$165 MILLION 19 story high rise homeless shelter opens in Los Angeles

[havoc00]

On Wednesday, city officials celebrated the grand opening of a high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles that will serve as a shelter for homeless residents on Skid Row.

The 228,000-square-foot mission-driven development, called the Weingart Center Tower, will comprise of 228 studio apartments, 47 one-bedroom apartments and three apartments dedicated to onsite managers, Swinerton, the construction company’s website said.

The $165 million, 19-story structure will be LA’s largest permanent support housing project.

Each unit costs an estimated $600,000 and is funded by taxpayers.

Residents will enjoy an impressive list of amenities, including a gym, an art room, a music room and a library.

This will be the first of three towers. The second tower is set to open in 18 months and the third is in its development stages.

In 2016, LA voters passed Proposition HHH, which allows for $1.2 billion in bonds for developments intended to house unsheltered residents.

https://www.foxla.com/news/dtla-luxu...-shelter-opens

[gwg77]

inb4 they fill it with illegal aliens


That place is gonna get absolutely destroyed.

[x-trainer ben]

There is so much commercial property that is for lease and empty, that it was only a matter of time given the heat.
All around DC empty buildings

[Procta]

the man fukin over its people multiple times over this one move

[frankdtank20]

Years ago LA was constructing apartments for the homeless at $800,000 a piece and they were mostly completed when I saw the news story. There must have been less grift and money laundering with this newest apartment building. LA making progress baby!!

Just build a hundred more and things will look a lot better on the streets.

[frankdtank20]

That place is gonna get absolutely destroyed.

2 years from now imagine the smellz inside

[turk75]

I didn't see a parking garage for shopping carts.. Maybe there's a Valet for their carts?

[Seatard]

This looks like something more than a basic homeless shelter, I hope it works out.

[MinisterOfLust]

Free housing. Maybe I should move to Los Angeles

[nutsy54]

Free housing. Maybe I should move to Los Angeles

- Free housing
- $165,000,000

Pick one

[freeheeler]

- Free housing
- $165,000,000

Pick one

Pond scum like MoL rely on handouts from the tax paying public

[miscinbro]

What is LA supposed to do about its homeless problem?

[nutsy54]

What is LA supposed to do about its homeless problem?

Stop implementing programs that encourage it...?

A cot in a tent is a hell of a lot less inviting than a $600,000 condo with full amenities.

[freeheeler]

I didn't see a parking garage for shopping carts.. Maybe there's a Valet for their carts?

The cartels and illegals will end up taking it over. It’s what the residents of LA deserve. And we will end up with this

[MinisterOfLust]

Pond scum like MoL rely on handouts from the tax paying public

Yeah dude, that's why I work two jobs, and I am a content creator .

[miscinbro]

Stop implementing programs that encourage it...?

A cot in a tent is a hell of a lot less inviting than a $600,000 condo with full amenities.

First, stop lying. The article says studio apartment. That’s not a “condo.”

Second, you’re saying people in LA are homeless - on purpose - because they might get to live in a studio?

And … so LA is just supposed to have tax payer funded tent cities? Like that’s any better than the homeless that pitch a tent now?

[nutsy54]

First, stop lying. The article says studio apartment. That’s not a “condo.”

You're right. Someone actually has ownership interest in a condo. This is a taxpayer-funded boondoggle.

Second, you’re saying people in LA are homeless - on purpose - because they might get to live in a studio?

And … so LA is just supposed to have tax payer funded tent cities? Like that’s any better than the homeless that pitch a tent now?

It would cost a hell of a lot less than $165 million buildings, and certainly provide an incentive to change their lives, instead of incentive to lay around doing nothing.

[Gainzzz]

Homeless drug addicts/alcoholics should be put into camps to sober up. If they're caught high on the street again, send them to a labor camp for 12 months. Back on the street? 3 years. I don't care how brutal this sounds. Homeless drug addicts add nothing to society other than crime and degeneracy. They lower the standard of living for normal people who are forced to be around them. They may as well not even be alive tbh. Their entire existence revolves around funding the next hit, which funds criminal gangs. But they deserve a chance - ONE chance.

Asylums should be brought back as well because mental illness is a huge risk factor for becoming homeless/an addict, and these people can't help it. Wooooo we successfully got rid of asylums but forgot to think about what would happen without them, now there are hordes of mentally ill people living on the steets, chitting in public.

[TaeBoNinja]

What is LA supposed to do about its homeless problem?

Most homeless people don't want a home. They're mentally ill or just dropped out of society

[Bushmaster]

First, stop lying. The article says studio apartment. That’s not a “condo.”

Second, you’re saying people in LA are homeless - on purpose - because they might get to live in a studio?

And … so LA is just supposed to have tax payer funded tent cities? Like that’s any better than the homeless that pitch a tent now?

Semantics.

You can call it whatever TF you want, but at the end of the day it's still a $600k taxpayer funded place to live with full amenities.

[miscinbro]

Semantics.

You can call it whatever TF you want, but at the end of the day it's still a $600k taxpayer funded place to live with full amenities.

It’s not semantics - and it’s not a “600k” place to live - that’s the initial cost per unit to build a 19 story building. This maybe, or may not be, - I would have to see a unit - going a little too far - but “tent cities” aren’t exactly the answer either.

So tell me, what should a place like LA do to solve its homeless problem. “Not this” isn’t an answer btw.

[miscinbro]

Most homeless people don't want a home. They're mentally ill or just dropped out of society

That’s not true. It’s true for more than some would like to believe, and certainly many of them don’t want to be told what to do (i.e., don’t take drugs in housing) - but many would happily sleep in a nice safe bed. This is particularly true for the recently homeless - the ones that stand a serious chance of coming back into society.

But I pose the same question to you as I did to Nutsy. What do we do with these people?

Bonus points, why does America have such a bigger problem with this than other places?

[Bushmaster]

It’s not semantics - and it’s not a “600k” place to live - that’s the initial cost per unit to build a 19 story building. This maybe, or may not be, - I would have to see a unit - going a little too far - but “tent cities” aren’t exactly the answer either.

So tell me, what should a place like LA do to solve its homeless problem. “Not this” isn’t an answer btw.

FML are we reading the same article? It is in fact a 600k place to live. It's a 19 story building filled with these units...

"... will comprise of 228 studio apartments, 47 one-bedroom apartments and three apartments dedicated to onsite managers."

So WTF are you even arguing about? That's 275 units in the whole building dedicated to homeless housing dumbass.

[nutsy54]

So tell me, what should a place like LA do to solve its homeless problem. “Not this” isn’t an answer btw.

So we can't point out the stupidity of this "solution", unless we can come up with a full solution to reverse decades of failed Los Angeles politicians and policies?

[exxtracool]

imagine being a tax payer in california lmao.

just accepting being spit in the face by the govt.


then again i shouldnt talk, where i live isnt much better.

[MinisterOfLust]

Am I the one here who doesn't give money to homeless people?

My family thinks I am a bad person because I refused to give my hard earned money to these bums.

MOL=bad guy?

[JayJ350]

These places are going to get taken over by organized crime real quick.

[JayJ350]

Am I the one here who doesn't give money to homeless people?

My family thinks I am a bad person because I refused to give my hard earned money to these bums.

MOL=bad guy?

Ironic when you're such a Trump hating bleeding heart liberal.

[MinisterOfLust]

Ironic when you're such a Trump hating bleeding heart liberal.

Stop being a Cultist. Not once did I mentioned the name of the convicted felon and sexual abuser.

[Shortfuze]

These places are going to get taken over by organized crime real quick.

Yeah, it reminds me of the apartment building in the movie Judge Dredd.