What is the advantage to a landlord to having a vacancy? I suppose there are some that are just incompetent and thus unable to rent their units, but it doesn't make financial sense currently to keep buildings empty, does it? I'm having a hard time imagining there's some huge stock of rental units that are intentionally being kept vacant. barfo
And yet here you are avoiding “my” thread… please do. You have made your opinion more than clear snd you cant handle that some disagree so you continue to come in the thread and yell louder and call everything else googlywhatever. Lol. You are selling your proposal so masterfully!!! Lol.
Many in portland chose homelessness over joining the system. Thats fine. Until they break laws to support themselves, which happens every day. Most criminals are not caught in the act. There needs to be another solution than pulling cops off the streets making it even harder to catch criminals in the act. This is a way more complicated situation in Portland than to just say there are homeless and there are criminals. Most homeless in Portland, are criminals. Id put money on there being a good percentage of warrants out for many homeless in Portland.
we have them. We dont need to put them in houses for months. We can assess their needs within hours and send them directly there. Detox, jail, wherever. Then take the ones left and let them in shelters with a mandated job placement program with an obligation to start paying rent for the shelter after six months of employment if they don't want to move out on their own.
If someone has an addiction that makes their behavior negatively impact others around them with theft snd or violence, i don't care about comfortable they are im said facility until they can become productive members of society again. When do we care more a out the comfortability of those around these people instead of these peoples comfort?
The desperation felt and/or exhibit, does not compare to what other countries worst areas are. Put the rich aside. Were talking a out the poorest of poor areas. We are not near the top. Not even close. Go google earth neighborhoods in the Philippines and tell me we are as bad as they are. We don't have near the poverty scale as some and yet we have way more opportunities for those in poverty im this country to grt out of compared to most other countries. The lack of work ethic aNd responsibilities of individuals should not be subsidized by hard working tax payers.
Worth your time to respond though. You do just like to argue instead of debate info. Thanks for proving as much.
It doesn't need to be a rental unit. Just an empty space that could be a rental unit. Could be a house. I've seen many houses sit empty for years before they are remodeled and put back on the market for rent. It happens all the time. If you buy it at auction it doesn't hurt you much to take your time to get it on the market. So large companies buy up what they can and many sit until they get around to fixing them. There are 16,000,000 empty units in the US and only 500,000 homeless. Get all of them in homes and there would still be over 15,000,000 empty units. That doesn't even include converting office space into residential. Just need to change up the incentives to get more homes into the hands of people and make sitting on vacant space more painful.
You're right - there isn't a huge supply of vacant rentals. However it most definitely is a MUCH better financial choice to keep a rental vacant, than to fill it with someone who will destroy it. The cost of a bad rental far outstrips the benefit of having it rented.
I think the gentrification of St Johns, NoPo, and NEP is directly related to the increase in homelessness. Also, it didn't help that we turned most of the flop houses into boutique hotels downtown.
As much as you'd love for me to avoid your thread and stop proving you wrong I've already said that won't happen. The housing first policies I've suggested are unscathed thus far, as you haven't been able to point to any evidence based weaknesses that outweigh the benefits. The reality is that the policy addresses your concerns. I'm sorry that frustrates you.
exactly, but lets force law abiding home owners to give up their land to put self destructive people on it. Great answer. so you ARE a liar too. Good to know. You don't frustrate me at all i already told you. You are comedy. You are the one that said you given me too much time but yet here you are responding to everything i say, giving me more time. Ohhh the irony….and hypocrisy. Seems you are the one who cant handle anyone thinking differently than you. you result to insults aNd do not look into the info provided as a rebuttal. facts. Let me know when you are done with your tantrum and ill see if i want to take your posts seriously. Sorry if the truth hurts.
It's obvious that you aren't in the real estate industry. These 'large corporations' are not just buying homes at auction and just letting them sit around. Frequently, most of the delappitated homes have title issues or significant liens that make it difficult to do much with it. And to change office/retail space into residential.... That costs a $#!* load of money. In a few RARE cases, it can make financial sense. In the vast majority of cases - it's not economical to do so. It's better just to scrap the existing building and start fresh. I really struggle with people who think they have the 'easy answer' to every solution. This pompous approach underestimates the complexities of life.
Some do choose to be homeless. I respectfully disagree with most being criminals with warrants out for them. I think that is an unfounded claim. Many that choose to be homeless, openly use the resources downtown and around town...i.e. shelters and places that do feeds/give out clothes and vouchers for things. Some are addicts. It doesn't make them criminals.
Some addictions lead to theft and violence sure. That is the problem. Not caring. Not treating them like human beings.
I never attempted to compare the two. I simply said there is desperation here. And, yes there are more resources here, so why hasn't there been a better outcome?
Then we shall respectfully disagree. Too bad some others cant do that without insulting opposing views. Kudos to you! The thing is the addition pushes poor decision making and the addiction causes them to break laws to support said addition. There are many studies directly relating theft crime with addicted criminals. so when one says I'm no harm, i just want to live off the grid and do drugs, the path they are taking is obvious.
