For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in L.A.: Money Is Not Enough

Re:For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in L.A.: Mo... by collias on Friday September 29, 2017 @06:05PM (#15369657)

Welcome to the California housing market. It's very difficult to buy anything under $400k in any of the larger cities, even something like a two bedroom condo.

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Re:For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in L.A.: Mo... by sologoub on Friday September 29, 2017 @08:09PM (#15370322)

I’m LA resident and you can absolutely buy condos for less than that. In fact, here’s a whole house up the street from the lot for less: https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/411-N-Ditman-Ave-90063...

This project would be better off buying up some delapidated properties and making them habitable again.

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Re:For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in L.A.: Mo... by dxhdr on Friday September 29, 2017 @08:32PM (#15370409)

> here’s a whole house up the street from the lot for less: https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/411-N-Ditman-Ave-90063....

LA housing: a 100 year old 900 sq foot place surrounded by chain link fences for the low price of $450k.

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Re:For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in L.A.: Mo... by sologoub on Friday September 29, 2017 @09:46PM (#15370722)

Never said it was a palace, but it’s a house for less than what the program wants to spend on a unit, likely equivalent of a one bedroom.

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