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SoCalDem

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Sun Feb 5, 2012, 12:39 PM

Feb 2012

Most homeless people will never ever ever "own" a home of their own.
and...

most of the "empty" homes are not just sitting there waiting to be be "filled" with a family. They are "disputed property", on the books of whomever created the crazy loans to "buy" them in the first place.......or "left behind" by people who could no longer afford to stay in them (or who, in reality, could never afford them in the first place).

In a perfect world, municipalities all over the place would buy these properties and turn them into "move-up" homes for poorer people who had proved they could maintain the assisted housing they have been receiving, and their vacated homes could be then occupied by the many on waiting lists for assisted housing.

Just having those empty homes available for cash-buyers to sit on and later "flip", is not of much social or financial value to the commons.

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stunning graph [View all] kpete Feb 2012 OP

now now-- mustn't let basic humanity interfere with bankster profits you know.... mike_c Feb 2012 #1

One would think this plus approx. 50% of Americans in or near poverty RKP5637 Feb 2012 #4

It's called mass hypnosis. Zalatix Feb 2012 #6

It really really is ... I never cease to be amazed, it's scary. RKP5637 Feb 2012 #10

Washington doesn't get it. woo me with science Feb 2012 #14

Yep, it's literally out of sight, out of mind for Washington. I find it so RKP5637 Feb 2012 #15

unfortunately, the majority of americans... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2012 #19

People are afraid of poverty. They think it might be contagious. Quantess Feb 2012 #17

I think actually there's a lot to that, much the same as some don't RKP5637 Feb 2012 #18

more great posters from the same site handmade34 Feb 2012 #20

Incredible graphs - they tell so much at just a glance, so easy to understand! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2012 #21

Can't create a moral hazard. Whatever the fuck that is. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2012 #2

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Feb 2012 #3

K&R redqueen Feb 2012 #5

the homeless rate is higher than that Motown_Johnny Feb 2012 #7

Think how many cars are sitting empty Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #8

Thank you...exactly skepticscott Feb 2012 #23

I am one paycheck away from being homeless lunatica Feb 2012 #9

The absurdity of Capitalism. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #11

Like dragons sitting atop a pile of treasure they cannot use but tblue37 Feb 2012 #22

k+r limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #12

K&R woo me with science Feb 2012 #13

One big problem--Need a car to get to them ErikJ Feb 2012 #16

that is the sad truth of it. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #24

We could allow certain kinds of commercial use. hunter Feb 2012 #26

Well put. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #28

i must need more coffee, that math isn't making any sense n/t NMDemDist2 Feb 2012 #25

Keyword = "available" SoCalDem Feb 2012 #27