Portland buys 100 new tiny home pods at a cost of $16,000 each

ABC News Local ^ | February 26, 2024 | by Shelby Slaughter

[Bob434]

How much will it cost them to demolish the tiny homes and cover with Lyme when they homeless destroy them in a few months?

The demolition companies must have lobbied the town to purchase them

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Why not go full Oscar the Grouch?

Buy large garbage cans at Home Depot. When the occupant dies, only two pallbearers are required to move them to the cemetery and the can can be reused by the next occupant.

Luxury condos would be roll on trash bins.

[FredSchwartz]

Bidenville

[Jeff Chandler]

Well they kennel trained the rest of us during Covid.

[Fresh Wind]

They look like outhouses but without the hole so the residents have to go to the city streets to do their business, just like they do now.

[fireman15]

My wife and I paid $2500 for a single axle camp trailer that was in very nice shape and $4500 for a larger tandem axle trailer in even better shape not very long ago. Both were light enough to tow behind our 2001 Astro Van. We were able to sell each for a little more than we paid for them because we make things better while we own them. They were both fully self contained with useful kitchens and bathrooms and could sleep multiple people The tandem axle had a bedroom in the back.

Currently you can purchase a brand new fully self-contained Coleman 17 foot single axle trailer from a dealer which can sleep four in Portland for $13,995.

Listing with 3D Tour

[bray]

Another DNC money laundry.

[mewzilla]

Expensive favelas.

[mewzilla]

Note that the identity of the manufacturer is not named in the article.

Gee, I wonder why... 🤔

[mewzilla]

Taxpayers really need to know the name of the manufacturer.

Follow the money...

[PeterPrinciple]

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/about-the-american-rescue-plan

In total, the Treasury Department is responsible for managing over $1 trillion in American Rescue Plan programs and tax credits.

[USS Alaska]

Currently you can purchase a brand new fully self-contained Coleman 17 foot single axle trailer from a dealer which can sleep four in Portland for $13,995.

You make too much sense, stop it now!

[muir_redwoods]

I could build two of those a day for $3000 each and make a tidy profit. I wonder who the supplier knows and who they are paying off

[lepton]

a public information officer for the Temporary Alternative Shelter Sites, said the units come with everything a resident will need inside. This includes a bed, bedding, and a heater.

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What about food, clothing, a conscience, self discipline?

[citizen]

Currently you can purchase a brand new fully self-contained Coleman 17 foot single axle trailer from a dealer which can sleep four in Portland for $13,995.

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That's all well and good, but any experienced city civil servant must factor in the bribes, kickbacks and future considerations when deciding how best to squander public monies.

[cymbeline]

“They’ll be trashed within weeks.”

It’s a good experiment.

Unfortunately, the likely bad result will probably be paid for by the rest of us, not Portland taxpayers.

Wonder what money Portand is using to buy the tiny homes.

$16,000 for each home, a lot more to set them up and provide utilities.

[COBOL2Java]

Chain-link fence? AOC, please pick up the white courtesy phone!

[Farmerbob]

With global warming coming on hard and fast, why would they need a heater?

[mfish13]

All the Dems get some grift money. And don’t forget 10 % for the big guy.

[mfish13]

All the Dems get some grift money. And don’t forget 10 % for the big guy.