Last we’d heard, apartments for the homeless in Los Angeles, which received more than a billion dollars in funding three years ago, have yet to be built, and when they are built, each one will cost more than $500,000.
Democratic candidates so far have promised free health care, free childcare, free college, and more, but one thing we hadn’t heard of was Rep. Ilhan Omar’s upcoming Homes for All legislation, which hopefully will guarantee a home for everyone.
.@IlhanMN: “It is a moral stain on our country that we have half a million or more people facing homelessness … In few weeks, we are going to introduce our Homes For All legislation, which will, hopefully, guarantee a home for everyone." pic.twitter.com/H53wrXanTP
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 25, 2019
Sure, just legislate housing into existence … and then expect that the homeless are necessarily going to give up living in (and crapping in) the streets and take up domestic living.
Sounds like a bill to dole out billions of taxpayer dollars to shith*les like California.
— mishmashmisty (@mishmashmisty) October 25, 2019
As we said up top, the government already did allocate $1.2 billion to build apartments for the homeless. And they’re aren’t any.
— TLH858 (@PhilMyman) October 25, 2019
Thanks @ilhanMN. I’ll take a 3BR, 2 1/2 bath in a nice neighborhood if you please! #IdiotsInCongress
— code two (@code2nc) October 25, 2019
Well, she should start with those states and cities run by Dems that have record numbers of homeless like Lost Angeles and San Francisco, and homeless is on the rise in NYC (where money slated for the homeless and mentally ill has been squandered).
— Sal Mauro (@salfromflushing) October 25, 2019
Homes, education, medical care. It’s like the government is our mama and papa. What about puppies? We get one right?
— Karen N (@KarenN101) October 25, 2019
— Dan Goldwasser (@dgoldwas) October 25, 2019
Is Ilhan going to grab a hammer and build them?
— BonkPolitics (@BonkPolitics) October 25, 2019
Start printing money. What do hard working people get from the Dems. Other than a high tax bill I mean.
— Mark (@mark_mcich) October 25, 2019
Not introduced: how she plans to pay for it.
— Taro Tsujimoto (@RCannon74) October 25, 2019
Which part of the Constitution allows Congress to provide homes for everyone? ?
— Brian Jackson (@brianjacksonXP) October 25, 2019
Throw in a free Tesla and I’ll move to the USA. Guaranteed income up for grabs as well?
— Juan Ocasio-Ballsovitch (@dwainj) October 25, 2019
The progressive wackadoodle caucus is just too stupid to even contemplate. https://t.co/8h6q1PdHjY
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) October 25, 2019
I was having a thoughtful conversation about this just the other day.
Housing, by itself, isn't even the main factor in homelessness. It is a multifactorial problem with all kinds of social and economic issues.
Feds can't solve this problem. Never. No way.
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) October 25, 2019
Related:
Apartments for the homeless in Los Angeles could cost more than a half-million dollars each to build https://t.co/fYbwK6Bn8t
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 9, 2019