Other than that, make them a national park ghost town or something.
Posted on 12/02/2008 9:47:28 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
When Barack Obama assumes office, this is the kind of “community activist” who will be heralded, celebrated, and subsidized. It’s easy to be so charitable with other people’s property:
Max Rameau delivers his sales pitch like a pro. “All tile floor!” he says during a recent showing. “And the living room, wow! It has great blinds.”
But in nearly every other respect, he is unlike any real estate agent you’ve ever met. He is unshaven, drives a beat-up car and wears grungy cut-off sweat pants. He also breaks into the homes he shows. And his clients don’t have a dime for a down payment.
Rameau is an activist who has been executing a bailout plan of his own around Miami’s empty streets: He is helping homeless people illegally move into foreclosed homes. You won’t be surprised to learn that Miami government officials are looking the other way:
Miami spokeswoman Kelly Penton said city officials did not know Rameau was moving homeless into empty buildings — but they are also not stopping him.
“There are no actions on the city’s part to stop this,” she said in an e-mail. “It is important to note that if people trespass into private property, it is up to the property owner to take action to remove those individuals.”
Pierre herself could be charged with trespassing, vandalism or breaking and entering. Rameau assured her he has lawyers who will represent her free.
Two weeks after Pierre moved in, she came home to find the locks had been changed, probably by the property’s manager. Everything inside — her food, clothes and family photos — was gone.
But late last month, with Rameau’s help, she got back inside and has put Christmas decorations on the front door.
So far, police have not gotten involved. But you can bet that if something untoward happens in one of these dicy situations, police and city officials will be the first to be blamed.
And sued.
And the problem would be solved.
Sorry, but I fail to see any difference between the homeless breaking into foreclosed home — and the act of Congress forcing banks to grant loans to unemployed or unqualified blacks, illegal aliens, con artists and scammers......who then fail to meet the loan obligations.
All are thieves..... Why pick on the homeless?
I understand your point, but the condition of the homes will deteriorate so quickly that they will soon need to be destroyed and sent back to the farmland from whence they came. Not that at this point, there is anything that will save the neighborhoods built in bedroom communities far from jobs anyway. But the natural lifecycle of half of Stockton, California will have been about five years.
Everything is free!
Any house derelict for 12 months should be served with notice of immediate demolition unless the legal owner can provide acceptable plan for its resurrection. If the plan stalls, the wrecking ball falls.
The land (real value) to remain with the legal owner (not imminent domain) but there is no equity in a crack house with all the fixtures and plumbing sold off by interlopers.
Sanford, FL has something similar to this. They have a problem with empty houses becoming crack houses. They usually notify the owner multiple times within a 12 month period to do something about the problem or they'll tear it down.
They've already torn down one.
Keep your eyes and ears open too. Several communities have already expressed interest in turning foreclosed housing into Section 8/subsidized/free housing. In your neighborhood.
Other than that, make them a national park ghost town or something.
Out here they just add a “club house” and call it a retirement community.
I guess I’ll be an oddball and say, well, you know, no one is using the house.
Yes, I respect private property rights. I know it needs to remain illegal.
It sort of reminds me of people dumpster diving. The stuff has been thrown away. So my opinion is, leave them alone.
The houses that aren’t put up for sale or whatever, and are just sitting there for months and months? It’s sort of like fruit rotting on the ground. I’d rather somebody get to eat it.
100% against crackhouses and such, of course, anything that would hurt the neighbors.
This clown is such a poseur. Squatting has been a big political stunt for decades. It’s all been done before.
"May I help you?"
The houses that aren’t put up for sale or whatever, and are just sitting there for months and months? It’s sort of like fruit rotting on the ground. I’d rather somebody get to eat it.
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The house next to mine has been empty for almst a year ,, the real estate agents have given up on it ,,, 40-50 showings but no sale ,, last showing was months ago.. it has no real bad problems but everything shows neglect ,, it is priced at 45% of it’s last sale price ... I am seriously considering “adverse possession” of it myself .. it has electric turned on to run the pool ,, I could easily live in one bedroom with a space heater..
You’re not scaring anyone .. that’s clearly a starters pistol with a plugged barrel ...
The price still isn't low enough. It's a simple case of supply and demand.
Banks don't want to get a lower price for the houses they own any more than people do, but they don't have the same incentives to get it sold. A bank will sometimes let a house literally fall apart and drop to $0 market value rather than face the fact that it's overpriced.
And since it isn't actually a "deadly weapon", it might even mitigate the charges.
What are you kidding? It's the Magnum PI.
“There are no actions on the city’s part to stop this,” she said in an e-mail. “It is important to note that if people trespass into private property, it is up to the property owner to take action to remove those individuals.”
Heh, are these the same screwballs who have people arrested for shooting a trespasser? Funny how the rules change depending on the situation.
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