Mobile home park residents form co-ops to save their homes

Re:Mobile home park residents form co-ops to save their homes by bluGill on Monday April 10, 2023 @09:22AM (#35511960)

I don't want to live in my current house. I want a mansion, complete with indoor pool, bowling alley (I haven't been bowling in 15 years, but just in case I get the urge I want one in my house), large shed for my antique car collection (which of course I want the money to afford to have), plenty of land for horses, with an entrance to the subway just outside the door. The above is not a complete list, and I'm sure you can come up with lots of other things you would like in a house that you cannot afford.

If you look at the list above you will realize that some things are contradictory - you cannot have everything no matter how rich you are. It gets worse when you start adding more desires.

Some of use have enough money to afford a nicer house than others. However when you get down to what you actually need to live a capsule is a good minimum - nice enough that if you cannot have more you still have an acceptance quality of life. However not so nice that people who could afford more refuse to contribute to society.

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Re:Mobile home park residents form co-ops to save their homes by cornholio on Monday April 10, 2023 @09:36AM (#35512094)

Yes, it's a minimal baseline that can be cheaply provided, that still preserves 90% of the dignity of human beings, their health, safety and ability to work, without unduly burdening other taxpayers.

A safe bed could be recognized as a basic human right without leading to a "world of lazy people" moral panic.

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Re:Mobile home park residents form co-ops to save their homes by bluGill on Monday April 10, 2023 @01:30PM (#35514850)

A safe bed, clean bathroom, and a small kitchen with space to eat. Doesn't take much space, and is what the homeless who can handle a house need. (not all homeless can handle a house)

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