No one is protesting, blocking, impeding or bad-mouthing a funded project in California to house the homeless. Yet, after over a billion dollars sunk into the program, not a single home has been built in 3 years.
California.
Leftists.
The $1.2 billion bond was supposed to pay for 10,000 housing units spread across 114 projects. The units were supposed to cost between $350,000-$414,000. But with a median cost now over $531,000, including over 1000 units that will cost over $600,000, the 10,000 unit goal has been reduced by 24%.
“The length of time needed to complete these projects does not meet the level of urgency needed to match the magnitude of our homelessness crisis,” a new Los Angeles Controller audit report stated.
The homelessness problem in the city is growing to crisis levels as drug abuse and poverty force tens of thousands to the streets. Meanwhile, Proposition HHH was supposed to be a step in the right direction, but bureaucratic incompetence and the city’s radical progressive policies have only exacerbated the problem. Tax payers and bond owners thought they were buying a solution, but as government incompetence often does, they’re visibly disappointed by the results.
“Over-promise and never deliver. That’s why I stopped trusting this city’s government years ago,” said Hollywood resident Jillian Quaid. “We’re better off giving to charities than trying to let city hall do their damage.”
No. You’re better off not voting left.
B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but… “FEELINGS!!!” 🙄
California… The nations Port-O-Potty
The money is being pilfered.
Moron voters.
Government people make their living off of dealing with problems, not solving them.
I left that road to ruin back in ’76, never looked back.
Even if it had delivered the promised housing units, the program was doomed to fail. The homeless problem is not lack of homes, it is drug addiction and mental illness. You have to get these people institutionalized; either in prison or mental health care facilities. But the left has denied us both.
With “eminent domain” seizures blessed by the highest pharisees in the land, how can a “unit” (a singular noun) cost even $350,000? Even when spending other people’s money? A Trump Resorts development doesn’t spend $350,000 per unit. And they have gold plated toilets.
@Bob M. October 10, 2019 at 9:38 am
That “M.” is short for Manilow, ain’t it?
Our father stated that anytime the government becomes involved with something, it ends up costing a lot more. In both Canada and the United States, one only has to look at Health and Education to see that this statement is correct. When Capitalism is involved, the price comes down – witness the cost of computers and big screen TV’s over the past 10 years.
Embarrassingly inept government marches on, unimpeded.
couldn’t happen to a more deserving state
This is the gubernment you know. Everything comes with a 1000% markup to cover all the corruption.
The difference between capitalist funded housing and government funded housing is that the capitalists use their own money and accept the risks of failure in anticipation of rewards. The government uses other peoples’ money – taken on demand – and has zero risk in the event of failure. It follows that government housing will have high costs and high failure.
my guess is that not one home will ever be built and the money will never be accounted for, lastly, the tax payers will forget about the program and keep paying for new no show projects.
Big Momma, and look at the price of cars which has sky rocketed with gov’t “safety and pollution” solutions!
For the mere cost of $150 billion or less, California will promise (but not deliver) a high speed rail system so that California’s homeless can get to their new housing promised (but not delivered) by the state much faster (although probably not).
@Wyatt, Insensitive Progressive Jerk October 10, 2019 at 11:01 am
But why will they still be homeless? If the high speed rail to everywhere (well, at least everywhere that matters) can take them to their “pick your number” dollar an hour Green New Deal jobs?
“What, we were supposed to put the homeless INTO homes?”
Day 2. No Power, and still no wind.
Programs such as in this article do nothing to address homelessness. Instead they serve as magnets to attract more homeless. Stupidity at the highest level.
Has an environmental impact study been completed yet?
Not to mention are they ADA, LGBT, immigrant status free, and halal compatible?