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Raises at my job were canceled across the board this year. Retirement benefits were also cut this year. But we got a bonus. Smaller than the formula calls for, but it was something. They would have cut the bonuses if they could have figured out a way to cut it for the workers and still have the corporate execs get full bonuses.

My husband is out of work at the moment… This time last year things had slowed to part time… There’s no work in commercial architecture right now so he’s working on my “honey do” list. If his former firm gets work, he’s welcome back… but even the principal of the firm is collecting un-enjoyment insurance. He’s gone on some interviews but nothing has panned out yet.

Good thing we were/are savers… And very good thing we have been trimming our expenses for a while.

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Raises at my job were canceled across the board this year. Retirement benefits were also cut this year. But we got a bonus. Smaller than the formula calls for, but it was something. They would have cut the bonuses if they could have figured out a way to cut it for the workers and still have the corporate execs get full bonuses.

My husband is out of work at the moment… This time last year things had slowed to part time… There’s no work in commercial architecture right now so he’s working on my “honey do” list. If his former firm gets work, he’s welcome back… but even the principal of the firm is collecting un-enjoyment insurance. He’s gone on some interviews but nothing has panned out yet.

Good thing we were/are savers… And very good thing we have been trimming our expenses for a while.

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Raises at my job were canceled across the board this year. Retirement benefits were also cut this year. But we got a bonus. Smaller than the formula calls for, but it was something. They would have cut the bonuses if they could have figured out a way to cut it for the workers and still have the corporate execs get full bonuses.

My husband is out of work at the moment… This time last year things had slowed to part time… There’s no work in commercial architecture right now so he’s working on my “honey do” list. If his former firm gets work, he’s welcome back… but even the principal of the firm is collecting un-enjoyment insurance. He’s gone on some interviews but nothing has panned out yet.

Good thing we were/are savers… And very good thing we have been trimming our expenses for a while.

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[quote=patb][quote=alarmclock]fixing homelessness by putting a homeless person in a house is post hoc reasoning. using similar reasoning, if homebuilding is a sign of a healthy economy, can’t we simply make the economy healthy by building more houses?[/quote]

Building houses for the homeless is dysfunctional, but burning and demolishing dwelling units is also dysfunctional. In this case these homes are worth nothing, what is the social cost of giving the homeless bus tickets to flynt and offering them houses? Think of it as Urban Homesteading.

We settled the west by giving 40 acres to every person willing to grab a stake
and claim it and live on it for 5 years, why not the same for Flynt?

The City of Baltimore gave away row houses for a dollar in the late 70’s.
Quite a good deal for people who hung in there for 15 years.[/quote]

People who want a house for $100 in Detroit can get one.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Detroit_MI?sby=1

If you go up to $500 – you have quite a selection.

Flynt’s a littel more expensive… But $2000 gets you a house.

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[quote=patb][quote=alarmclock]fixing homelessness by putting a homeless person in a house is post hoc reasoning. using similar reasoning, if homebuilding is a sign of a healthy economy, can’t we simply make the economy healthy by building more houses?[/quote]

Building houses for the homeless is dysfunctional, but burning and demolishing dwelling units is also dysfunctional. In this case these homes are worth nothing, what is the social cost of giving the homeless bus tickets to flynt and offering them houses? Think of it as Urban Homesteading.

We settled the west by giving 40 acres to every person willing to grab a stake
and claim it and live on it for 5 years, why not the same for Flynt?

The City of Baltimore gave away row houses for a dollar in the late 70’s.
Quite a good deal for people who hung in there for 15 years.[/quote]

People who want a house for $100 in Detroit can get one.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Detroit_MI?sby=1

If you go up to $500 – you have quite a selection.

Flynt’s a littel more expensive… But $2000 gets you a house.

[UCGal]

[quote=patb][quote=alarmclock]fixing homelessness by putting a homeless person in a house is post hoc reasoning. using similar reasoning, if homebuilding is a sign of a healthy economy, can’t we simply make the economy healthy by building more houses?[/quote]

Building houses for the homeless is dysfunctional, but burning and demolishing dwelling units is also dysfunctional. In this case these homes are worth nothing, what is the social cost of giving the homeless bus tickets to flynt and offering them houses? Think of it as Urban Homesteading.

We settled the west by giving 40 acres to every person willing to grab a stake
and claim it and live on it for 5 years, why not the same for Flynt?

The City of Baltimore gave away row houses for a dollar in the late 70’s.
Quite a good deal for people who hung in there for 15 years.[/quote]

People who want a house for $100 in Detroit can get one.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Detroit_MI?sby=1

If you go up to $500 – you have quite a selection.

Flynt’s a littel more expensive… But $2000 gets you a house.

[UCGal]

[quote=patb][quote=alarmclock]fixing homelessness by putting a homeless person in a house is post hoc reasoning. using similar reasoning, if homebuilding is a sign of a healthy economy, can’t we simply make the economy healthy by building more houses?[/quote]

Building houses for the homeless is dysfunctional, but burning and demolishing dwelling units is also dysfunctional. In this case these homes are worth nothing, what is the social cost of giving the homeless bus tickets to flynt and offering them houses? Think of it as Urban Homesteading.

We settled the west by giving 40 acres to every person willing to grab a stake
and claim it and live on it for 5 years, why not the same for Flynt?

The City of Baltimore gave away row houses for a dollar in the late 70’s.
Quite a good deal for people who hung in there for 15 years.[/quote]

People who want a house for $100 in Detroit can get one.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Detroit_MI?sby=1

If you go up to $500 – you have quite a selection.

Flynt’s a littel more expensive… But $2000 gets you a house.

[UCGal]

[quote=patb][quote=alarmclock]fixing homelessness by putting a homeless person in a house is post hoc reasoning. using similar reasoning, if homebuilding is a sign of a healthy economy, can’t we simply make the economy healthy by building more houses?[/quote]

Building houses for the homeless is dysfunctional, but burning and demolishing dwelling units is also dysfunctional. In this case these homes are worth nothing, what is the social cost of giving the homeless bus tickets to flynt and offering them houses? Think of it as Urban Homesteading.

We settled the west by giving 40 acres to every person willing to grab a stake
and claim it and live on it for 5 years, why not the same for Flynt?

The City of Baltimore gave away row houses for a dollar in the late 70’s.
Quite a good deal for people who hung in there for 15 years.[/quote]

People who want a house for $100 in Detroit can get one.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Detroit_MI?sby=1

If you go up to $500 – you have quite a selection.

Flynt’s a littel more expensive… But $2000 gets you a house.

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Currently there are a huge quantity of abandoned houses blighting Flynt and Detroit. Entire blocks with houses literally falling down. It would cost more money to make them habitable than to raze them. The owners have been foreclosed on – the banks don’t want to invest in razing them… so they’ve abandoned them as well. These houses are stripped of plumbing and anything of value – they are NOT safe.

It’s all well and good to say let homeless vets live in them – but that isn’t very compassionate either since they’re not safe.

It’s not quite as black and white as suggested.

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Currently there are a huge quantity of abandoned houses blighting Flynt and Detroit. Entire blocks with houses literally falling down. It would cost more money to make them habitable than to raze them. The owners have been foreclosed on – the banks don’t want to invest in razing them… so they’ve abandoned them as well. These houses are stripped of plumbing and anything of value – they are NOT safe.

It’s all well and good to say let homeless vets live in them – but that isn’t very compassionate either since they’re not safe.

It’s not quite as black and white as suggested.

[UCGal]

Currently there are a huge quantity of abandoned houses blighting Flynt and Detroit. Entire blocks with houses literally falling down. It would cost more money to make them habitable than to raze them. The owners have been foreclosed on – the banks don’t want to invest in razing them… so they’ve abandoned them as well. These houses are stripped of plumbing and anything of value – they are NOT safe.

It’s all well and good to say let homeless vets live in them – but that isn’t very compassionate either since they’re not safe.

It’s not quite as black and white as suggested.

[UCGal]

Currently there are a huge quantity of abandoned houses blighting Flynt and Detroit. Entire blocks with houses literally falling down. It would cost more money to make them habitable than to raze them. The owners have been foreclosed on – the banks don’t want to invest in razing them… so they’ve abandoned them as well. These houses are stripped of plumbing and anything of value – they are NOT safe.

It’s all well and good to say let homeless vets live in them – but that isn’t very compassionate either since they’re not safe.

It’s not quite as black and white as suggested.

[UCGal]

Currently there are a huge quantity of abandoned houses blighting Flynt and Detroit. Entire blocks with houses literally falling down. It would cost more money to make them habitable than to raze them. The owners have been foreclosed on – the banks don’t want to invest in razing them… so they’ve abandoned them as well. These houses are stripped of plumbing and anything of value – they are NOT safe.

It’s all well and good to say let homeless vets live in them – but that isn’t very compassionate either since they’re not safe.

It’s not quite as black and white as suggested.

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[quote=sdkbhomes]If you haven’t bought at Parc@54, you should have. The prices have already risen $6K, and they haven’t all been built as of today. This complex is a spark of getting the neighborhood better. There are apts next door that will be converting into condos, and the Sears Essential store will be gone with either a new strip mall or more upscale housing developments. This neighborhood is turning around like so many here in San Diego. There is a satellite police station nearby as well. So, if you haven’t bought because of some words of fear – You lost out![/quote]

Well – if they’re putting in a new strip mall nearby, I’m all in. (snark)

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[quote=sdkbhomes]If you haven’t bought at Parc@54, you should have. The prices have already risen $6K, and they haven’t all been built as of today. This complex is a spark of getting the neighborhood better. There are apts next door that will be converting into condos, and the Sears Essential store will be gone with either a new strip mall or more upscale housing developments. This neighborhood is turning around like so many here in San Diego. There is a satellite police station nearby as well. So, if you haven’t bought because of some words of fear – You lost out![/quote]

Well – if they’re putting in a new strip mall nearby, I’m all in. (snark)

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