To the editor: As an alternative of evicting individuals within the homes alongside the 710 Freeway hall, why not flip it right into a “housing benefit space” (‘I’m going to resist’: Protesters who seized state-owned homes five years ago prepare for eviction battle,” April 11). I spent a few years vacationing in a motor house, generally for as much as a month at a time, with my late husband. We stayed at Kamp Grounds of America, or KOAs, and comparable campgrounds throughout our nation. The charges have been reasonably priced and we had a secure place to park, utility hookups, a centrally situated workplace constructing with restrooms, showers, laundry services, a pet strolling and train space and normally a comfort retailer with groceries and different provides.
The infrastructure — water, electrical energy and sewage — is already there alongside the 710. Particular person heaps could possibly be offered for these dwelling in their very own motor properties. Different heaps might have trailers owned by the housing authority positioned there. Rents could possibly be collected based mostly on revenue, as some homeless people work and/or have retirement revenue, simply not sufficient to get first rate dwelling quarters.
This might additionally permit individuals to maintain their beloved pets. We frequently learn of homeless individuals refusing shelter as a result of they’d lose their canines or cats. There also needs to be neighborhood buildings alongside the way in which the place administration personnel, in addition to the aforementioned restrooms, showers and laundry services, can be situated.
There needs to be guidelines requiring that websites be maintained in respectable situation, not allowed to deteriorate with junk and trash. These not conforming can be topic to having the buildup hauled away.
It’s time to assume exterior of the field. There are nowhere close to sufficient accommodations and high-rise buildings to accommodate the unhoused inhabitants. Constructing and/or changing current buildings will take years.
We should not have years. The issue is now, and it’s pressing. Let’s not evict the so-called squatters alongside the 710. Allow them to keep, cost a modest lease and provides them neighbors. Evicting them solely provides to the issue. We have to repair it, not improve it.
Judy Reinsma, Santa Clarita
