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Bulldozing trailerparks in Santa Monica

By FunTime   Follow   Mon, 23 Jul 2012, 4:54pm   759 views   13 comments
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Santa-Monica-trailer-park-community-threatened-3726090.php

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1. everything Follow Befriend (2) 3 threads 546 comments Madison, WI

   1   5:31pm Mon 23 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Normal, they get rid of trailer parks all the time. We have one in my area that is on top of a hill in the city, very prime RE, some of the trailers are just plain junk.

2. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 410 threads 4,107 comments Baltimore, MD

   2   8:26am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   At Santa Monica Village, where rents on mobile homes still range from $370 to $410 a month (in a city where apartments rent for five or even 10 times that much), the living was easy — until recently. I see the government wants to get rid of any available affordable housing! Brilliant! That and the proposal to build only 400 apartments/condos seems modest to me, given how much they sell for in that area.

3. everything Follow Befriend (2) 3 threads 546 comments Madison, WI

   3   8:33am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Same thing with rents going up during the housing bust, guess who's complicit? City aldermen, mayors, etc. get paid off by developers to get rid of the trailer parks. Indeed they are cheap living for the poorer among us. I have often considered moving into a trailer park myself, you can buy a near newer huge trailer for 5-10k, or even the older ones remodel nicely, all ready to go. Sure, it's throw away housing, and so are are the modular, but we live in a throw away society. In China, they might build cities nobody lives in, but they build the apartments out of concrete, and build it to last, whereas look at Detroit, same kind of thing.

4. lisalisa Follow Befriend 1 threads 79 comments New Lenox, IL

   4   8:36am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   OK... so my trailer looks like junk to you. I work and pay taxes. it's my home... WTF?

5. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 410 threads 4,107 comments Baltimore, MD

   5   9:30am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   lisalisa says OK... so my trailer looks like junk to you. I work and pay taxes. it's my home... WTF? Doesn't matter because the city can get more property taxes from 400 apartmants/condos than 47 trailers so, the trailers gotta go. At least that's how the politicians think. As usual, it's all about the money. Now if they offered these current trailer park residents and new condo in exchange for their trailer, it might be a fair deal.

6. Philistine Follow Befriend 485 comments Los Angeles, CA

   6   10:15am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   zzyzzx says Now if they offered these current trailer park residents and new condo in exchange for their trailer, it might be a fair deal. From the article; who knows how much of it is true, though: "If the park is closed, Luzzatto has offered residents as much as $20,000 to relocate, as well as the opportunity to move into one of the new apartments after they're built. He says he'd subsidize rent for up to five years so they'd pay the same amount as now." "In addition, [. . .] he and his partners will offer to buy new mobile homes for every displaced resident who wants one and put them in what would be the city's last mobile home park [. . . . ]"

7. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   7   10:18am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   lisalisa says OK... so my trailer looks like junk to you. I work and pay taxes. it's my home... WTF? No, you're a deadbeat if you live in a trailer. You're not part of God's Elect, and you deserve to live in a cardboard box until you die. God Bless America. ;-)

8. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   8   10:20am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   zzyzzx says I see the government wants to get rid of any available affordable housing! Brilliant! everything says City aldermen, mayors, etc. get paid off by developers to get rid of the trailer parks. Indeed they are cheap living for the poorer among us. I have often considered moving into a trailer park myself, you can buy a near newer huge trailer for 5-10k, or even the older ones remodel nicely, all ready to go. See above.

9. David9 Follow Befriend (3) 28 threads 747 comments Tarzana, CA

   9   10:26am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   An interesting observation from Santa Monica, I was there two weeks ago with a friend, we drove a few blocks past the 3rd street promenade to find parking and a more 'Zen' place to watch the sunset. Walking back to the car on the other side of the street, to my surprise, if not shock, were two older, but in decent shape, boarded up ocean view apartment buildings! I had trouble processing it. What are they foreclosures? no investor snatched them up yet? More bank owned properties left to rot? This real estate market is weird.

10. PockyClipsNow Follow Befriend 19 threads 1,534 comments Los Angeles, CA

    10   11:03am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (1)   If the democrats really cared about the poor/middle class they would be allowing trailer parks everywhere. Instead they buy up private land with government (taxpayer)money then declare it 'free space' or a park and no one can build there ever. Then the local city governments destroy the trailer parks like this case - and there is no where to live except a 500k condo/apartment with a zero down FHA loan.

11. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 410 threads 4,107 comments Baltimore, MD

    11   11:28am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Philistine says From the article; who knows how much of it is true, though: "If the park is closed, Luzzatto has offered residents as much as $20,000 to relocate, as well as the opportunity to move into one of the new apartments after they're built. He says he'd subsidize rent for up to five years so they'd pay the same amount as now." "In addition, [. . .] he and his partners will offer to buy new mobile homes for every displaced resident who wants one and put them in what would be the city's last mobile home park [. . . . ]" What are these people supposed to do after 5 years? Is there room in that other mobile home park? What's the rent there?

12. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 246 threads 4,655 comments

    12   11:48am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (2)   zzyzzx says I see the government wants to get rid of any available affordable housing! Brilliant! I heard that some Liberal in LA city hall was wanting to tax Bums on the size of their refrigerator Box, and the location they set up shop. Make them take out occupation license for panhandling and tax them 50%.

13. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    13   11:59am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   PockyClipsNow says Then the local city governments destroy the trailer parks like this case - and there is no where to live except a 500k condo/apartment with a zero down FHA loan. See the following thread: http://www.patrick.net/forum/?p=1214445 "Please don't judge us based on our results, judge us based on our intentions!"