2017 3:02:23 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: 11th_VA
I’ve always dreamed of living one day in a three-holer...
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posted on
04/08/2017 3:02:43 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Celtic Conservative
first we need Gov. Moonbeam to approve funding @ 20k per.
Then you & me will split the the 19,800.
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posted on
04/08/2017 3:03:43 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
To: stylin19a
You write up the proposal, I’ll go to lowes.
LOL
CC
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posted on
04/08/2017 3:05:37 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: 11th_VA
Down south they have a different solution.
You can probably buy the whole lot for $20k.
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posted on
04/08/2017 3:05:38 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(You break it, you bought it)
To: stylin19a
He says he can do it for under $20K per unit. That’s how liberals begin. When they’re done it’ll have balooned to over $150K per unit.
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posted on
04/08/2017 3:06:27 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
To: 11th_VA
If you go to the underlying website,
http://www.ourownbackyardhomes.org/, you'll find this claim:
"1 IN 10 CAL STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE HOMELESS"
I find that very hard to believe. Cal State estimates that if a student lives at home, his/her annual expenses would be over $16,000 per year.
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posted on
04/08/2017 3:08:03 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: McGruff
I really like that set-up.
:D
Thanks for posting that.
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posted on
04/08/2017 3:08:23 PM PDT
by
cba123
( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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