'Vanlords' in Los Angeles: Homeless call RV's that offer shelter and little else home
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2023
- Throughout L.A., homeless people are paying rent for RVs that offer shelter and little else. Eyewitness News explores the business of "vanlords." MORE: abc7.com/los-angeles-vanlords...
Homelessness is no longer just for drug users. It’s also for the working class. Those who work 40 hours a week and still can’t afford rent. You make $2000-$3000 a month and still can’t afford anything in this city. I’m even talking about those with shiny bachelors degrees. Heck even EMTs and CNAs can make $16-$20 hour and still not be able to afford housing.
Exactly
I deliver groceries. It ain’t much but it’s honest work. It’s about 3-4k a month. I simply cannot qualify for even the smallest place. Cant find anything. I sleep in my car most the week and occasionally hotels to keep clean and feel like a person for a little bit. Tonight’s hotel was covered by Airbnb which was nice. Had a cancellation. It was supposed to be 340/mo (I have actually found rent that low believe it or not) and he messaged me saying it’s actually 7K a month. SEVEN THOUSAND A MONTH. For a one bed one bath place that you aren’t allowed to cook in… l can’t wait to see California real estate plummet. This is ridiculous.
The new norm here is unless you make 6 figures, you will not do well in most of California.
Then move somewhere you can afford to live. I’d love to be living in Kauai but can’t afford it. Guess I could just park an Rv and live like a bum over there… but I have responsibilities
@@christophermedina5894 I’ve never voted for any of these fools bro. I grew up in Georgia and Alabama. And moving back soon. Common sense would be living somewhere affordable before squatting in a busted down Rv if you’re working full time and not on drugs.
@@hellokittydimaggio have you not noticed automation taking jobs in the last decade? Keep living somewhere you can’t afford and see how it goes then
The fact that you can have a full time job and still not afford to have your own place is just disgusting.
Awful 😢
Actually if you work a full time job like most of us do, it's not a problem. Was on my own in LA (Hollywood at first) at age 17. I have never been unable to pay my rent, ever. Thing is, you can't be slamming H or taking Fenty every day. It's really not that hard, as long as you are not taking deadly drugs every day.
@@mikeg3439it has nothing to do with drugs 🤦🏻♀️ people like you sound ignorant. 2 parent working homes can barley afford to live with prices rising an food an can barley scrape by.... I hope you never find yourself in this situation 🙏
Blame the biden administration
@@jordanlexuzz5438 actually the drugs
The irony of the matter is plenty of housing exists in L.A.. None of it affordable.
Exactly! Greedy landlords with strict requirements would rather have a vacant apartment/houses then to rent to anyone who doesn’t have a six figure income/excellent credit or big money in the bank!
Property owners should get finned for leaving a property empty, might give them a reason to lower there asking rent to fill it.
Maybe it's time for city councils to start banning short term rentals.
@@chillwill5080 It's time for city councils to stop preventing construction of new housing.
@@suspiciouswatermelon7639border jumpers aren’t qualified- they must be US citizens to apply.
When I was a kid I always thought a dystopian future in America was just science fiction, but now it's fast becoming a reality.
Yes it is
There's something very wrong when someone who's working 40hrs a week can't afford rent. Transitional housing is only a temporary solution and wouldn't allow a senior like her to keep her dog. Dogs/cats are very important to and provide companionship to these people.
@@Network126 I can't even imagine being in a position where you're rejected utterly by society, yet here's this furry little critter that loves you, and you've got to decide to get rid of it or stay homeless like that's some easy decision. Furthermore, it's transitional housing and still no real healthcare, mental health, rehabilitation, legal help, or anything that resolves what drove the crises in the first place. Now why would anyone want to get rid of the only thing that really cares?
I don't have any animals,But I have been around them because different ones in my family does. What I don't understand as I have watched different videos of homelessness there's so many abounded building sitting around, where's the City Official's? Why can't they do something with these buildings that could be fixed up or torn down and the ones that want to stay in their mobile homes would have a place to park,all that on the street looks very tacky and Nasty. Come on America we are taking more people in and can't take care of our own. This is Messed Up,
My cat I had with me 24/7, for 21 years, DIED when we became homeless. It breaks my heart all over every day. Her name was Bella and she was my best and only friend. She was everything. We old people don't have any reason to go on. WE have nobody we can give our love and kindness to and nobody to give any to us but our fur babies. When we don't have them we're just waiting to die.
Life is empty. A person might be homeless and hungry but. Our friends are always taken care of. Be sure their pets stay with them or it's going to get gruesome. Rhymes with News...... You know. Good luck my compatriots. I mean that sincerely. 💞🐶🌟💞🐱
A Colorado Mountain Grandma USA 💔🥀😢🇺🇸😭
The many empty warehouses/office buildings in California will be having to pay their mortgage in 2 years, if the office space is used or not, as some companies haven’t been paying since the pandemic 2022, but mortgage rents are collected every few years, sometimes with late fees attached. If the companies can’t pay they’re moved out, yet those empty buildings could be converted to studios/apartments by the government/banks who repossess them
@@michelleshaw1211 I am so very sorry about the loss of your Bella, best friend, and companion. That's absolutely heartbreaking 💔 I've spent 3 decades in healthcare and have worked with some great seniors. I know first hand that everything you've said on how important these little animals are is absolutely true. Taking them away has a truly detrimental effect just as you've described. I've witnessed so many begin a steady decline to the point of death after the loss of their beloved furry friend. The ones enforcing that separation do not understand that their friends and family have long since passed, they often have literally no one.. It's absolutely inhumane to take away the only love they have left.
I don't see a problem with people living in a motor-home, but I DO see a real problem with the mess outside them. Keep the vehicle and surrounding area tidy, and nobody would likely bother them.
Or at least they will bother them much less.
Where do you live? I will buy a few dozen RVs and rent them out.
Same thing happening in Tampa! People moving in RV's and have full time jobs or are seniors on fixed incomes.
They over Tax people there too!
Well when rent is so freaking high, what else are people supposed to do? Not saying it’s right but some people would rather do this than give up virtually their entire paycheck just to get stuck in a vicious cycle.
Ummmm get a job or move to a cheaper city
Uh, you move to a cheaper city or state. It's not like this hasn't been done millions of times already.
@@d.fenestrator9529 out of touch much? Wow
@@d.fenestrator9529 it’ only costs 9 months rent to move to a new state
@@d.fenestrator9529 Cheaper state?? Like where… Mongolia?? 🤦♀️
Hey, my landlord told me last week he wants the rent unchanged due to my payment stability and the way I take care of his property. Yesterday got the message from him, that he rethink the case and wants 20% more. Now I understand how Europe history developed in late '30s.
Adolf was all about affordable housing. 😂
Hope you have found another place.
@@Balletified Got new place already, and those greedy s..ckers can't find anyone.
Business, stable rental income and fair price are one thing, but this was purely sinful greed.
Germany invaded Poland for affordable housing?
@@drmodestoesq Lebensraum
You can't ignore how bad things really are now!
Maybe open borders is the answer?
Coming attractions.
Homelessness will become materially worse in 2023. Soaring rents and other costs. That leaves fewer option for most.
@@maxsmith695 Yes. And guess who suffers? EVERYONE. LOL.
Gavin do good job
I know! Let's keep bringing in illegals & sending BILLIONS of dollars to fund foreign wars!! What could go wrong?! Those pesky Americans will tolerate anything we do to them. As long as we pump them full of drugs & fast food!!
Not sure how people r surviving when a mere room cost $800-1200 a ROOM
If you have a brain and can't afford that, you move to a cheaper city or state. Not too hard to figure out.
I had to move to Mississippi from my hometown in San Diego
My thoughts exactly! Then you’re stuck living with a roommate who thinks they’re your parents. Enforcing ridiculous rules like “absolutely no noise after 10pm, or no friends over, no pets, no overnight guests, no drugs or alcohol.” Like I am already paying half your rent, why are you treating me like your prisoner?
Oh and you had better plan on being single for the rest of your life. Because only your roommate is allowed to live happy with her partner.
Some people have a portion of their rent paid by Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.).
So these vanlords are collecting rent with these RVs parked on free public streets? I’m sure it’s a 100% unreported cash business.
Wth
Look at you... on here snitching Cindy!!!
Yes. Unreported. Join the elite
We all pay or have paid local and state taxes for the very same "public streets" you refer to. I personally paid taxes my entire working adult life and didn't even use "public streets" for overnight parking at my prior residences. Simply put, it's not as if someone is erecting a permanent structure on some vacant public space an claiming it as their own. IMHO, it deserves a bit more insightful thought before we automatically claim someone is "exploiting" public streets/areas.
@@tychoi2359 , a very intelligent response.
Homelessness Can Happen To Anyone These Days 😔
Well many of us that are retired and own our own homes could become homeless I guess if the local government keeps raising our taxes.
@@notanomad9320
Don't pay the property taxes, and see how long you own your home.
@@handsomeman-pm9vy Yep!
Yup... and at the drop of a hat, too.
Not really. If you make good choices, have a solid foundation to stand upon, it is virtually impossible to become homeless.
Don’t ever become homeless here in australia! My wife and I were some years ago and had no choice but to live in our van. We were quiet, put rubbish in bins and councils moved us on or be fined. It was “the looks” all sorts of people gave us knowing our van was our home was disgraceful and disgusting. We don’t drink nor drug and we’re just chill friendly people. Seemed nobody including councils wanted us anywhere and my question to this day remains “where to you want homeless people to be then huh!” Treating your fellow man like s**t no matter what their circumstances says everything about the people treating you like that. Be nice and kind to everyone everywhere in this life because you just don’t know what someone’s going through.
Well said. 👍
Sorry you're going through that, my friend! My husband and I are living in a motel, but it's rather expensive. My husband works, but we're running low. I'm trying to find something to help out. And lately, the landlady has been picking on us due to them fixing the pipes and causing it to smell, then we get blamed for it even though we're doing everything we can to keep it clean. I don't know where we'll go if we have to leave here. It's frightening!
Live in your car. Just not outside my house. Go to an industrial area.
You should leave australia than like duh
@@Yomomsscknondischet 7th generation Australian so ain’t going anywhere. Years ago we were homeless now own our farm and life’s a breeze😉
Without enforcement, laws are nothing more than suggestions.
But capitalism is the right way to go right Scott? lol! What a joke. I saw a care giving position that pays $15 and hour and that's here in CA and companies can get away with it. Capitalism is just one of the problems. Sorry I don't want to be a manager and spend all my days at work.
@@mariahconklin4150 work is a four letter word.
@@mariahconklin4150 you realize in a capitalist society you can choose where you want to work at.
Or do you not understand how capitalism works?
@@mariahconklin4150 If $15.00 is too low for you, then don't work as a caregiver. Find a better paid position. If you can't, consider moving somewhere that you can afford and can pay you enough. That's life, pal! For your information, there are some caregivers who are paid under the table and offered free room and board. No all caregivers are hired through a company. Caregiver positions are all advertised on flyers and word of mouth.
My first job was a data entry clerk at a mom and pop shop. $3.75/hour and no benefits. I ended up as a rat catcher/pest control because the warehouse was located on a field which had plenty of birds, mice, and snakes. When I got a raise of $5.25/hour, I thought I was the King Sheee-it! I had to pay for my own insurance, though. But, hey! I was earning over $5!!!!
In and Out Burgers are offering $24.00/hour with bennies. Go apply there!
@@michaelmorrissey1052 Yes, it is. So is jobs. It ends in B.S.
What people don’t understand is that many of these ‘homeless’ people are paying the same amount for those RVs as rent costs for apartments. No one is renting to a homeless person because of the well intentioned, yet flawed legislation that makes it SO difficult to evict here.. I offered 3 months rent plus deposit for a place they just would not rent to me because of my credit which was only low from student loans and as an artist with difficult to prove/inconsistent income I got stuck in a cycle of way more expensive subleases. We need affordable houses but more than that we need landlords to actually rent to people with less than a 700 credit score. These RVs are a symptom of this public health emergency, not the cause.
If the rent is 800 a month, that's less than a single room apartment in Los Angeles which is over 1,800.
😉👍
What we need is no landlords.
@@seventeenseventythirteen7465 What would that look like?
@@linusa2996 Going rate for a studio in a low income neighborhood is $2000.
People cannot afford to live thus they are forced to downsize and live in their vehicles as a last resort. What do you expect?
There meth heads lol.
Taxes and Dems creating Recession! It starts from the top!
hmmm driving out people with low incomes who are trying to avoid homelessness, nowadays people who have jobs are living in RV's and vans yet LA is trying to drive them out. 'ONLY THE WEALTHY MAY LIVE HERE' That's a little NEW YORK of you there LA.
A lot
In the entire state
SF and SD
The people in my neighborhood called it "New Yuck."
miracle- it sure seems shortsighted to price out the laborers with high rents and crappy pay. once the 'undesirables' are gone, who will do all the work? the rich people?
@@zezmerelda240 Nope.
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I'm a permanently disabled, Blind Senior that has been homeless over a year. I was living in Senior housing but due to a new director on the board had a conflict with ME personally I was thrown, literally, into the street after 30 days. I lived there over 4 years, paid my rent faithfully, never missed, got along with all the other tenants and when I asked why, they said they didn't have a reason and didn't need one. It was on December 8. 2021 during Covid and in the Rocky Mountains, snowing. I had lived in the County 36 years, worked, paid taxes, involved in schools, community, raised 2 sons myself, that are good citizens, and because someone didn't like me, I was homeless with nowhere to go. They even took my power chair and disposed of it. I am BLIND, alone, and terrified, can't drive, no public transportation. So, it can happen to anyone, for no reason even. I've never felt so down, scared, ashamed, and hopeless. My disability with the new big raise is $906
A month. I can't afford rent and I physically can't work. I want to but, my body says no way. We are homeless and hopeless out here. If I was an illegal alien I would be cared for, or a criminal. Why is crime so rampant, why are there crazy, angry people everywhere, why are our citizens homeless?? Jobless??? We take care of everybody else but our own. We have VETERANS that are homeless, without medical care, but we send BILLIONS to Ukraine, Turkey, anybody have a problem? Uncle Sam will help!! unless you're an American. People thonk SeniorsvNd Disabled people are taken care of. We are NOT. Let me know when there's a glimmer of hope. Lol. I'm in the 1992 White Jeep, living there. Those RVs look pretty good to me with rent I might be able to pay.
A Colorado Mountain Grandma USA 💔🥀😢🇺🇸
I know it's Cali you're talking about but the story is the same, all across this once fine Country. Same story, different location. 😭
I've worked here my whole life I get $900 a month and Biden says we don't need food stamps anymore as disabled seniors and vets I get to go to church and get a bag of food every month but the illegals come over here they get thousands in food stamps every month I get phones cars debit cards with thousands of dollars they get everything and they'd never put a nickel in I sure pray for you young people that think it's easy cuz it's not being a senior or disabled or a vet because we get to live on next to nothing
My experience is that Colorado is a disaster for retirees. I left when I retired because I could plan ahead to leave. Now I have a great CZcams channel preaching successful retirement strategies. So sorry to read this.
Did you contact DRS in your state, did you contact the State and Federal AG offices? There is plenty of help to get justice available and paid for by taxpayers, but you have to use it.
I'm sorry but something doesn't add up in your story. Your two "good citizen" sons should take care of you. If they don't, something is seriously wrong with them. No husband was mentioned, I noticed.
@@user-xr7qn3rs4vDo you have any compassion for her???
More tiny villages, please! Open up abandoned properties, set up city owned RV's, set up reasonable rents (working people only not drug dealers with money), with amenities like restrooms with showers, this would help people like this woman that can't afford apartment living, but still deserve to exist!
Open it in your neighborhood
@@Liberalcali I'm talking commercial properties, essentially, huge parking lots! There are two tiny home villages less than a mile from me. In no way am I implying to use residential property.
They have and they leave because they got rules and they don’t like it
@@2puffs770 good idea but that’s an invitation for more people from others counties and states to come to Cali. Majority of people are not from Cali or LA county. But mayor Garcetti invited them to come to the sanctuary 🤮🤮🤮🤬🤬🤬
@@Liberalcali open it in yours, you see very caring :)
Renting them out? This is beyond insane
Shut up karen
Scumlandlords are what have caused the housing crisis in the first place, everyone's an "investor".
what do you expect everything to be for free?
@@MichaelRoss-cu5mr I expect the same rules for all.
No more socialism for the rich and brutal capitalism for the poor. This is below slum lord standards
@@junit483 This is below LEGAL standards. We pay a huge government to make and enforce laws, seems obvious we just don't need that government anymore.
There are so many empty buildings in Los Angeles...old strip malls etc.. they could turn them into multiple studio apartments so at least people would have a shower and toilet. There is an answer to this crisis of homelessness...of course there are deep problems...but living as humans is the first response!
You must be an illegal to get free housing food phones and medical care.
Good point. No doubt your garage could house a whole family. Time for you to hire a couple carpenters and start spending your money on the conversion- make sure you do absolutely everything up to code to avoid any potential lawsuits from your tenants. While you are waiting on the permits (good luck on that BTW), you should tell your home insurance company about your plans- they will have some adjustments to make on your premium. You will want to look into how this income will affect your tax returns, but of course if you give it to people for free that probably wont be an issue. Also, you probably should also read up about squatters rights in CA- you'll also want to secure a lawyer or two for some point down the road just in case. Thanks for stepping up to the plate and not being a NIMBY.
It’s not that easy.. It costs almost as much money as building something new from the ground up to make these places work. The biggest issue with retrofitting old commercial buildings is they weren’t designed for all the plumbing that would be needed.
They weren’t built to code for residential use.. and there’s too much red tape politically. You’d have to get the zoning changed as well, and the citizens near those areas would oppose it. Everybody wants to solve homelessness, but nobody wants them near where they live. It’s a no win situation.
@@ifmbm332b well i live in a tiny apartment, very happily!
600 to 800 a month! No bathroom? This is crazy. Only in California
This is going on literally across the entire country, not just California.
Sadly it's like that in oregon too. But I guess some have a bathroom. Plenty homeless here too. "Affordable rent" for 1 bedroom is $800-2400 depending.....
That dude is going to get hit with a massive fine and probably sued.
I lived in San Antonio and the only rents I could find were 1500+, it’s the worst in CA but it’s not only CA.
Only in CALIFORNIA ? You are a comic or stupid !
I left almost a decade ago. I had to be making 3x the rent in order to stay in my apartment, and I made groceries work, had my utilities paid, but for nothing else. And then getting burglarized and all valuables being taken was the last straw. Cops showed up 14 hours later. 🤦🏾
Exactly, as if the high exorbitant rents weren’t enough, criminals are marking the buildings/units they intend on committing theft/burglary, sometimes it’s flyers left in cars/doors or stickers/spray paint. It’s beyond unnerving that renters can’t live with peace of mind, and sometimes have to sleep with one eye open!
@@tracymarquez6875 I knew a social worker-type lady and she was renting in the Tenderloin area. She slept with a kitchen knife under her pillow and this was back in the 1970's.
Really wow because the cops don't show up here at all!
If basic housing was affordable, this wouldn't be a problem.
Rent is based on incomes in an area. If you work and can't afford rent, then clearly you need to get a better job or move. It's that simple.
@@nobodyspecial4702
BS 😂
@@nobodyspecial4702
Rent Is based on what landlords can extract.
@nobodyspecial4702 Millions can't survive in america then we have the few with a bullhorn proclaiming " You can do because I did it!" While living off of generational wealth and other handouts. Lol.
@@jeffs4483 Exactly. But it's ok. Everyone will learn. The millions of people in crisis are going to heavily affect the few doing well. Wait until those foodstamps start getting cut off. Heh heh heh......
I have a caravan totally redone so you can live in it year round. Though I have an apartment I realized years ago if you have one major expensive drawback and it is usually medical I am in trouble so I bought this van and I slowly fixed it up for an elderly woman the last thirteen years after my husband passed away. I knew the day would come that I will not be able to afford an apartment, medicine and food at the same time. It is sad that you work your whole life for what? A caravan, smh. I started working at twelve and my husband at ten, now in my late fifties and my husband gone I decided to travel around the USA and Canada the day after I retire.
America where no one cares until your in the same boat. We are one paycheck from the street and the things the politicians want you to care about isn't paying the bills or putting a roof over your head nor food on the table. I don't care about woke, hunter's laptop, trump, biden, or who hates who for whatever reason their grey cells get all affronted about. I do care about people who for no reason but money constraints will be homeless, I know a few that you would never believe that are as of right now without a home. I am thankful I planned ahead and if something happens to me at least someone in my family will have a use for it.
Very true, people have to move often here in California because the landlords raise the rent when the lease is up $200 to $400 sometimes more! People don’t often get big enough income raises every year to afford all the increases from food to housing, etcetera. Others move often because the roommates move out or they divorce/spouse dies
That's smart.
If you both were working at that young of age than you would have some savings to fall back on.
These are People who Once Contributed to the US Economy but now that They hit a Wall, They are being Disregarded. The Government should provide more Help to these People.
@@Network126 Brian, I don't think you contribute much of anything to the U.S. economy. Yes, you pay sales taxes and give rides to people in your car for a cheap fare, but that's not much productivity. If anything, you are a drain in terms of the economy because you get benefits without paying income taxes. Also, you lower the quality of life for your fellow citizens with your dirty RV which is also a blight on the city.
Regards,
Joe B.
@@Network126 You make this world turn? Really? Perhaps the people that have to be somewhere (like a job) are making the world turn, but it's not you. I have to be blunt with you Brian. You need to wake up!
@joebattaglia374 You're the who needs to wake up, miserable troll. Leave other people alone.
My friend and her husband needed to rent for three months and found a studio apartment for $3000, a month. Outrageous. Have an RV but everywhere they checked could only stay 10 days at a time....if they could even find available space.
I'm sure glad I won't have anything to do with California but besides that I worked here my whole life I have to live a $900 a month social security Biden took away the food the illegals come over the border they get phones food stamps debit cards they get more than the seniors and the vets get a month I couldn't even afford to live in one of those RVs for six or seven or eight hundred dollars that would be my whole income and then the New York and Chicago they put them up in hotels they give them free food everything think it's special Cooks brought in to make them food from their countries while the rest of us have to live on next to nothing
@@yamama7265 Yeah you keep voting Republican and watch them take your Social Security away.
@@sinebar that's ridiculous. They have stated clearly again and again they have no interest in messing with Social Security. Just keep believing lying Biden and drive our nation farther in debt ...
Better than being on the street in a tent.
Not if there’s 20 RVs parked in front of your home, on your street, affecting you and your property values and your safety.
Real issue outside of said discrimination against the homeless, is that there is not one tow company wants to start a contract with the city towing RVs because no wants to lease a lot to big enough to impound those rigs, or dispose of them....
There doesn't need to be more people shoved off land, and or shoved out of their homes. I'm glad to hear they aren't willing to do such caustic things to such unlucky folks.
This has happened for years n years , we care for stray animals better than fellow humans
Because stray animals can't lie and steal. They don't have hands so they can't pick up after themselves. They won't take advantage of The system or person.
$600 a month for a van??? I used to rent an apartment in Glendale for $350 a month. Not that long ago.
If 1970 isn't that long ago.
Exactly, $350 for an apartment in Southern Ca is unheard of, unless a person is in section 8 (HUD)
@@tracymarquez6875 yep probably on section 8. Glendale is very expensive!
My first apartment in NC was $650 for a 1 bed 1 bath like 5 years ago.
Realtors ruined it for everybody
This is so sad. This lady seems so nice. It breaks my ❤😭
LAZY, LEACHER, DRUG USER? COME ON
@@Ilias.-ik6kvWHY ARE YOU YELLING?!!!
This isn’t a new issue in past there were shanty towns. We also need to acknowledge that not all homeless people are on drugs or criminals
Only 99% of them.
@@nobodyspecial4702Boy, you're really living up to your username, aren't you? I guess that's why you're such a mean-spirited, nasty person. Nobody likes you. I can see why.
Actually Greg is doing a public service. How many landlords charge according to a sliding scale? Good luck finding that!
IMHO, the billions being appropriated to "fight the homeless crisis" in California, are at best misused. There are numerous variables that surround the general idea of 'homelessness", so I'll stick to this specific "issue" of RV's being used for housing.
I can't imagine it would take much of an investment for LA county to establish a trailer park of sorts, for those who have found hard times and have turned to an RV for their temporary or even permanent residence. IMHO, those who reside in an RV have done so by necessity and by choice.
I happen to be one in that group of people. How I got here is too long to get into. Why I have chosen my RV as home is simply because its was my best option to support myself and maintain an avenue to regain the financial stability I once had before I fell into difficult times. I would like to think many are similar to my situation. I do not litter the streets as if its my personal garbage can, I dont hijack public utilities for my personal use, I dont commit crimes against others, nor do I resort to theft for any reason. I'm not confortable by no means, but everyone goes through difficult times and its how we choose to confront it that matters . I don't believe its a "one size fits all" solution for "homelessness" nor is it a good use of effort and resources for a city or county to criminalize or make it more difficult for those who are obviously doing what they can to rise up from their situation.
I completely agree with you. Large, city owned vacant lots or abandoned areas, small RV’s at no cost, 24hr security. Water, electric, showers, washers & dryers, counseling, social workers, etc. I’m completely serious. LA County has wasted close to ONE BILLION $$ on nonsense.
LA build 300 square feet tiny homes for $837,000.00 a piece
It’s all about the kooky laws and loopholes. The affordable housing builders are in on the program. They want this reality to continue, real estate sector get taxed big time but if they use tiny fraction of their buildings - unadvertised - as “affordable home” they end up making far much more income.
Cities & State should pass legislation that can turn vacant lots, parking lots into registered RV Residentials areas with a city transporting system for the working class & elderly.
sad to witness the slow death of the American dream
So the city is going to take the RVs away and replace it with...what? We're just going to see even more messy encampments springing up. Nobody is fixing the problem, they're just trying to move it.
Exactly, at least the RVs look like little rooms/houses on wheels and provide some privacy, as long as they’re kept clean/painted/free if outside garbage, but the cardboard tents or ripped plastic tarps look very unsightly on sidewalks/parking lots/river areas
They will replace it with tax EXEMPT churches and then more people can get wealthy while the homeless jump off bridges. Murica
Sweep it around, cover it up.... but that doesn't fix anything.
He is doing the right thing he actually is making it affordable. The government could fix this problem but they rather do nothing because it’s not in their backyard.
yup. I am hopeful for the younger generations (my millennials especially) to come up with a better plan bc this government is lazy and greedy.
I rent a room only from a house and I pay $700 a month. My teen and I share this room and we have to share the same bed. I cannot afford an apartment. A typical one-bedroom apartment in West Covina is $1800-$2500 a month.
Your greedy punk landlord should get you 2 twin beds. Tell the weasel I said that. 👍
This is far better than people living on the streets.
No it isn't. It's disgusting
It’s better till they park near your house !
I’m not a liberal PC talking head, but I do think people deserve to have a roof over their head, protection from the weather, and a sense of safety.
There are options that would cost a fraction of the enormous $$ spent year after year. One of which is putting some teeth into loitering, nuisance, public urinating & 💩, drug use on public streets. It’s become such a ridiculous PC issue that the counties now protect this group over tax paying, revenue generating home and business owners. Inmates running the asylum. 🙄
Yeah you got the lawmakers that are like yeah we're going to make laws and regulations to make it harder for people to live in RVs but don't actually want to pass any laws or regulations to hold landlords and landowners accountable for making places affordable and hijacking prices...
@@Network126 Are you just gonna go comment this on every comment ffs? Even comments where yours isn't relevant?
I have sooo much respect for that guy who rents out RVs to ppl. I need to get his info just in case I become homeless….. inflation is real yall! 🤦🏽♀️
Inflation is not making the rent prices what they are. And rent is the biggest issue for people becoming homeless.
Corporations are buying up the houses, they’re buying apartment complexes and charging the highest amount they can.
It’s just good ol fashioned capitalism. Which is good for a lot of things, but it will always hurt the people at the bottom the most.
He’s my friend I work with him. We’re always available and can work with you. Weekly or monthly.
That man needs to pay fines for contributions to society rotting. He needs to go to jail!!
Capitalism dude. 🤷♀️
@@KennyWagnon-jo5et you don't understand the severity until something bad happens. One of the tenants commits a crime or rape inside the mobile homes. no citizens or cops want mobile drug homes with fentanyl exposure.
As a middle class family i know there is no.way we could afford CA or NYC! It is impossible for a homeless person to get off the streets into housing.
I agree, I am retired, and comfortable financially, in Nebraska, but I would not be so in California.
The RV is a home with all the services of a little apartment or house if they have good generators but those batteries are expensive to replace. Some choose to liv in an RV to save money/afford nutritious food, etcetera.
The main problem is parking, especially when the city cracks down on street parking
Every other state side eyes California. Very unfortunate what the politicians have done to its people.
Vanlords needs to pay for the clean ups. These lawmakers needs to be paying restitutions and make them accountable for these dangerous mess.
As long as Donnie Chump and Pelosi aren't in jail why common people have to be accountable?
This poor dude doesn't realize he snitched on himself with that interview.. he gave how many units he has, his revenue, time owning them. smh
Who are u to say he's not claiming the income
@@SundayCookingRemix really? He's illegally running a business. Obtained rvs through illegal means. You're gonna tell me he's gonna do everything wrong and the one thing right is he pays taxes?
@@SundayCookingRemix He said it himself you doorknob. What's wrong with you...a druggie sympathizer?
Of freaking course he's claiming income or else he wouldn't be doing this, effin duh.
@@freebein Hi, there, the government boys are not too uppity when he breaks that particular law, but pays them their big bucks in taxes. Try to cheat the government boys out of money, and that makes them crazy; they'll chase you to kingdom come, and make you pay penalties and interest, and if you refuse, they'll put you away for years and years.
see him shake? He's needing a fix quickly.
These vanlords are trying to find solutions that are affordable, I salute them. Just gotta make it safer and more hygenic, wealthy people who want to make a change should work with this vanlord, and make RV parks that are affordable! 👍
I would too, but who knows if they are abusing their tenants. Also when SHTF, they can just wash their hands from any damages.
Wealthy people? Wealthy people won't help anyone.
@@karlabritfeld7104 it's not their job
They're not heroes, they're profiteers.
800 a month for an RV, sure hope everything works. In Tennessee you could be buying one at that rate
Major respect to the dude getting the money.
Can you imagine landlords renting uninsured apartments or houses built on public property with stolen utilities, no working water or sewer, how fast would the city government be all over that? 😕
They demonize law-abiding landlords and strip them of their rights. This is what it results in. I would imagine the cap rate on these junkers is very high. These vanlords serve their unlawful detainers and 3-day notices taped to a Molotov cocktail.
I mean, it’s better and safer than tent’s especially when Someone has an animal.
If you can't take care of yourself, no sane person would get an animal. Dogs need to go to the vet. They get sick, need vaccinations and sometimes good.
This guy is helping homeless. Love this
My God have mercy upon these poor souls
It’s a little late for the fairy tale stuff..
My friend works at McDonald's on Lincoln and can't afford an apartment. He rents an RV for $600 now. He was in his minivan before. He's safe and happy with his dog. Give him a big raise, lower rental costs and you guys won't have this issue anymore. Have you forgotten these people are part of your community too?
Unless you're the manager, you're not suppose to earn living wage working at McD. Homes should be for living and not as an investment. I issue in the last two decades are people who should not qualify to buy a 2nd home are approved to buy one and now they have to have renters pay their mortgage. If you force to drop rent, this will put these people in bankruptcy. This is the reason why rent will not go down anymore unless these 2nd, 3rd, 4th and even 5th homeowners lose their homes.
Feels like we're living in a 3rd world country. I remember LA was the place to be.
You do NOT know how it feels to live in 3rd world conditions. In a lot of places in the southwest there are people living with no electricity, no running water and still have dirt floors. They have to travel many miles on unpaved roadways to get items essential to everyday living
@@slimer1984 Barking up the wrong tree my friend. Spent 2 years in Mexicali growing up. Our water was a well and our bathroom was an outhouse.
Because we are living in a third world country.
It’s large enough to be first, second, and third which it certainly is
@@PastPerspectives3 Sorry, but we are not first world anymore. We are in the third world. If your comment was a joke, I thought you were serious. A country cannot be both 3rd and 1st world.
The reason the problem exits which no one really mentions, is 💵, that’s the cold hard truth!
There is no money in fixing the problem, but fighting the problem creates an endless money grab situation from the top down. Think about it this way have we really won the “War on Drugs” 🤔 not even close right, but does that stop local and federal municipalities from collecting money in order to “Win” the so called fight on drugs🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
They're just going to pay reparations up to a billion dollars.
💯 🎯
@@KB-ke3fi bet you wouldn’t mind if you were the one getting a piece of that billion.
The guy who has 15 rvs said he helps the homeless but charge $600-800 🤔
He is helping, yes, helping himself. He's a greedy f!@#.
“Is doing this even legal?” Since when does it matter if any of this is legal?!
Now the IRS will come after this guy if he's not paying his taxes.
It may not be legal, but it could be dangerous. No inspection on the wiring or cooking facilities.
Normal landlords have to deal with eviction moratoriums and rent control. Meanwhile this black market is exempt so prices are low. As soon as the city regulates the vans the cost will go up and van rent prices will go up.
City subsidizes the taxes, partial expenses. Tenants can volunteer at whatever they can do. They get some self esteem back.. the more hours volunteered the more the rent drops. If you can't or won't volunteer, that's OK, just pay the full rent. Make it work. You can do it. Keep it simple too many rules and hoops suffocate everything. Good Luck. I believe in you!!
Man, $800 a month is about the note on a new RV, WTH? 🤷♂️
rv's have ridiculous high credit levels. i tried buying one and was rejected for a 14k rv but my new car is 25k and the bank approved that.
It’s shocking when I passed by on forest lawn about 5 months ago, seeing all these vans right by Warner bros studios.
No one, and no one wants to live in a trailer or RV. BUT LIFE IS TOUGH for others, and this is the only shelter they could afford. Hope the government would help this people who's trying to survive each difficult day they go through, than making it more more difficult for them.
The government only gives money and tax breaks to the rich.
RVs aren’t that bad if they’re in good condition, but when they are nice they’re easily stolen. Just the other day at a California hotel someone stole a nice motor home RV. No one wants to steal an ugly/rundown/smelly RV that barely runs with expired stickers!
They should park those RVs in front of Gavin Newsoms wineries.
YES!! Road trip!!
The thing bout van life or living full time in a rv its cheaper then a brick and morder / sticks and bricks building and if you dont like ur neighbors they can move real easy !! And they have to live somewhere its better to live in a rv then in a tent under a bridge or in a park or the brush on the side of the road at least they lock theirs doors and feel safer in a rv then the street
Government should look for alternatives to help homeless people and joining this gentleman trying to assist because he knows how it's like.
So that's what you can get for $800/mth in LA -- a busted out winnebago from the 1980s
Well that sounds better than Lose a Bago.
More than any other factor by a wide margin, GREED is the root of this 'problem'...
I know exactly where this is in Chatsworth. It’s disgusting! I won’t even go into any of the businesses over there, since I was harassed walking in.
That's why poor Tyler is crying. Maybe he should move his business, not throw the poorest of the poor back onto the street.
Wrong. Forest Lawn Dr. is near Forest Lawn cemetery which is near Griffith Park.
Landlord price rent so high that people working retail, fast foods, or any job making $15-$20 per hours can not pay rent. Lots of seniors and young kids living in RV or cars. CRAZY!
Yeah this needs to be regulated. Having that miserable experience is one thing but people making money off it through unregulated rents is worst, leeching.
No somebody has come in and provided living for other since everybody's crying about people being in tents. If people want to cry about people not paying their fair share pray about the tax cuts Trump gave to the rich people cry about the churches who operate collecting millions tax free
better than sleeping on the streets tho right?
It already is regulated, they are called RV parks.
@@ac61900 Trump? What about biden?Hillary? Do u know what they have done for rich people? And banks?stop trying to blame everything on Trump u sound so clueless like a CNN robot cus Trump did more for this country than any of them clowns.
True, but RV parks have too many rules/regulations and lot rents can be quite expensive in cities with plenty of jobs. Many RV parks don’t have the right size lot available, or there’s a long waiting list
Better than sleeping on the streets
I live in a Van in NYC. Some are forced, some do it more voluntary.
I wouldn’t rent an RV.
Currently I am documenting on CZcams my own VanBuild
Rural area with few jobs, I have so many younger friends who live in a shed, RV, camper, or some other nontraditional structure on a relative's property.
Yeah the lawmakers can try to make it harder for people to be able to find alternative living yet trying to do nothing to actually solve the problem as to why people need alternative living. Hey lady instead of trying to make things harder for people to get an RV how about you just start holding landlords and property owners accountable for providing affordable housing two people in the community if they want to own in the community?? Oh yeah cuz that would actually solve things
That's nice. No more tents, just streets filled with RVs 🤣. That will look beautiful. LA the RV capitol of the world. I wonder if Robin Williams would approve 🤔?
So having a roof over your head is illegal. It’s just crazy. I understand the concerns but if you ask them to move the RV to a place where rvs are allowed, don’t they charge to put the rv in a spot. So these people just end up in the street again. So sad
If the city is going to allow this, then they should place bathrooms around and connect watermains so people can get water. Also, place trash cans and have trash collection. For some of these people, that's all they want. You can't help everyone get off the streets, so give them the basics.
Being without a shower or toilet is a absolute BLOODY nightmare.....
Build a lot more low income housing, and renovate empties homes for use. Even though many snobs opposed this in their neighborhoods, I think it's still better than having people in the streets or living in a van or camper. We'd see our neighborhoods improve and tax dollars at work helping others instead of going overseas for political/destructive wars
The majority of these van lords are crime syndicates and street Ganga. They even charge rent for tents.
Ahh yes, the ol ‘street gangs buying rv’s at auctions, in their name, and creating Craigslist ads to rent them out’ scam.
I like how you just say “the majority” with having absolutely no info on the matter. Just saying whatever you feel is happening 😂
@@VA-gu1jq how do you know I don't have specific knowledge? You're doing the same thing you're accusing me of. Speaking without knowing. Clown
This is the future for the lower middle class in the West (first USA with it's poorer social services and then Europe will follow). What used to be pretty basic stuff like food and housing is now getting pretty expensive for a lot of people in the West.
The RV owner is doing the same thing as the government. These people are being used...
Never heard of a generator described as a "rogue power system" before. Also, people living in structures paying rent, but they're "homeless" here.
Our leaders caused this problem of homelessness --- they don't care about people. They see them all around - living under freeways, families living in parks, encampments on the same streets as City Hall in downtown Los Angeles - and they "don't see a thing." They keep telling us they're spending $$$$$$$$$$$ to help the homeless - but the problems keep getting worse. Where should people live? Where should they go? How could they function?
LA spends 3 billion, with a b, dollars a year on the homeless. Clearly no amount of money is going to solve a problem while the people living it are content to do so. When getting drugs means more to them than having shelter and food, there really is nothing you can do to change that.
Because on the job description it is mandatory that you have to be a psychopath and a narcissist
@@nobodyspecial4702 Where did that $3 Billion go? Not to help the homeless, I'm sure. Not everyone is on drugs, alcohol or mentally unstable. Is the govt trying to stop the flow of drugs into America esp. Fentanyl - NO!!! Many people are working - and many can't work because of ill health, age, alone with no family or bad circumstances. Our govt likes this problem - they help many others who aren't deserving - and that includes Big Businesses.
@@nobodyspecial4702 Its over $20 Billion
who is not suprised?
My old man said there would be some pretty tough times.
@@MrJuvefrank when tings got worse turn to wife and said "we have always been poor how bad can it be" a lot worser than ever before.
Just let people be!!!
The world is hard enough already.
If the government would actually help people instead of hinder then this wouldn't be an issue!!!
@@iusbucktig not really sure who you're talking about but if it's me than your sadly mistaken. I work full time and receive absolutely zero assistance from the government!!!
Sounds like a low budget SciFi movie: “Vanlords of the 21st Century”.
It's sad .... it's so expensive to live in certain cities in the states.... expensive and you live like a canary in shoeboxes.. and there's so much undeveloped land that we could built houses on for everyone to live comfortably....
Yeah, but these people don't want to move, so they can't complain about how they live when they choose to remain somewhere that they clearly can't afford.
people are paying the rent for an actual place in most states to live in an RV in an industrial zone without a bathroom or connection to the grid, and the best the city council can do is legalize it… I was born and raised in LA, i drive through that 2 mile stretch on my way home from work every day. I’m not sure if it is a lack of competence or simply any willpower, but man if this isn’t the most pathetic thing
Where can you rent a place for $900?
Maybe stop letting corporations buy up all of the housing market then jacking up the rent 1000 percent. Ppl dont have much in savings these days. It dries up quickly,long before youre able to get up in life. Stop blaming the homeless for trying to live. We all have that right remember?
So the plan is to legalize Vanlords renting out RVs parked on city streets????? How about the city building RV parks with proper sewer, water and electricity and rent the spaces out themselves? Maybe if the city became landlords they'd understand the problems more. Homeless polluting public streets is not the answer.
It is crazy how expensive rent is out there ... she pays $400 to live in something that is not even technically a home ( no offense to her, I have been there myself) ... over here on the east coast in upstate NY we rent a 2 story house with a finished attic (2 people) for $1400 a month so my rent $700 ... I know people with 1 bedroom apartments that pay in between 550 and 800 ... and actually some of the cheaper ones are nicer, its more about location ... people need to abandon califorina and just let the rich tech bros have it.
One thing you can say about the power of economics, it is very creative. If there is a need and authorities are not vigorously enforcing the law (normal in California), someone will figure out how to make a buck off of it.
They have van lord's here in Seattle too. They don't give them the keys, but they drive the vehicle somewhere down the road if there's a sweep.
Americans need to legislate a living wage!! My nephew works full-time and can't afford an apartment. He's living in a RV. Something is really freaking wrong!!
Easy to say "pay them more, need a living wage!" then things like rent goes up, bills go up, groceries go up, and that living wage suddenly isn't livable anymore.
company had to put huge cement blocks to move out the bad RVs . they were selling the 2000 lb cinder blocks for 35 bucks each ! very cheap. Money well spent .
This should not be happening in Aimerica.
So sick of the inflated rental costs.
Close tax deductions for apartment rental. Make landlords pay for vacant units. Rents will come down in no time.
Half the country will be in Vans or RVs the way rent is going.