Church hoping tiny homes may help
solve big problems
KSTP-TV [Minneapolis St. Paul],
by
Richard Reeve
Original Article
Posted By: voxpopuli,
1/29/2020 10:34:44 PM
The sign outside Faith Lutheran Church in Forest Lake doesn't mince words.
"#LoveThyNeighbor - (no exceptions)," it reads.
"Our congregation has a long history of being passionate about homelessness," said Pastor John Klawiter. "We have a moral obligation to help our neighbor, that this is a calling from God." (snip) The units cost about $20,000 each.
The hope is that area churches will sponsor the homes.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
stablemoney 1/29/2020 10:45:06 PM (No. 301802)
The Japanese have small cubicle hotels. Those cubicles would cost about $1,500, so start with that.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
panther361 1/29/2020 10:56:44 PM (No. 301811)
We already tried tenement housing. It wasn't worth a tinker's damn, bread rampant drug and gang activities not to mention at times a small war zone. You have individuals that did not take the initiative to educate and better themselves and those of former mental institutions loosed on the public. Now the citizens must pay all over again for the idiotic ideas of the left.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
sanspeur 1/29/2020 10:58:25 PM (No. 301814)
tax free ground too . Isn’t that great value they bring to their area ... needles , bugs , insanity & crime .. But they really really care .
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
justavoter 1/29/2020 11:24:04 PM (No. 301819)
I am all for creating zones by private citizens, churches, or non-profits to establishing housing for the homeless under certain conditions. No drugs, no personal property(any personal property brought on site other than that for personal care to be stored in separate storage area and returned when homeless leaves the property)
Must attend therapy for life improvement skills, if able must have work duties or go to a job and work when jobs are available.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
BirdsNest 1/30/2020 12:07:03 AM (No. 301834)
I can think of many ways this is not a good idea. What about food? There was no mention of kitchen facilities. Also septic, plumbing can they get approval for that? And above all, $20,000 seems like a lot of money for that tiny space.
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Some of them want to live outdoors for various reasons. Maybe a giant covered area to protect them from the elements would work better. $20,000 is cheaper than the $600k apartments in CA that are going to be trashed.
Of all the Commandments "Love thy neighbor" seems like the hardest, but I am trying.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Highlander 1/30/2020 8:53:35 AM (No. 302053)
Tiny homes? They already have cardboard boxes. They don’t need any more than that!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 1/30/2020 8:54:27 AM (No. 302055)
I wonder if these Lutherans ever read Jesus' quote on the subject, "the poor you shall have with you always..."? Trying to end poverty is like calming the ocean. Ain't gonna happen.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Laotzu 1/30/2020 8:58:25 AM (No. 302059)
The only thing you can give a man that might really help him is opportunity. The rest is up to him.
Doing for others that which they won't do themselves accomplishes nothing.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
JackBurton 1/30/2020 1:00:44 PM (No. 302301)
Back in the 90s, a client of mine wanted to subdivide his mother's farm, which he had inherited, into a few hundred homes that he would have sold for under $100,000 each. Affordable at that time. He was held up for 5 years and had to have park set asides, wetlands, bike paths and the restrictdions on the home meant that each home had to have about an acre of land and, obviously, had to sell for $300k and more. As far as homes go, the laws require you to buy cadillacs, Lincoln SUVs and monster Ram trucks and effectively outlaw a fiesta or Spark or Sonic.
The most malicious bumper stick I've ever seen read "Make Welfare as Hard to Get as Building Permits." Just evil.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX 1/30/2020 2:17:20 PM (No. 302354)
The main problem is, when you're given a house and have no skin in the game, maintenance of the property is an afterthought. The majority of homeless are homeless because they've so alienated family and friends that no one will help them, and we as taxpayers are supposed to? BTW, the Bible does NOT declare welfare and social justice for all, only to fellow believers. Liberal churches like the ELCA, the Methodists, Presbyterians, Anglicans and such have willingly accepted the role of providing social services to all, regardless of hostile resistance by the Government and recipients of them sharing the Gospel.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
AltaD 1/30/2020 2:25:02 PM (No. 302362)
FTA: congregation members voted, 155-58, to explore the possibility of bringing 10-12 tiny homes onto church property to shelter the homeless.
Given that this is a church in MN, this scheme just might get gov't approval. So my advice for anyone who lives near a Lutheran church in or around the Twin Cities, sell you house before it's too late.
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well, isn't this just TOO cute.. $20,000 for a 100 sf ICEHOUSE.. these commies are the same ones bringing over the somalis.. don't EVER think about moving here..