Posted on 08/15/2017 9:17:55 PM PDT by aquila48
A pilot program that pays some Los Angeles County homeowners to build a second dwelling on their property to house homeless people was approved with a 4-0 vote Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors.
Homeowners in unincorporated communities who qualify can receive up to $75,000 to build a second dwelling in areas zoned for such structures, while others may get $50,000 to update and legalize an existing dwelling.
The program was introduced last year as part of Los Angeles County’s set of 47 strategies to solve homelessness. The office of Regional Planning will work with several departments countywide with an allocated $550,000 in part to be used to offer subsidies.
Unlike a guest house, second dwellings include kitchens.
The program also will streamline the permitting process and provide technical assistance to homeowners within the county’s unincorporated areas, who would qualify, officials said.
Details of who would be housed and the selection process are still under discussion, said supervising regional planner Connie Chung on Monday. Funding allows for two to three new second dwellings, and for the remodeling of two to three existing ones, she added.
The program is expected to be completed within 18 months.
Homelessness spiked 23 percent across Los Angeles County’s neighborhoods and suburbs this year compared with 2016, with more than 55,000 people sleeping on sidewalks, in their cars, or along the Los Angeles River, according to results of a count taken in January and released in May.
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What could possibly go wrong?
How long before they force people to take in the homeless without paying them for the “privilege”?
“How long before they force people to take in the homeless without paying them for the “privilege”?”
They did something like that in Europe to house the rapefugees...
http://pamelageller.com/2015/09/europe-seizing-homes-to-house-muslim-migrants.html/
A voucher against property taxes? In which case LA can raise property taxes to force homeowners to take homeless … or else.
Thx for the information.
Therfore, anyone who said Trump couldn't win is automatically disqualified from a credible assessment of Moore's chances.
Offical LA County motto:
“Give me your mental cases, the poachers,
your drugged masses yearning to live free”
“yearning to live free”
Yearning to live FOR free.
“Last I read/heard the City of Los Angeles is broke. How can they pay homeowners to house the homeless?”
According to the article they’re talking about a program of only $550,000, which, for LA county with over 10 million people, is less than pocket change. That’s round off error territory.
According to their projected cost per housing unit, that’s going to build housing for TEN “homeless”, out of a supposed homeless population of 55,000!! It’s so insignificant as to be laughed out of town.
I think Beverly Hills would be a perfect place for a program like this. But since there won’t be many volunteers, it should be made mandatory.
$550,000 is just about enough to pay 2 LA janitors for a year.
Huh, who knew?
Well...Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher both died and left Beverly Hills compounds .How many homeless could live there? Think Fishers daughter would welcome a dozen or so? Why not???
After hearing of this proposed “program”, how could anyone not think LIB idiots to be mentally ill.
Good plan, but The last person I want living in my mother in law unit is my actual mother in law!
And once they start to trash your property, sell dope from your “guest” house, and break into your house to steal property, you will not have any way to get rid of them because of eviction laws ...
Haha that is what I was gonna say. Have your daughter/son register somewhere as homeless and get a free small house built for them.
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