Saturday, May 27, 2023

This is something I think might work

 

Homelessness is a nationwide problem.  I was on a trip recently, and I saw an abandoned hotel, still with a solid infrastructure, and I thought that the hotel could be renovated and made into a dwelling place where homeless people could at least have a place to sleep and bathe.  (Food would be a question;  while suite hotels have kitchens in the rooms, most regular hotels don't.)

Apparently this isn't a completely dumb idea.

LA mayor Karen Bass wants to spend a record $1.3 BILLION on converting hotels and motels into housing for the city's sprawling homeless population

"Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is proposing a record-breaking $1.3 billion budget that would see the city buy up hotels to house homeless residents.

The Democrat, who was elected in November after promising to take on the city's out-of-control homeless crisis, said the budget would also provide homeless people with treatment programs."


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