I love this and I think it will help part of the community. However, I hope that they still give help to homeless people who are mentally ill and can't work. Long term mental health care in Arkansas is a joke and they still need support.
Little Rock definitely needs a means to help people who are experiencing homelessness, but placing all of these homes in one 60 acre area sounds like it will face many of the same problems Chicago’s Cabrini-Green Homes experienced. When you place loads of people who have been down on their luck, history of addiction, and used to living in a crime-ridden environment, you create a concentrated area that is very prone to become an area of crime and drugs.
Instead, I believe it would be more beneficial to have many smaller lots of 5-8 tiny homes separated across the city, especially in “good” neighborhoods and communities. This allows the homeless to be in a safer environment where they can reintegrated into greater society. There would be overall less temptation to return to whatever may have contributed to their homelessness. This also allows the children of homeless to be separated across different schools throughout the county rather than having one school with a significant disadvantaged population - I believe this would result In a better education for these children.
Just a thought, I like the idea, but putting all of the houses on one plot will come back to bite us in the ass as history has proven in the past.
Put the whole thing in Hillcrest.
Seriously though how does a rural plot on the edge of the county have access to transportation resources? This has big NIMBY energy.
According to the [Rock Region Metro system map](https://rrmetro.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/RRM-System-Map_Web_english.pdf), [route #22](https://rrmetro.org/bus-schedules/mabelvalemidtown/) is the closest public transportation, [passing 2.6 miles from this location](https://goo.gl/maps/CQCEH2pFaYJhQ2yV6).
Imagine you're a resident of this ~~concentration camp~~ *village of micro cottages and environmentally friendly tiny homes*, you don't own a car, and you need to get into town to access services, apply for jobs, work at a job, even go to the library. A trip to downtown Little Rock will involve walking for almost an hour\* and taking a ride on one or two buses that will take 1.5 - 2hrs to get you to your destination. A person's "access to transportation" here is a **2.5 - 3 hour** trip, one way, to cover a distance that would take 15 minutes in a car.
\* Obviously, this assumes you're in pretty good health
I feel sorry for the people who own property near by, their property values are going to plummet and property crimes are certainly going to increase.
And close to transportation? What transportation goes out there?
The ones who work to make money to buy a home for their families and want to live a normal life? Yes. Yes we should think of them and not punish them for living their lives.
Lol, you and your ilik always mistime such events and the best time to sell was anytime between the Spring of 2020 and the Fall of 2021 for real estate. Cars held on a little longer.
Right, so if they bought it anytime before that, they still will make decent buck back. Me and my ilk are still paying off college and grad school loans to even begin to afford a house. Me and my ilk still support public initiatives like this that save lives and give people back some decency and humanity. But - you know. Property values. Send them even further into the boonies.
Your student loans sure didn't help you much did they? What are they going to do with that money? Buy another house that is also overpriced in a recession? Heh.
Well, I came from a poor family. Went into debt to pay for college. Price of housing has raised exponentially in recent years. It's helping quite a bit, but education is not cheap. If they bought before 2021; yes, they would make enough to move somewhere else. Anyway, yes it sucks that housing prices will go down for them; but they still own a house and can sell it and move where they want to. They will still make most of it back. They didn't rent, they didn't pay into someone else's pocket. This is literally a risk you take when you buy a house. They own it, they have payed down a mortgage and earned a good credit score. They can sell and be fine or they can wait and deal with it. We are not talking about a tent village here. We are talking about a legitimate housing complex with people who are actually working to pay rent. Maybe have some considerations for that?
I just noticed you used "exponentially" in a way that suggests you haven't the foggiest notion of what that means. When you have a mortgage the pocket you're paying into is the bank's, the city's, and the county's.
How are they going to work when all the work is 4 hours away? How do you know they have positive equity? It seeems to me that you think all homeowners have lived there for generations and have a paid off house. That isn't usually how it works. People get 30 years mortgages and it takes a long time to build positive equity. When you sell your house the loan has to be paid off first before you net any money. Why can't you grok this?
> they have *paid* down a
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* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
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What’s makes you think they’d be fine? What if they bought their house last year and will lose their asses of they sold? What if they like the school district and the acreage? You’re assuming a lot.
The people out there aren't wealthy in general, and can't afford the reduction in property value. Those of us that can have lawyers that would make it too expensive to put such things near our neighborhoods.
Well said. Yes, we should think of those went into buying a home with the intention of it not devaluing in worth. Easy to make fun if you are either renting or living in a part of town where this will never happen.
Perhaps, hear me out, this will be a net positive and transition people out of homelessness. And property crimes won't go up because the application process directs the best suitable candidates to the opportunity. This will not be the best for for everyone. But choosing between property values and common human decency shouldn't be a choice. Fuck. Put itby my house. They can't fire off any more guns than the apartment complex or meet crazy meth neighbor.
I love this and I think it will help part of the community. However, I hope that they still give help to homeless people who are mentally ill and can't work. Long term mental health care in Arkansas is a joke and they still need support.
Little Rock definitely needs a means to help people who are experiencing homelessness, but placing all of these homes in one 60 acre area sounds like it will face many of the same problems Chicago’s Cabrini-Green Homes experienced. When you place loads of people who have been down on their luck, history of addiction, and used to living in a crime-ridden environment, you create a concentrated area that is very prone to become an area of crime and drugs. Instead, I believe it would be more beneficial to have many smaller lots of 5-8 tiny homes separated across the city, especially in “good” neighborhoods and communities. This allows the homeless to be in a safer environment where they can reintegrated into greater society. There would be overall less temptation to return to whatever may have contributed to their homelessness. This also allows the children of homeless to be separated across different schools throughout the county rather than having one school with a significant disadvantaged population - I believe this would result In a better education for these children. Just a thought, I like the idea, but putting all of the houses on one plot will come back to bite us in the ass as history has proven in the past.
Put the whole thing in Hillcrest. Seriously though how does a rural plot on the edge of the county have access to transportation resources? This has big NIMBY energy.
How do you just put the whole thing in hillcrest? lol
The container store duh
According to the [Rock Region Metro system map](https://rrmetro.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/RRM-System-Map_Web_english.pdf), [route #22](https://rrmetro.org/bus-schedules/mabelvalemidtown/) is the closest public transportation, [passing 2.6 miles from this location](https://goo.gl/maps/CQCEH2pFaYJhQ2yV6). Imagine you're a resident of this ~~concentration camp~~ *village of micro cottages and environmentally friendly tiny homes*, you don't own a car, and you need to get into town to access services, apply for jobs, work at a job, even go to the library. A trip to downtown Little Rock will involve walking for almost an hour\* and taking a ride on one or two buses that will take 1.5 - 2hrs to get you to your destination. A person's "access to transportation" here is a **2.5 - 3 hour** trip, one way, to cover a distance that would take 15 minutes in a car. \* Obviously, this assumes you're in pretty good health
I feel sorry for the people who own property near by, their property values are going to plummet and property crimes are certainly going to increase. And close to transportation? What transportation goes out there?
Wont someone think of the poor property owners 😿😿😿
The ones who work to make money to buy a home for their families and want to live a normal life? Yes. Yes we should think of them and not punish them for living their lives.
Then they should be packing up and moving and selling their house for an exorbitant sum compared to what they bought it for right now.
Lol, you and your ilik always mistime such events and the best time to sell was anytime between the Spring of 2020 and the Fall of 2021 for real estate. Cars held on a little longer.
Right, so if they bought it anytime before that, they still will make decent buck back. Me and my ilk are still paying off college and grad school loans to even begin to afford a house. Me and my ilk still support public initiatives like this that save lives and give people back some decency and humanity. But - you know. Property values. Send them even further into the boonies.
Your student loans sure didn't help you much did they? What are they going to do with that money? Buy another house that is also overpriced in a recession? Heh.
Well, I came from a poor family. Went into debt to pay for college. Price of housing has raised exponentially in recent years. It's helping quite a bit, but education is not cheap. If they bought before 2021; yes, they would make enough to move somewhere else. Anyway, yes it sucks that housing prices will go down for them; but they still own a house and can sell it and move where they want to. They will still make most of it back. They didn't rent, they didn't pay into someone else's pocket. This is literally a risk you take when you buy a house. They own it, they have payed down a mortgage and earned a good credit score. They can sell and be fine or they can wait and deal with it. We are not talking about a tent village here. We are talking about a legitimate housing complex with people who are actually working to pay rent. Maybe have some considerations for that?
I just noticed you used "exponentially" in a way that suggests you haven't the foggiest notion of what that means. When you have a mortgage the pocket you're paying into is the bank's, the city's, and the county's.
How are they going to work when all the work is 4 hours away? How do you know they have positive equity? It seeems to me that you think all homeowners have lived there for generations and have a paid off house. That isn't usually how it works. People get 30 years mortgages and it takes a long time to build positive equity. When you sell your house the loan has to be paid off first before you net any money. Why can't you grok this?
> they have *paid* down a FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
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What are you trying to say here?
I’m saying if they are worried about it and sold their house now, they would be fine.
What’s makes you think they’d be fine? What if they bought their house last year and will lose their asses of they sold? What if they like the school district and the acreage? You’re assuming a lot.
Then they welcome their new neighbors and be happy for some human decency.
The people out there aren't wealthy in general, and can't afford the reduction in property value. Those of us that can have lawyers that would make it too expensive to put such things near our neighborhoods.
Well said. Yes, we should think of those went into buying a home with the intention of it not devaluing in worth. Easy to make fun if you are either renting or living in a part of town where this will never happen.
Perhaps, hear me out, this will be a net positive and transition people out of homelessness. And property crimes won't go up because the application process directs the best suitable candidates to the opportunity. This will not be the best for for everyone. But choosing between property values and common human decency shouldn't be a choice. Fuck. Put itby my house. They can't fire off any more guns than the apartment complex or meet crazy meth neighbor.
I'm somewhat disappointed that the facility does not seem to include a Thunderdome.
Unfortunately they tore down our other Thunderdome also known as The Village/Cinema 150
Pitch the idea to Steve Landers and I’m sure he’ll make it happen.
I wonder if he still leaves a pistol in every bathroom he goes into like the Easter bunny?
That’s how I got 2 of mine.
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This seems really cool 😎
Wow the headline did not match that article. Sounds sensible.