Schwarzenegger donates 25 tiny homes to homeless vets in LA

The hill ^ | 12/24/2021 | Mychael Schnell

[ChicagoConservative27]

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R) recently donated 25 tiny homes to homeless veterans in Los Angeles.

Schwarzenegger donated $250,000 to the nonprofit Village for Vets, which went towards purchasing 25 tiny homes for retired service members who had previously been homeless, according to Fox 11 Los Angeles.

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[faithhopecharity]

Actually it looks better than several of the places I’ve lived. And we were happy then too.

[Pollard]

We lived in a box off of a 14 foot box truck for a little while. Four of us and a dog. Had a wood stove in there too. Not too long after that I found this 8 acre hunk of woods and bought it, built a cabin and shop, cleared trees by hand, got the easement cut and got electric which all took about three years. We’ll be paying off the balance in lump sum in the next year or two. After that, start working on a real house. Might be done before I die.

[Vermont Lt]

What has that got to do with anything?

That’s not the fault of the person making the gift.

[FoxInSocks]

I see air conditioners and electric lines.

[fireman15]

If you have ever been around the “ homeless” you would know these tiny houses will be trashed in days....

We have a tiny home “village” about a mile from our house. There are 40 units. Millions were spent on it. The units are insulated with electricity and a very plain plywood interior. Basically, the contents can be shoveled out and the interior washed and repainted when an occupant moves on. There are central bathrooms shared by several units. There are several full-time employees and volunteers from the church next door overseeing the place. The residents have to follow rules and most have cars and jobs. So they have not turned out to be like your typical aggressive panhandlers pushing all their possessions around in a stollen supermarket cart and leaving garbage in their wake.

It is a feel-good operation that gets government funding and could no doubt provide the same or much better services to low-income people for far less. It has had no appreciable impact on the aggressive pan handler pot smoking filthy vermin that are still staking our every corner all day long at every busy nearby intersection.

[fireman15]

Sorry my last paragraph got screwed up. An apartment complex with more units and much better accommodations could likely have been built and maintained for less money. But it wouldn't have been as trendy or noticed as much.

[KMG365]

The tiny home craze faded fast. There used to be two or three shows on HGTV about tiny houses. But the public realized how impractical they are. They aren’t made to be hauled on the highway, and often cost double or more what you could get a really nice (loaded) camper or 5th wheel.

[deks]

A video shows the interior of the units and a couple of the residents give their opinions [2m19s]...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmlNElSqhoE

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[faithhopecharity]

sounds terriffic!
congrats and a very happy new year

[euram]

how many tiny veterans will fit into 25 tiny homes?

[ronnie raygun]

His shed in his back yard is bigger

[pterional]

This is just another publicity feel good stunt that does nothing to solve the intrinsic problem of the homeless.
Schwarzenegger is trying to repair his negative Nazi image after telling us to “screw our freedom”.
The only solution for the homeless is to get them off the street and categorize these people into three groups. People who can potentially work, people who are drug addicts and the mentally Ill that have no potential to ever be productive and independent. The latter two groups need institutional housing and care . Living in housing made for chickens will not solve their problem or ours.

[RaceBannon]

I have a Ministry to the homeless and I can tell you right now but maybe 1% or veterans. And their problem is not that they’re homeless veterans a problem is that they’re drug addicts and alcoholics and that’s why they’re homeless.

[5th MEB]

So; “SCREW YOUR FREEDOM ARNIE” donated a microdrop of his money to put vets in a “TINY HOUSE”, excuse me if I just don’t give a damn.

He always has been and always will be a GIRLY MAN!

[5th MEB]

So; “SCREW YOUR FREEDOM ARNIE” donated a microdrop of his money to put vets in a “TINY HOUSE”, excuse me if I just don’t give a damn.

He always has been and always will be a GIRLY MAN!

[minnesota_bound]

#50 how many tiny veterans will fit into 25 tiny homes?

How many could fit in one of Schwarzenegger homes?
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/REVD3cTaQzE/maxresdefault.jpg

A vet built a home inside a former Fedex truck.
He spent $25,000

Stealth Step Van TOUR - FedEx Truck Converted into Tiny Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZzqBh9LOTs

[AbolishCSEU]

AMEN!