For homeless advocates who had been glowing after November, the unanimous vote in August blocking the project by a Los Angeles City Council land use committee, headed by Mr. Huizar, was a discouraging setback. It was also a reminder that some of the toughest battles lie ahead as Los Angeles moves from the task of persuading voters to raise money for the homeless to the logistics of getting the money spent. — NYT
Adam Nagourney reports in from L.A., where homeless advocates and neighborhood activists are fighting over implementation of HHH (a $1.2 billion effort to build housing for the homeless). NIMBYs or concerned citizens? Professor Tim Iglesias responded "it will require sustained political will to manage the inevitable local opposition to building supportive housing throughout L.A".
Meanwhile, there is a revival of Hotel Hipness in the city, as "elements of the once-lost glittering age are re-emerging".
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The problem with the homeless is nobody wants to house them in their neighborhoods. Apart from building a city in the middle of the desert and supplying it with the minimal necessities there is no humane solution that is politically viable so we have to wait and see if the homeless will disappear or somehow find the cash to get off the streets without much help. The result of NIMBYism is more dead homeless folks, deaths that can be prevented.
@Peter, true. But also, affordable housing isn't just about the homeless. See this or this or even this via the National Association of Realtors...
It's about the essential workers and working families too now...
NIMBY is the enemy of affordable housing and density which is key to having a variety of housing types and price ranges. If it is within zoning then the developers should have a right to build it. The claims of the neighbors reported in the Times article about the fears the locals have of the homeless folks not being able to handle living near a railroad or highway are ridiculous.
Agreed!
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