The social justice warriors can accommodate.
Via Daily Mail:
City officials in Los Angles want to help pay homeowners with extra space to put small accommodations in their backyards for homeless people.
Los Angeles county has been facing a growing homeless population, and there are currently nearly 58,000 people without living shelter.
Last month protests called ‘Not in my backyard,’ blocked new homeless housing in Temple City and delayed it in Boyle Heights.
The protests also killed a project in neighboring Orange County to relocate homeless people living on the streets into shelters.
But now, a project has been approved that will pay people in the county to put up basic homes or units in their backyard that homeless people can then rent at a low cost, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The first leg of the project was launched in August, 2017, when the board of supervisors approved a $550,000 pilot program.
The homes, referred to as ‘granny flats’ or ‘in-law units’, were either built in backyards or constructed out of converted garages on the properties of individuals who agreed to host a homeless person or family.
In February the second leg of the project got kick-started when Bloomberg Philanthropies awarded LA a $100,000 Mayor’s Challenge grant.
The grant allows the city to study the feasibility of backyard units for homeless individuals within the city limits.
Tenants of these backyard homes would contribute 30 per cent of their incomes to pay rent, and the rest would be covered by low-income vouchers.