Then it won't be inhabited, won't it?
The notice seems redundant, if it truly is uninhablitable.
/johnny
“According to WFTX-TV, the notice cited international property maintenance code which said the property is not safe to live in.”
From the link. An International property code? So any house in the world without running water and electric is unlivable? Thats a good part of the world.
Don’t think there is any more here than the city condemning her house because the woman doesn’t use/have running water and electricity. Don’t see how it is any of their business, but probably some code/permit thing.
“I was exercising my First Amendment rights of free speech in discussing living off the grid.”
Lady, if you just lived off the government they wouldn’t be bothering you! They are not going to stand by and let some uppity citizen-wannabe declare her independence from everything and get away with it. Declaring independence is tantamount to treason from the government’s view.
I’m surprised they didn’t send in a SWAT team, shoot her, and her dog!
Dunno, but the (real) Amish live off the grid, in houses.
“Living off the grid” means different things in different places. How was she handling her human waste? If she had no water it might be hard. Especially if she is in a residential development.
How many Amish houses would fall under the category of “uninhabitable”? I once visited a farm in South Dakota that had no plumbing or indoor bathroom. Luckily I didn’t stay for long.
I already use those utilities strictly on an as-needed basis - and I mean STRICTLY.
I don’t know how “widow” fits in, but her husband was about 84 when he died in 2010.
What does international have to do with this?
UN Agenda 21 at work to implement Plank #1 of the Communist Manifesto, the elimination of private property rights.
A citizens group put pressure on the city and they abandoned that tactic and instead let people run up their water bills and then they attach it to the property taxes and issue foreclosure proceedings. Big Government is going for controlling every aspect of your life by holding your property as hostage.
Same thing here, if you go off the grid it takes away their power to control you so the answer is to make doing such things illegal.
She should have kept her mouth shut and no one would have been the wiser. Every City and County now pays people called Code Enforcers large amounts of money to roam the City or County and make life as miserable for the inhabitants thereof. Don’t do anything to attract their attention.
While this sounds rather innocent on the surface, a home can go downhill real quick if there isn’t running water.
How do you get rid of human waste? How do you bathe yourself? How do you clean your dishes? How do you clean up around the home? How do you clean your clothing, or your bedding?
That ‘international rules’ or whatever was a warning flag on the other end though.
Sounds like there might be some wing-nuts on both ends of this.
We’ll probably hear more later on.
Quite possibly.
Bankrupt in 2012.
Real estate license lifted in 2011 for stealing escrowed funds after failed transactions. Convicted of larceny and sentenced to 10 years probation. Link. She faced a similar accusation in 2009, but the case was dropped.
Not enough information here.
She collected water in rain barrels, which she used to flush the toilet with. Heated up water for shower in a solar shower bag.
Video here http://www.offthegridstory.com/
Just think. No much more than 100 years ago all of ancestors would have been evicted from there homes by these Commie Nazi code enforcers. Just how did mankind survive for all those thousands of years living off the grid.
Not sure this qualifies for a ping, but thought you’d be interested...