Officials in Nevada demolish tiny homes built for homeless in Las Vegas

[@LRichelieu]

This reminds me of a story from ten years ago where a guy made like 1500 tiny homes for the homeless in Los Angeles. It made huge news, Then the mayor demolished them and the excuse was it could’ve been a safety hazard because the city hadn’t sent building and safety inspectors to see if it was safe to live in the tiny homes. Then to add insult to injury the mayor tried to make his own version of it and charge the homeless. We all saw it as a BS attempt to save face and take a good idea and capitalize off of it. He got voted out because of it.

[@amartin9293]

He'll probably end up in hell. God hates those who oppress the poor and helpless. He said so repeatedly,.

[@vb5662]

LA county makes a lot of money off of keeping people homeless, it is now where gangs deal drugs and women are sexually assaulted, LA county knows about it and does nothing. Everyone knows they are making money off it, you call them out and say something about COVID, this city is Gotham City now, just like they want it. CA and LA are under a political stranglehold.

[@cassandrareedy7369]

@Al without free will, God wouldn't know us, nor us him. He doesn't make mistakes. We do

[@gailhall6283]

As if being homeless and exposed to the elements is not a safety hazard. Please!

[@timothyroskie5742]

Elvis, right?

[@sandyheller5438]

They don’t care about people they only care about money and greed. The man who bought the property for unfortunate people. Thank you. You are a hero.

[@picilocarnal]

Thing is the extreme left is Against tiny homes. They consider them inadequate for homeless people who want an apartment, not a “shed.” 🤷🏻‍♀️. Look at the arguments presented by DSA groups, they’re always against any politicians who propose tiny homes. At least that’s the problem we have here in Echo Park. That’s the argument they use to malign current City leaders.

[@rochead676]

He really is. He’s making a difference, but all this country wants is for people to live in the system, working their bs jobs and paying their bs fees.

[@AW-pl3ou]

Start by letting a homeless or two live in your house or or backyard, if you don't care about money and greed. Rather than making them stay in other peoples neighborhood, people who work and invested in they're homes value.

[@Bong310]

100000% Nevada government is a shame to America

[@mawi1172]

They who? Cupcake? They who paid for it? They who pay the taxes on it? And JUST a piece of land is like giving a kid a baloney sandwich with no mayo. They can eat it but its not delicious like it would be with mayo. That piece of land needs toilets, faucets, etc. So what good was he really doing?

[@paulasmall5113]

Interesting the government isn't doing anything and refuses to let anybody else do anything about this problem.

[@elsikpych]

Keep voting democrats who love regulations

[@pauleckert4321]

They did the same thing in LA. A few celebritys started making tiny homes and the goverment steped in and destroyed the tiny homes there as well. They want things like they are.

[@tahoeclay]

@@elsikpych Uh durrrrrrr.

[@Thundarr995]

I agree,they are making it much worse. They are letting millions of migrants in. This is diverting resources away from our homeless people. Many of the migrants are ending up homeless themselves. I leave for work around 3am. I always see 20 -30 of them sleeping up against the wall at the gas station. Evidently the government doesn't even have enough resources to find them a place to stay either.

[@elsikpych]

@@tahoeclay having a stroke bud

[@Toughmittens]

I remember when when this happened in LA, before destroying them, they put padlocks on them and didn’t let the homeless people retrieve their belongings. So evil

[@veev2561]

Omh,plaster the picture of those officials on utube,and the story,with mayor,city officials,etc,this is inexcusable

[@lindamerchant4431]

They don't want homeless on streets yet tear down shelters put locks on pure evil no good

[@keithb6717]

Correct. Democrats are evil.

[@wendyblaauw2578]

That is just disgusting.

[@tayriobravo6204]

This is just evil! They don’t want homeless loitering on their properties , but also won’t let them live in peace on their own properties. What the heck!

[@traceletz6786]

It's because there's no benefit for them to do so, they'll destory these homes hoping they make there way to prisons. They'll do everything in there power to make the lives of the poorest worse because they're a bunch of heartless corrupt bastards who we voted into office based off a shitty lobbist payed campigans so they can get some greed corrupt pos into office for there own benefits. Nothing will change till people get smarter or we do something about lobbying.

[@thunderbolt1359]

Living proof that the devil lives amongst us.

[@paidtourist6563]

Of course it's evil. Those government officials worship satan. Don't worry, God will destroy them ALL. And those homeless will soon own the mansions of those bastard city officials

[@johnn.2017]

@Joebiden.Dumbfuck did you see the video? This was private property. Maybe you should put down the pipe.

[@toniesedrick691]

@Joebiden.Dumbfuck YES, OWN THEIR PROPERTY, PUT DOWN THE WHISKEY AND PILLS. IT'S LONG OVERDUE.

[@gingerriviera3654]

This man's efforts are so admirable.

[@FairyChild_For_Freedom-Justice]

He’s done more than our government that’s for damn sure. I guess they’re embarrassed he came up with a solution so they tore it down.

[@dkblack3461]

Agreed! He seems like a really good soul, working so hard for the benefit of others.

[@Priestbokmei1]

Absolutely!

[@firstlast-yn4qg]

just not too smart.

[@tammi67able]

Amén

[@LuxwingGo]

Tbh the fact the officials refused to be interviewed is a huge sign that they did this out of maliciousness towards the homeless and not to enforce any laws.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup.

[@robocoastie]

Yup Fing cowards

[@AzzekaTheRealOne]

Finland has ZERO homeless. Other states and cities are will approach Zero homeless by 2024. Residents pay according to their income and landlords get huge TAX BREAKS. Why is Vegas not doing this?

[@laurenwarwick6517]

The attitude of American politicians toward homelessness mirrors their attitude toward health care. If you are rich, we will build homes...if you are not rich.....die.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Same malicious to illegal migrants

[@tWz4462]

This is disgusting and that person who reported the Tiny homes.. shame on you!! Shame on the Nevada state officials 😢😢😢

[@audemars_piguet13]

Judgement will come that person in name of JESUSCHRIST. The repayment will be 7 fold by the power of the HOLY GHOST

[@ark66]

Nevada voted BLUE thats what ya get!

[@StephRich888]

Exactly that disgusting of what that person was doing what harm was they causing ??? None!

[@The_Sounds_of_Nature_Channel]

They don’t want to help homeless and also don’t want other people to help them. This is just beyond cruel. People in power are so heartless.

[@brians4097]

And you will still keep voting for them 🙂

[@mxbass1036]

Maybe you have room in your yard, or on your street?

[@markwoods1530]

yeah maybe you could house them?

[@jasperprobincrux260]

@@mxbass1036 These people were given their own discreet housing away from everyone else. They weren't in anyone's driveway.

[@sixpackbinky]

And they started destroying their homes during the beginning of a pandemic!

[@sonjawashington573]

Las Vegas, has the money to demolish tiny homes, for the homeless, yet they don't have money to build new shelters, or provide adequate security for the shelters, or permanent beds, and flexibility for homeless people to be able to work late shifts, and come and go as they please! We have several Hotels that are not reopening, and could easily be converted to low-income housing, with social service, and medical facilities on-site. There's absolutely no reason that the Government can't buy these properties and convert them, instead of letting them be torn down!

[@Rain-yh9ws]

Yes...Sonja. Same here in Idaho.

[@stanleyhape8427]

Watch the video again. 👍

[@AlexAnder-rv1gu]

ouch, you really hit that nail on the head there. Yeah, when I stop to think about it. That became someone's JOB - to organize and plan the demolition and file all the legal paperwork to make it happen. That was a full time job (...knowing government, it was probably like 3 people's jobs when it could've been done by a part time staffer)

[@bumblebee4280]

Do these zoning laws allow someone to build an apartment block? This way everyone can have the square footage they need. If I had the means this is what I would do. Stack the homes on top of each other and leave lots of room for kids to play outside.

[@Erin-rg3dw]

@@bumblebee4280 Depends on zoning. Since this was a single-family zone, no. You probably couldn't even get away with a duplex. However, pushing to change the zoning might be a better option, or building in an area where the zoning does allow for it.

[@mytwocents848]

This idea worked so well in Finland where the government set up tiny homes and a program to help the people in them to find jobs and get clean and sober. They found that by given their homeless people the security of a home, they were more able to pull themselves out of poverty and destitution. It is working exceptionally well. I honor these volunteers who are making a real effort to try to alleviate the homeless crises. Too bad the greedy officials can only think about their revenue and archaic law loopholes.

[@evolveyourself9518]

Finland is the most advanced country in the world. I just chose to buy a Nokia smartphone because it was designed in Finland ... even though it's manufactured in China (which bummed me out). But still, too bad the Finns sold out to China.

[@morganmlaidd]

In the US, the government/politicians are the only ones who prefer to be seen as saviors/helping the community. To be seen as god. They don't want the People working together and helping eachother out. Reason why the gov/politicians constantly work on creating great division amongst the People. They don't want us United. A house divided against itself falls. If We Unite, they fall, because the Constitution is against tyranny.

[@truthbetold1855]

America isn't Finland and its people aren't like Fins. Meaning you can give them a home here, they don't want it. They want drugs and the street.

[@evolveyourself9518]

@D T "Number of people" vs "Number of people" has nothing to do with the morals and values of a country, and Finland has an extremely advanced population that uses great intelligence and common sense to take care of its population.

[@priscillacruz2947]

Finland is admirable to do that..

[@thelozer6311]

As some one who was formally homeless this absolutely destroyed me.

[@1.4142]

Heartbreaking. Sad how the local government is more eager to enforce building codes that are a cause of homelessness than actually trying to solve homelessness.

[@stephanieanderson4175]

Yeszzz

[@cosmicllama6910]

It's too obvious that driving us all into homelessness is literally the whole plan. The government will just keep raising property taxes until the renters and homeowners are all in the same boat. They don't want anybody owning their own homes they want to make permanent renters out of all of us.

[@documissionexploringknowle9513]

Yes, here in San Antonio, the city demolished tens of thousands of homes for “safety violations”, during the same time bigger cities were in the less than hundreds. Now there is great gentrification and those people left homeless are more vulnerable. I’m sure the head of that department is getting handsome performance bonuses that should be called what they really are, bribes.

[@notyourmama4166]

This is how you create a slum, and eventually have a favela styled city like brazil. It might sound harsh but it’s true, no one benefiting from society wants to be living next to a favela. Favelas and slums are the exact reason why brazil is so dangerous

[@TheRealHempress]

The homeless would be treated like royalty if they defect to Mexico and come back across the Southern border with the rest of the illegals ...

[@lostagain2226]

If you've ever been without a home, food, running water, electricity, heat; you know how much losing or gaining one of these necessary features impacts your life.

[@computeraidedyami]

No

[@bluecollarnobodysitaras6503]

GET A JOB

[@computeraidedyami]

Get a job

[@strnglhld]

We just had a power outage for 3 hours and I was dyin I dunno how homeless can do it here in the desert.

[@Rain-yh9ws]

Lost again...yes!! " walk a mile in my moccasin and then perhaps your life will be changed with compassion"💔

[@thetndixie]

It's happening all across America. The homeless are being penalized for being poor. This is absolutely heart breaking.

[@lmurphy1219]

Not where I live in Springfield, MO!!! We have multiple tiny home areas…for our homeless. I have been blessed to have volunteered with our church in planting flowers and helping with general maintenance for these precious villages, the folks living there are lifting up their lives, one step at a time and our community is more than happy to walk this path with them!!

[@tadhgmcgrath1409]

Because Americans believe not being successful in capitalism makes you the inferior race that needs to die.

[@cavidicusdurtisness5238]

Plenty of jobs available.

[@TJ-gt1zz]

Here in Tennessee they passed a law stating that if you are homeless and on state property you will be arrested. 🙎🏿

[@TJ-gt1zz]

@@cavidicusdurtisness5238 You cannot get a job if you don't have ID or a address. Didn't you listen to the man said it took him forever to get his birth certificate in order to get his ID??🥴

[@poisenbery]

The most sickening part of this is that they paid money to demolish those houses. Someone has a construction/demolition company and they're friends with someone on the city board.

[@arleneportsmouth1263]

👏🥇🏆YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT ABOUT THIS AS THAT WAS MY VERY FIRST THOUGHT ! 🏆🏅👏 I spent over 6 years dealing with the city and county officials as everything I was constructing on my acre lot in the middle of absolutely nowhere in southern Utah needed to be approved. No one could decide who would be in charge of building my home in the unincorporated area of Southern Utah where only one other home was constructed. One city official said the auxiliary structure could not be more than 25 ft from the main structure and one County official said that the Casita had to be less than 20 ft from the main structure and another official told me that the Casita could only be 33.3% the size of the main structure which were all contradicting each other. Without obtaining permits someone turn to my home into a hotel.

[@nacholibreri]

I know, right?!

[@jasonperkins345]

“Zoned for a single family home” became “license to destroy your belongings and leave you on the streets with no shelter.” Unsurprisingly this was done by people with no shelter issue in their own life. To what end? Their amusement? Sheer joy at harming others? I can’t imagine any other.

[@paidtourist6563]

The ones who destroyed those homes are satan's children. They will soon be destroyed themselves. Just watch. Military tribunals are coming

[@Mrs.Robinsons]

Interesting how illegals want to come experience this "American Dream" lmfao they storm illegally while our own are destroyed this way! Figure it out in their own country So as we can help our own!

[@photobuzz]

Your imagination is defective.

[@Faus4us]

Try greed.

[@nancybreaux9684]

Power tripping.

[@kcrazyandie74]

Disgusting that city officials would rather be part of the problem and openly choose not to be part of the solution. My heart breaks for those that lost their homes and so much more because our government is 100% screwed up at every level.

[@prodigalpriest]

NOT screwed up... corrupt. If someone isn't getting their pockets filled with cash then nothing constructive gets done on their watch.

[@StevenV2]

Thats litterally there job. To make life worse

[@user-tb2jy9lu3d]

If someone died in a building fire due to improper utilities or no utilities at all, then people would be wanting to sue the city for allowing them to live in them to begin with. So technically the cities can't win in that sense. They're blamed either way.

[@HODFOURTWENTY]

they dont keep stuff clean the buildings were probably all destroyed condemned see the person in the thumbnail WORTHLESS

[@kevinknuckles25]

You people really think that giving drug addicts tiny homes is good?!?!

[@aZevonFan]

i'm so disgusted by the officials who destroyed these people's second chance. How is destroying someone's shelter, leaving them to roam the streets, for the public good?

[@davidbrandenburg8029]

they want them to leave the city, its easier than actually helping them which would cause their republican hearts to bust into flames!

[@shanghunter7697]

@@davidbrandenburg8029 It's MUCH deeper than them just wanting them to leave the city. ! Just saying

[@AliceWonders22]

They don't care. All governments serve the Satanic kingdom. This Earth belongs to the devil and the only way out is Jesus. PERIOD

[@nash92]

@@davidbrandenburg8029 funny how Democrat run cities are the biggest @$$# holes.

[@jaxstax2406]

@@shanghunter7697 tell us then

[@ET117]

I'm surprised they didn't mention how it's illegal to sleep on the sidewalk. As someone with a sibling on the streets of Las Vegas it's appalling that the city criminalizes their existence.

[@machupikachu1085]

This needs more coverage. I hope this goes viral. Everyone needs to know who and what these politicians are. They are always talking about personal accountability, so let's see a press conference with these decision makers taking questions for the public and defending their actions.

[@_gungrave_6802]

It can be the most viral thing and nothing will change as this shit has happened numerous times before. The fact is the local govts are more than happy to spend tons of money fucking over the homeless rather than spending less money to try and elevate them and give them aid to get them back on their feet. The end result will be increased amount of homeless and increased crime.

[@jimmyb1356]

Another Democrat run city

[@Debarchibald1960]

I agree!

[@travisfoster1071]

Hope not, Nevada is too far gone for its own good. Too tied to California and shares it's fate.

[@elgastsos210]

Exactly, the world needs to see what 2 ex casino black jack dealers have to say about zoning laws.

[@yolandahebert2350]

Names needs to be called out and brought to accountability. "City Officials"? Just like turning off heat in the dead of winter for lack of payment use to be allowed this response is inhumane.

[@Anonymous-pm7jf]

The North Las Vegas city officials refused to speak on camera. These people need to be named and exposed. They can't do this without taking responsibility.

[@dakotaperalta1302]

Mayor Michael Hancock of Denver Co and Eric Garcetti of LA are both guilty of Treason towards the American people. Both democrats.

[@staycool163]

It's because they're COWARDS! 😠 Karma is going to get them for being so cruel!

[@MoonLady-d5w]

FOIA

[@teresagarrett3227]

Mr. Lenkowski, GOD BLESS YOU.

[@realitynow4342]

Till then; let them move in with you. A little crazy and drug addiction viewing will do you good.

[@patriciam4123]

The government would rather have these people behind bars than giving them a fighting chance with a safe place to sleep and call home. This is heartbreaking. Hope and pray these folks get their homes back. To the gentleman who provided the land and homes....God bless you and keep you safe. ✌️💛

[@kimking22]

How could people demolish these? That is so heartless and disgusting! The world needs more people like the kind man who built these and tried to make a difference!

[@joevaghn457]

Not only that, but it’s a waste of resources. Demolished buildings are typical not reusable.

[@pacmantravel2158]

They're NOT people, those evil creatures demolishing anyone's living space!

[@haydenlandry3837]

@@pacmantravel2158 who?

[@haydenlandry3837]

@@pacmantravel2158 are you denying others their humanity? You are the one who deserves to be treated as lesser. Honestly if I could have it my way, people who believe others are less human than them should be hung by the feet upside down and have rocks thrown at them until you're bludgeoned to death.

[@pacmantravel2158]

@@haydenlandry3837 In response to kimking, the evil sorcerers that demolished those homes

[@christopher_vaken]

Shameful…hats off to the founder of the tiny house program. Hopefully he gets it up and running 💙🙏🏘

[@jimbendtsen8841]

Build a couple tiny houses in your yard, or take in a couple homeless people.

[@strnglhld]

@@jimbendtsen8841 your lady lives with me part time does that count?

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

@@TheHouseAlwaysWins-xs8zd

[@deannaartzbennett244]

@@TheHouseAlwaysWins-xs8zd meaningless and meanspirited crapola. Beyond cruel, unbalanced, dismissive and spiteful. Without the Humanity there is no Economy. Economic Justice is affordable housing transportation education health care and nutrition.

[@Jlawson310]

I, does his lady live with you in the free tiny house you live in, or did they destroy it and kick you out?

[@gray3553]

How is it that one of the most famous and prosperous City's in the world can treat their own citizens like this. Unbelievable.

[@rieksstevens]

Famous maybe ,.. most prosperous i doubt it ... most Americans have no idea how the rest of the world looks like , almost every European city is more prosperous then this shit hole

[@Justinlearns]

That generates $1Billion a week in cannabis, gambling and liquor revenues.

[@thealize808]

Should we just give them free homes and food forever. You'll then see all the homeless from San Francisco flock here.

[@writerconsidered]

@@thealize808 You aren't giving them anything. This PRIVATE organization is giving them a hand up. The goal is to get them on their feet enough for them to complete the job of putting their life together. You can't lift yourself up when you're squashed into the ground. You are probably one of those "property rights" people. But then turn around and say but not "that" property right.

[@thealize808]

@@writerconsidered of course

[@GenghisCalm692]

This is making me so emotional, the mixture of sadness, anger, and bewilderment. What is wrong with people and human compassion. How could you let a legal technicality prevent people from having shelter and safety.

[@arleneportsmouth1263]

👏👍🏻YOU SERIOUSLY PUT THIS IN MY EXACT WORDS! 👏👍🏻

[@jen30551]

We hear so often that people need to be accountable. It's one of the first things often said about those who are homeless. And while it's true that some people just aren't willing to do the work, here is an an example of where people came together and repeatedly attacked a complex problem and each time they gained a step forward, our system put them three steps back. So back to accountability. I want to see the people who made these decisions in front of a camera with microphones in their faces and aggressive questions thrown at them. I want to hear what they are doing to resolve this problem. What they did here is revolting.

[@divergentthg7925]

That's because not enough people around wants to help that so A few people can't control everything. And that's because almost everybody around are too obedient to fear to help make things better

[@billg4630]

This is bull shit...zoning laws could be changed..the builder should have understood zoning laws...building inspectors..etc.. Goverment...d0es what they want..reguardless.

[@Chris-tg3qy]

@cityboyzz Many times those with mental instability turn to street drugs because this country has reduced and cut funding for mental health services. So addiction often goes hand in hand with mental health issues. Long term addiction or even short term addiction can cause mental instability as well. Many times, people that use hard drugs don’t magically go back to the way they were before they used them. Nobody knows exactly what is put in street drugs so cognitive damage to the brain is fairly common. My point is that it’s hard to separate drug addiction from mental instability because unless you have been in someone’s life from birth and monitored their behavior 24/7 you don’t know which came first and they both deserve some empathy and treatment. A mentally healthy person with a good support system rarely turns to drugs to cope with life. The homeless problem becomes our problem to deal with eventually. A large portion of violent crimes can be tied to mental instability or drugs.

[@sister_cattleprod]

@cityboyzz Mentally unstable people were on the verge of getting real help via mental health institutions and progression of meds that helped people with horrific mental problems, that is until Ronnie Reagan cut the funding to mental health hospitals and clinics to help "balance the budget". I would be surprised if you are old enough to remember what that did to so many people with mental problems who were in places where they had shelter, food and professional staff to supervise. I remember it well. I remember so many being found frozen to death after being kicked out on the streets with NO place to go, were incapable of helping themselves or being independent at all. I doubt you're even old enough to understand the common thread that comes with alcohol and drug addiction. Life is hard, not everyone is born with a silver spoon in their mouth and parents that focus on their children so they succeed as adults. How about we cut the exorbitant salaries all gov't employees get, which many do next to nothing to get. Cut those salaries in half and put the rest into facilities to help those not as strong as others and are treated like pond scum. It's people like you that divide the have and have-nots further apart. Keep in mind, YOU could end up homeless as well. No one is immune from the agenda that is coming to a head.

[@elizabethtencer7950]

The name of North Las Vegas Mayor is John Jay Lee. You can write to him

[@dawn1913]

This breaks my heart. I hope he never gives up the fight to get as many homeless people off the streets and into a safe shelter, giving them back some dignity. God bless this man!

[@resolutionarybeing1885]

We all have to help.

[@JENDALL714]

@@resolutionarybeing1885 What's this "We", you have to help, not me! These people put themselves in this position by making bad life decisions! It's not worth the effort to help these people, they are bums who don't want to work, and want everything to be free for them.

[@cherimerchant6279]

@@JENDALL714 your mother made a bad choice giving birth to souless piece of waste like you ,

[@cosmicllama6910]

@@JENDALL714 How about the people taking in millions of dollars for doing nothing more than price gouging life saving medicines like insulin, for no reason other than they can? You can't have a FOR PROFIT medical system, FOR PROFIT college AND FOR PROFIT prisons, and not have a BOOMING homeless population. You absolute simpleton.

[@Mr.Universe]

@@JENDALL714 and that's why this nation will fail because its always me me me me with you people. mental illness runs deep within the homeless community we don't know what these people have been through and its not in our place to make their predicament worse.

[@zhmw]

What really upsets me is that the millionaires and billionaires, especially those in the gambling and entertainment industries, who could afford to purchase and donate land and finance tiny homes, do NOTHING towards helping the homeless. It's always the middle-class folks, who are willing to volunteer their time and efforts to help the needy.

[@zombiecat8537]

rich celebrities and millionaires prefer make donations and help other countries and pose in the press or on social networks to show their narcissistic virtue but let thousands of Americans die.

[@tamonettX500]

The millionaires and billionaires are SCUM

[@ricbiff3569]

It's called Capitalism...helping people is Socialism. The rich are Capitalists...the poor and middle don't count. Socialism = Bad

[@joevarga5982]

Welcome to America!

[@bradjohnson2849]

Welp, thanks to our politicians in bed with the globalists, in a few short years, we wont have a middle class either.

[@itryen7632]

I don't understand how people can be so cruel towards homeless people just because they're less fortunate. I've had a homeless friend on the internet once, and he was one of the nicest people i've ever met.

[@wendyblaauw2578]

They feel it isn't just plain luck that they have it better.

[@BmanZeroBlank]

I wish I had somewhere to go... Being homeless sucks. My dad kicked me out the day after I turned 18 because he was on a bipolar episode. I've been homeless since September 2023. It sucks being looked down upon. Always being ignored. I just want to sleep in a bed. To go to a mall with some friends. To get giggles and text someone. I wish I had a stable life. I wish I had a chance at life.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Same towards illegal migrants?these heartless mentality

[@chnorwood3365]

As a city planner, I am shocked and amazed that any city code enforcement could act that quickly to bulldoze something built on one's property, meeting code or not. I also find it incomprehensible that a city wouldn't acknowledge this person's generous efforts to house people where they have failed to do so. At the very least, this should tell them they have to reexamine their Comp Plan and zoning code. It has to be way off if this treeless, moisture starved parcel of rocks and dry, bare soil is zoned single family residential. I question its habitability or suitability for building on in the first place. At the very least, it can be zoned for temporary shelters until the city leaders can get their act together and build suitable housing for everyone who needs it. Same in Atlanta and across the country.

[@_TONY_Az]

That's the proper way sad this is its a dirt. Lot Noone really that. Close to it it's bs Vegas has so many homeless. Living in storm tunnels under the casinos and under passes its crazy I'm from NYC and phx when I moved to Vegas I was shocked there was so. Many

[@jpwjr1199]

Can God show you spellcheck?

[@jpwjr1199]

@sislt777 lol Fair enough. Hallelujah!!!

[@_TONY_Az]

@sislt777 it's so sad I lived there for 8 yrs to treat fellow humans that are clean an sober this way. Just isn't right

[@_TONY_Az]

@@jpwjr1199 no auto. Correct isn't right either

[@jefferyschulz8257]

A good lawyer could argue that any of those structures was a “single family home”. The zoning does not say anything about traditional. This is another example of government being completely out of touch.

[@username00009]

The requirement is for a single family home exceeding 1200 square feet. The group needs to meet that requirement first.

[@gamergodofjustice]

@@username00009 exactly.

[@m4nman]

@@username00009 the new law says that they have to have space for small homes. they're just dragging their feet and waiting until the deadline whilst also destroying these people's sanctuary

[@latonyalee7821]

I'm not sure of the regulations in NV but I do know in some areas of FL, the 1,200 square feet could have been met by having the houses connected in someway or have them on paper as bedrooms. Did they have to be built to the Universal Housing Codes?

[@jerrodbutali3990]

No money, no lawyers.

[@sylvermoon1745]

This man bought this land. He was kind enough to put it to good use. So, what they’re basically saying is that he can’t do whatever he wants to do with his property. I am livid. It’s outright arrogance and greed on the city’s part. They need to compensate this man for the money he lost. I also think that they should rebuild what they had no right destroying.

[@stanleyhape8427]

Not "his" land it was bought with donations from hard working people. The land belongs to New Leaf.

[@OG_HazelGrrl]

@@stanleyhape8427 Semantics. The spirit of the original comment still stands. 🙄

[@konichiwa3744]

I don't want slums next to me if I buy and built before him in what I thought would turn into a neighborhood. Slums can be built next to you.

[@BlissfulBluebell]

@@konichiwa3744 They literally said none of the neighbors or companies nearby had any complaints.

[@BlissfulBluebell]

It's also outrageous how quickly they moved to demolish everything. Other issues are merely addressed using nice words but nothing ever gets done about them.

[@fionalightspontaneous1924]

People experiencing homelessness are vulnerable enough as it is. The general public are doing everything they can to help and yet council and government policies are of no help whatsoever. How heartless and cruel can some people be? This is heartbreaking 💔

[@HarleyYaya20]

I wish I had the means to buy land and build homes. Breaks my heart this happened. 💔 Prayers for us all! 🇺🇸

[@mikemaki7192]

Even if you did the powers that be wouldn't let you apparently.

[@TaniaYMunoz]

same

[@nunya9763]

They did. And the government came in and destroyed it.

[@vitaman6827]

Luke God says to pray night and day AVENGE! God already flooded. Keep praying so He can keep punishing them and theirs

[@tammi67able]

Amén

[@marilynglazier9794]

This just breaks my heart. Nothing like kicking someone when they are already down.

[@t_c5266]

They aren't down. They've chosen to live this life. More like kicking the moochers off of your couch.

[@marilynglazier9794]

@@t_c5266 not everyone has chosen to live this way. Most of us are a few paychecks away from being homeless. I pray that you never experience it or you may find yourself couch surfing.

[@t_c5266]

@@marilynglazier9794 I won't ever experience it because I'm responsible with money and I've built up my life. I didn't waste it on drugs like most of these idiots.

[@popejaimie]

@@marilynglazier9794 it might be good for him to experience it a little

[@marilynglazier9794]

@@popejaimie I agree, everyone needs to come as close to homeless as you can to know what it feels like. Even then some people still won't have empathy.

[@citadel9611]

I was homeless many years ago, and having a tiny house like these would have made all the difference in the world. This city really needs to do a better job.

[@nofilter.906]

How about the homeless need to fcuking work and get off the street.....

[@FoulPet]

Now that you're not homeless, invite a bunch of your friends to live with you.

[@paidtourist6563]

The city doesn't want to do a better job. They worship satan. They are TRYING to destroy lives on purpose. God will remove those bastards and vindicate the homeless. VERY soon the homeless will all be loving in the mansions of the city officials who destroyed those tiny homes. Mark my words

[@southernsmoke8391]

@@FoulPet “pats self on the back”

[@FoulPet]

@@southernsmoke8391 Awe, that was a cute follow up. Hope it made you feel tingly. The best thing about dating a homeless girl is you can drop her off anywhere. I thought that was a cute joke.

[@MyFavoriteColorIsGlitter]

The worst part is nobody even complained! A city worker took it upon themself to report it which led to the demolition. He just destroyed their chance at bettering their lives and for what reason? People are such assholes - especially people with any power such as city officials

[@chopsuey63163]

They are gonna go straight to hell!

[@MariaAbrams]

This is so wrong. This man owns this property, they should not be able to tell this man that he can't help people. He's right, these people don't have time! This needs to be fixed NOW. Shame on them... idk how these people sleep at night. I couldn't even dream of doing this to someone, let alone a group of people. Awful...

[@Puddin370]

It is private property but the zoning laws dictate that it has to have a single family home of at least 1200 sqft. I'm not allowed to put a second dwelling on my property either. They could have left them alone. I'm sure they had other things to concentrate on. At least while having that space, they weren't homeless.

[@ct4074]

But all democrats, unanimously, voted to send $54 billion to Ukraine to kill Russians, and also place the entire Ukrainian government on U.S. paid wages. But, according democrats needy Americans can go to hell or continue addicted to CIA/Cartel sponsored fentanyl and meth.

[@prometheus5700]

The city says: "The ramshackle arrangements located on the property were non-permitted structures that violated both Uniform Housing Code and Municipal Code regulations, and significantly increased the dangers of death from building collapse, fire and exposure to extreme temperatures. By flagrantly ignoring codes and regulations, the property owner created an unsafe, unsanitary condition on the property, to the extent that it was deemed uninhabitable."

[@driley4381]

Single family zoning - one of the largest drivers of the North American housing shortage. Building anything other types of housing is largely illegal in the US and Canada.

[@MariaAbrams]

It's ridiculous. Charge him for some kind of permit and move along. Like, seriously. There are more important things they could be working on right now. Idk how some people sleep at night or live with themselves.

[@daisyy99]

This is outrageous. They ruined people's personal property and documents or momentos. Heartless.

[@LongHaulTrucker4Life]

They let them remove their belongings, unfortunately the structures were demolished

[@LongHaulTrucker4Life]

@Custos Luminis Drama queen

[@hemplogic6062]

WE have to should write to this kind man, Joseph Lankowski! Let us support him. I am going to find him and write to him and see how to support him. What about the expenses he used to make the tiny homes?

[@nikicouch3358]

This is so sad! What harm would it have been to just allow the tiny homes to stay on the land? Great intentions to the Man who tried and continues to try to build homes for the homeless! God sees your good works and I am sure that you will be rewarded in the afterlife!

[@cherimerchant6279]

read the Bible acount of Lazarus and the rich man,I believe the mean greedy people will go to hell, Jesus said "what you do to the least of mine, you do to me"

[@cherimerchant6279]

I believe that those who do good will be blessed

[@lynetteclauser3551]

Especially since none of its neighbors seem to mind or complain. Blind bureaucracy. And what would it have hurt to remove their meager belongings to some boxes or bags or at least to another area in a neat pile, really can’t understand the inhumanity

[@lg8479]

I'm willing to bet that a real estate developer will soon arrive...

[@joejones9520]

probably fear of lawsuit if something went wrong and fear of personal repercussions for the city planning members who ultimately were responsible for deciding yes or no.

[@mrss4328]

They didn’t even let the people get their belongings out of the tiny house before demolishing it? How rude is that? It would also be more humane to make them at least 500 or 700 ft.² each. A little kitchenette, a place for a bed a bathroom. The desert is huge there should be plenty of room. And I noticed the temperature was 95° on the video so that’s inhumane to make people live in that if they don’t have to?

[@jamesmiller8758]

There is so much hate against less fortunate people. During the great depression, my parents helped feed and shelter the poor. Politicians are so corrupt.

[@ronaldwilliams9331]

Well that's what you get when you have the politicians who are part of the elite the elite doesn't have any good plans for people and not just the homeless either upper and middle class people also they got something for you I don't know why people refuse to look at this politicians for who they really are and who they really a part of I mean damn come on this is 2022 you guys still don't know LOL okay

[@ricknisley940]

Such a fantastic idea! I am 72 years old. I have rarely seen such cruelty in my life. So many people who have a little bit of power right now use it for aweful stuff. This could have been a great community project. As usual, common sense is replaced with destruction. Very sad and unnecessary. I heard one time that the way you judge a country, is how they treat the poor. It seems to me we get an F- on lots of stuff.

[@stanleyhape8427]

Hey Rick seems like you have jumped to a lot of wrong conclusions, or maybe you just didn't understand the story.

[@FirstLast-ej1hn]

Channel 13 is lying because the homeless refuse every opportunity ever opportunity every offer of assistance they get unless it is cash. The homeless want cash for drugs alcohol and gambling. The homeless don't want responsibility. The homeless want to sleep anywhere go anywhere do anything define anything and they're addicted To cash no work lazy alcohol gambling. They don't want to be responsible. Channel 13 is lying. The homeless refuse help unless it's cash. They don't want to get off the streets they want to sleep anywhere

[@countrychristian3300]

So true and God is watching how the poor and the homeless are being treated. My heart is breaking right now for all the people who are being treated so unfairly and and with such inhumanity 😔 I sincerely pray for these people 🙏 as well as perpetrators to see the Heart of God before it is too late. Time is short. Jesus is coming back soon. My heart ❤ truly aches for today's 💔 😢 world and misplaced values.

[@FirstLast-ej1hn]

@@countrychristian3300 These guys are setting up homeless camps in the middle of neighborhoods and in the live neighborhoods and then the homeless go round and P and defile and rob and beg the neighborhood that they're in so there's a reason they're not allowed to be in certain neighborhoods in certain areas because they don't want to be honorable they don't want to be industrious they want to be homeless and just beg off of everybody and they refuse the help they're offered

[@See_thru_it_all]

Hi @Bob You used the word "of" instead of correctly using the word "have." The proper English way to say it is; "Your life must have been..." I didn't come here specifically to correct you, but to say that I agree with Rick. He shows Sympathy, you do not. Good luck with that. I hope you don't need sympathy one day, only to find someone like you advocating that you receive no sympathy.

[@michaelchristopher4859]

These are the stories I want covered! Bring attention to real issues that need to be addressed and how the people in power do anything to get in the way of progress but NOTHING to help. Too busy spending millions on new archways, welcome signs, stacks of colorful rocks in the desert... etc.

[@vivianwright910]

That’s too funny and sad at the same time

[@Rain-yh9ws]

Michael...yes i agree with u.

[@justice4896]

@@vivianwright910 What's to funny?

[@vivianwright910]

@@justice4896 I don’t mean literal funny

[@vivianwright910]

@@justice4896 actually I’m talking about the stupid thing that the taxpayers money is spent on. It’s funny how they find money to do things that don’t matter but when it comes to helping those in need, they can’t seem to find it

[@leeland3481]

So very sad. Shame on the officials that did this.

[@janicecast8422]

So let me get this straight. They don’t like to see homeless encampments, push them away, and then tear down their tiny homes that’s on private property? Are you kidding me? Why because there’s no money in it for them? What a set of evil selfish people. I feel sorry for them.

[@mollflanders9314]

You hit the nail on the head. It's all about money. Tiny home owners don't pay the taxes that big home owners do, and they don't need the services big home owners need, either. Smh.

[@gph9252]

@@mollflanders9314 services like water , electric and sanitary systems . wake up man .

[@sunnydayz9032]

@@gph9252 they don’t have those services on the streets either

[@jenninemorel7693]

@@gph9252 And property taxes

[@socalrefrigeration548]

You mean they shouldn't get jobs and earn money? McDonalds is paying $18/hr to any warm bodies right now.

[@kendra.achildress5210]

The people at New Leaf are angels! God bless each and everyone of them for not giving up on on the misfortune. This shows that the government doesn't care at all about homelessness and they will try their best to prevent stability for them.... so sad

[@dorarolfzen4132]

Yet illegally alien's enter The U S A & are helped with 💲 open arm's.

[@resolutionarybeing1885]

Yes, We need to look around and recognize all the expendable people caught in injustice. Thank you all who are making Sacred Choices for the well-being of all beings.

[@wholesome.footage3923]

God supposedly made everything. That means he also made the people who are responsible the Vietnam war, the Nayirah testimony, mass surveillance, poverty, biological warfare. He made all the parameters that define our reality. And this is our reality. I can think of a better world, a better society and I'm just a mere human, so why can't he? People argue that shit's just soooo much more rewarding when shit can actually potentially go sideways at all times. Wich I call bullshit, if that dude is all-powerful and all-knowing, he can envision a world without all this crap but simply can't or doesn't want to do anything about it. If I did't know any better and maybe was a big fan of coherence and logic, I would come to the conclusion, that this God person, if he were to actually exist, would be a giant piece of shit. God allowed for the Holocaust to happen.

[@ninabittrolff]

This is what president Trump says he wants to do if he gets back in office in 2024 plus he wants doctors phycology drs and drug addiction health care help available.

[@stannetaprospere4301]

I was homeless in Toronto Ontario. Leaving in a shelter is actual hell. There are people with mental health issues, drug users, violent ex-cons and bedbugs! I started looking into a tiny house because it was not that I could not afford an apartment it was that I could not get an apartment because there are no vacancies. I found out that Ontario does not allow tiny houses. Your house has to be over 1,200 square feet. It is insane. Because there are apartments in Toronto that are smaller than 1,200 square feet. So I can rent a 700 square ft apartment for $2,000 a month but I cannot build a 700 square ft tiny home that will be mine for $15,000. And our politicians think that that is okay. They're not discussing the housing crisis. Even though our Parks have turned into a tent city.

[@Myspace1986]

Someone sadly mislead you. You can legally build a small house as small as 182 sq ft but it does have to follow the Ontario building codes.

[@Tanlantas]

@@Myspace1986 So how many homeless are actually able to build one? I dont know about Canada, but that doesn't exactly work in places like California, New York, Michigan.. or in other cities. Working people are forced to live in cars because rent is beyond what they earn for a living. All these "tent" cities are forced to move, but nothing is offered to them to relocate to. What is the plan? Concentration camps? ooops.. I meant detention centers.

[@kirerunte1046]

@@Tanlantas yup camps and they want everyone dead

[@acosiak6191]

@@Myspace1986 That is what they say, however citizens have been mislead. There was a young Carpenter named Khaleel Seivwright who was building tiny homes for the homeless in the city according to the required Sq and building Codes. Mayor Tory interjected himself with some Toronto City Councilors and put a stop to it all. This guy has been trying to fight it. These Politicians lie out of their asses, or find loopholes to regulate and oppress the same liberties they claim to approve. Meanwhile, Toronto has a housing crisis. There are not enough rental properties available for those who can afford it, and as for those who are low income, or cannot there is a a waitlist of 100 000+ for public housing.

[@mollflanders9314]

It's all about money. Tiny house ppl aren't going to pay the taxes or need the services that big house ppl pay and need. And Govt wants you as trapped by the system as they can get you.

[@SurrDesSol]

This is RIDICULOUS! How can officials be so evil?!?!? This man's organization is genuinely trying to help the less fortunate. How can they find hope when every effort to help continues to be demolished! May God swiftly judge ALL responsible for causing these efforts to help the less fortunate to be thwarted. They won't get away with this...even if it seems they have. 😔

[@lori4089]

This is a damn shame! I am praying for the three people who need new shelter and the man who was kind enough to buy the land and have the tiny homes built! May the Lord bless them with something better🙏

[@dawnelliott8794]

Amen

[@longjohn3489]

Lori hit me up

[@TheBandit7613]

Let them move in with you then. These people are hooked on drugs. Crime follows them around.

[@marciabarreto780]

Amen!

[@selfesteem3447]

@@TheBandit7613 and you can believe what Chris says because he knows everything, he's Superior above all others.

[@claudiacampbell3948]

Absolutely criminal, legal or not. One can only hope these "officials" get to find themselves in the same boat, dealing with the same "official" attitudes, and no where to go.

[@fractuss]

Nothing will happen if locals aren't outraged and insist on change. Even then it's a tough road because official pricks like these only know the currently popular technique of doubling down on stupidity.

[@rampar77]

These official are working for the tax payers and home owners.

[@amartin9293]

Politicians make the laws and the regulations. THEY can do whatever they like unless the people fight back and replace them regularly,

[@ericglenn9984]

The only way these officials will feel that same type of feeling is if they're incarcerated in insolation.

[@stalcher1699]

@@rampar77 To spend tax dollars on heavy machinery for demolishing homes built with volunteer hours on private property? I wouldn't not think bulldozing small homes for homeless people is worth any tax dollars. And now having no place to be and loss of hope, crime rates will rise, and you think that's what home owners want?

[@patientzero5685]

When Americans are screaming about how “free” we are, why don’t they ever take up causes like this. Why aren’t we free to help each other?

[@evanl.3689]

Nothing is free and no one is free lad

[@lottatroublemaker6130]

@@evanl.3689 Actually that is incorrect…

[@gryphonennis1002]

because americans are brainwashed by the billionaires and their media to believe in only freedom for the wealthy.

[@0xsergy]

@@lottatroublemaker6130 its just the illusion of freedom, AKA american dream.

[@xagain3106]

@@lottatroublemaker6130 Soon they will charge you for AIR. They already charge you for clean water.

[@aplbrilliance1]

Someone needs to find out who that employee is and expose him/her for snitching on the homeless,.... how heartless can you be. I hope that person's karma hits in such a way that they will know what is like to be homeless and hopeless. I pray there's greater help coming to help all homeless people.

[@janedo-re-mi2738]

I hope they don't let this discourage them. I'm gonna make a donation to this organization. I really hope they use some of their funding to get legal assistance to get the necessary permits they need to build the houses permanently without risk of having them torn down for breaking codes.

[@elizabethlaird4171]

I was thinking same. Grants are available

[@janedo-re-mi2738]

@@elizabethlaird4171 right. They've got a wonderful idea on their hands. They just need to hire a lawer or legal team to help them build their tiny homes within the proper legal guidelines.

[@English_MoFo]

The BLM founder just bought a $50 MILLION house. Save your money.

[@scottmcelhiney323]

@@English_MoFo Yeah, for sure... must be true, read it on the interwebs.

[@scottmcelhiney323]

Actually, just made it up, cause I can't find anything about $50 million house bought by anyone involved.. did you decide it wasn't inflammatory enough that she bought some properties for about $500K or less and it's been reported she checked out some property in the Bahamas at some point? Oh no,, one oh her homes have gone up in value to $800K, better demolish or sell it out from under her... no one gets away with that!

[@cozmicgrrl4674]

This is infuriating. Unbelievable how callous these politicians are.

[@michaeln.2383]

Heartless!

[@patrioticcat5768]

Do we do anything knowing we outnumber the gov? No. Will this continue happening. Yes. It happend in LA years ago.

[@matonasesino4153]

Hmmm🤔 Maybe we should start calling them bunions🦶🏻

[@THEROOTMATTERS]

LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF "DEVIANT". MOST PROPERTY OWNERS AND GOVERNMENT PROTECTORS OF PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE TWISTED AND BENT LIKE DIRTY COPS WHO DO THE DIRTY WORK. THINK ABOUT IT. IS THIS THE LIFE YOU BELIEVE IN. THERE EVER WAS AN AMERICAN DREAM. IT WAS THE CARROT HELD OUT TO GET OUR FOLK TO STAND BY HELPLESSLY WHY OTHERS DESIGNED AND CALLED THE SHOTS. THE BIBLE WARNS WE ARE NOT TO BE CONFORMED TO THIS SYSTEM OF THINGS. EVERYTIME ALMIGHTY GOD PUNISHED HIS PEOPLE IT WAS DUE TO HOW THEY TREATED THE POOR. READ UP ON IT IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES AND RENEW YOUR HEART AND MIND. THIS SYSTEM IS WHACKED AND ITS DEVIANT UNJUST GREEDY GOV

[@THEROOTMATTERS]

Autocorrect error correction: THERE "NEVER" WAS AN AMERICAN DREAM, MY PRIOR COMMENT SAID "THERE EVER WAS AN AMERICAN DREAM."

[@cscam56]

This is one of the most disgusting actions by a city I’ve ever heard of.

[@cheetobreath123]

LA did a similar thing years ago. Where an independent guy building small homes for homeless than the city government instantly told him "no you cant do that, you need to stop now" and he couldnt continue

[@blainwilson7937]

This is nothing compared to what New Orleans did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

[@machinist7230]

If they allowed this it wouldn't stay at a few - You'd have shanty towns springing up all over Vegas.

[@dragonsword7370]

@@rhondareed3002 and yet it's hard to EARN without an address. No address means no ID's, no records mean you can only work under the table and means no credit history. No info means banks ignore you, you'll get picked up for vagrancy and be jailed and lose everything and start over again. Needing an address for ID, which means no hirin... I'll meet you partway and agree that If they hadn't had anything even close to a porta potty service out there and a water connection you have a point but the alternative is honestly worst looking, and more dangerous.

[@peterlittlehorse5695]

Like Boston taking the homeless alcoholics out of their wheelchairs and crushing the wheelchairs in a garbage truck.

[@mariapyrc6862]

Something a little stronger than a tent and they take that away from them...heartbreaking

[@VincentVanHorn]

Sounds like if the local community gives a damn at all, they need to band together, publicly identify and call out all involved city and state officials behind it all, and take action to get them removed from office. Hold them accountable! "What you tolerate will continue."

[@KD-qp3gc]

People can't even have a discussion over real issues. Seriously?

[@VincentVanHorn]

@@KD-qp3gc Do you know something about it all that is not being reported?

[@lexstacks6944]

You should take in a couple homeless people in your home. Everyone has to do there part.. here in Phoenix, the homeless problem is spiraling outa control.

[@VincentVanHorn]

@@nashvillain171 There are people trying to help these folks, just for the sake of good, and even trying to go through proper channels to get something done, only to have government and their cronies come in and grind it all to dust. "What you tolerate will continue." Yes, it applies to homelessness. But good people can do nothing while hamstrung by the 'elected' who stand in the way. Now the border areas, with the invasion going on...? That is unfortunately a horse of another color. Same problem, yes, but far different circumstances, and ....*gasp* our government, arm in arm with criminal cartels and traffickers, is behind it all. "What you tolerate will continue." What Is so hard to understand here...?

[@bigbay1159]

Alright lead the charge, we're here waiting. And something tells me that isn't going to change...

[@samisam3780]

Anybody, absolutely anybody can end up homeless. You don't have to be an addict, any life changing event can bring you to being homeless.

[@ajearlywine4622]

even if your an addict theres no reason you shouldn't have the right to housing

[@LaFonteCheVi]

The overwhelming majority of these people have mental illnesses and/or drug addictions that have led them there. There are PLENTY of jobs, but if you actually look into these people's histories you'll find nearly 100% of the time they blow every opportunity given to them.

[@LaFonteCheVi]

@@ajearlywine4622 "theres no reason you shouldn't have the right to housing" Housing is not a right, nor should it ever people. Nothing in life is free. You want these people to have free houses? You pay for it instead of forcing everyone else to food the bill.

[@novaangle2183]

I've experienced homelessness multiple times for many many years since I was a kid. We lost our home and I don't know why since i was so young. Literally starved and traveled around as a family and no one cared. Homelessness taught me a good lesson on how little most people really care about others...

[@daniaann]

I was a homeless veteran. I'm not anymore, thank YAHUAH.

[@juliesakioka3717]

I can’t believe this happened!! Those tiny homes were a great starting over point. I hope something happens for those people.

[@tomseller2234]

The guys name is Savage iam not surprised he’s probably a sex offender that’s why he didn’t give he’s real name

[@educationentertainment-tv]

I can believe it, these people are evil under greed and capitalism

[@cosmicllama6910]

I hope enough of us wake up and overthrow the government before it's too late. They are driving us all homeless on purpose. They will keep raising property taxes until renters and homeowners are all in the same boat.

[@johngirard8554]

Pray for the Homeless people.😥😓😢😰😤😠😡😠😡😤😥😓😢😰🕯️🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏

[@MisstressMourtisha]

They don't generate property taxes. That's why off grid is being attacked. Its about money. The leaders don't gaf about anything but money

[@jamesbroomfield7799]

Wow. It actually costs money to tear down and dispose those tiny homes. Smh. Shame on North Las Vegas. I'm sure some politician didn't get their kick back or a big builder wants to build a Walmart there so the politicians don't want ppl living there. They're worried about people following code but these ppl are homeless. There needs to be laws that protect homeless ppl. It's sad because the land was actually purchased so it's not like they just squatted on someone's land. The man's charity bought the land. It's sad to see that these ppl we vote into office are supposed to be our voice up on the round table and up in Washington. DC. Just think. These politicians that we vote in are supposed to be voting on things that benefit us and help our lives be easier etc. When you think about it , it's laughable. To think these snotty, bouchie politicians are fighting and arguing on our behalf is like believing in Santa Claus. They only vote for things thar benefit them, or benefit their donors. The ppl that give them tons of money are the ones that get looked out for. So regular, everyday citizens are scum and dirt on their Loui V boots to them. They could give a rats ass about their constituents. I wish I would've paid more attention to politics as I was growing up. I think this is why nobody says anything because they just don't know or realize how our government works. And politics seems so foreign and alien to a high school student. But if any younger ppl are reading this, please get involved in your community and understand how your tax dollars get put to use etc.

[@jimbendtsen8841]

You're just full of sh*t.

[@karensonlyfansphotographer7014]

Gotta keep those rent values and airbnb "playas" dreams alive.

[@jillbarling2023]

Protocols. Violations. Procedures. Permit$. Progress? I think not

[@1TITANUP]

@@TheHouseAlwaysWins-xs8zd I bet for cost of demo on the tiny home Vegas could have built a multi bathroom and shower's in a common area and heat and air I'm sure they would have fixed a $20 space heater and $150 window. Vegas needs to help fix it that's what all people love to see come to Vegas for fun instead see a bunch of people sleep on side walk

[@Suisfonia]

@@1TITANUP Except that's what they were going to do, they had plans to set up a common area and were waiting on the city to authorize the installation of water and sewage pipes, which the southern Nevada water authority was constantly delaying on.

[@shaelynnstilson9945]

The way we treat our fellow human beings is absolutely disgusting. Heartless, soulless, greedy society.

[@mactown91210]

Well this sucks! Big ups to my man here. He’s out here doing the work. Need more people like him in this wicked world.

[@thinkcasting3182]

Oh, boo hoo. I'm soooo sad for these leeches of society. Boo hoo. I hope their sky boogieman helps them with some free sht. Oh, boo hoo.

[@jethroneemo2150]

Where do you live? I'll pay some of the bums in my neighborhood to come do their drugs on YOUR driveway. Then you can brag about what an awesome person you are.

[@yvettevernet4759]

It is heartbreaking when one knows that the people who have allowed tiny homes to be demolished,tiny homes that gave shelter and safety to people,live themselves in luxury!

[@hobomike6935]

@@jethroneemo2150 I'd have to agree with you. most homeless people are "bums" (vagrants who don't want to work for a living) crooks, or convicted felons that technically should not be allowed out of jails because they're extremely likely to commit more crimes. (I'd say about 60-70% are bums.) in California/Nevada especially, where Drug usage is through the roof, that percentage is probably up to about 80-90%. however, I do feel kinda bad for that other 20% that are genuinely working really hard and trying to attain some kind of an acceptable life, and keep taking it on the nose from economic collapse and our incompetent government that infinitely garners and then wastes this country's public funding, and then claims there's "not enough money" in their various ineffective programs for homeless people. This joker with the beard 2:02 decided to try and go ahead anyway without waiting on the government to tell him "yes" or "no," and paid the price for it. whether that was right or wrong is a matter of opinion, but personally I feel like he was in the right. we've been standing around for 5 years giving the government thousands, and the problem's not getting fixed; so he decided to exercise a little freedom and do it himself on land that *he* bought. (but oh God forbid we have any kind of freedom or choice in this country, unless you've got lots of money.)

[@hobomike6935]

the primary problem is the homeless people (get a freakin job or go get off your substances at the shelter) and the government (stop wasting and spending all this money on ineffective "initiatives" that never get completed) not the 1 or 2 dudes that are attempting to fix the lack of housing everyone else has given up on. I'd have to side with Joseph at the end of the day, as long as he's got some kind of "screening" to keep people who don't deserve the homes from moving in (i.e. if you're a junkie, a brawler, a murderer, a thief, or in any other way a blight on society, you're out.)

[@shaunwilkinson7660]

What really disturbs me is that these people had a chance to bounce back and get their lives back. Now they have nothing once again. Being kicked back down. What a shame. Instead of having a heart those officials would rather keep their own citizens down.

[@amygirl1661]

I applaud this guy for the way he kept trying. The tiny house movement started as an act of civil disobedience and it should continue. If governments can't act quickly enough to solve the housing crisis, citizens need to take matters into their own hands. Where do I click to donate?

[@Kronos0999]

If everyone lived for free, nobody'd work

[@Anonymous-bi5pv]

@@Kronos0999 based

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

@@Kronos0999 My man, people have socialized housing in Cuba and they had it in every other socialist country. It works, people still do work, furthermore...they would still need money for food and other essentials, so I see no reason they would not need to work

[@Celisar1]

@@Kronos0999 that is as dumb as it is heartless.

[@DeathbornGamer]

@@Kronos0999 working is lame tho

[@lakotatoafrika]

This is horrible. Any one of us could be in their situation. Those officials have no heart. I hope New Leaf is able to thrive despite all that comes against them to help the homeless.

[@2DanTube]

We have a Lieocracy run by tax whores with a CONstitution.

[@resolutionarybeing1885]

NO HEART< NO MORALS< NO CONSCIENCE< NO COMPASSION

[@barrylindeboom3053]

I think the officials should be thrown out on the streets with the homeless!

[@2DanTube]

@@barrylindeboom3053 Better yet - the homeless ought to pitch in and landscape the town with lots of grassy knolls.

[@toniesedrick691]

@@barrylindeboom3053 More like tossed out in the streets by the homeless. Let them see what it is like to be heartless.

[@rdt8]

Darcy, you and your team deserve an Emmy for this series. Thank you for shining a light on the bureaucratic and inhumane travesties and injustices committed by the city of North Las Vegas. This story will gain international media coverage and I hope that moving forward solid, safe, and most importantly expedient housing solutions will be once again rebuilt for these most vulnerable homeless citizens in your community.

[@shamaradanielson1945]

@@TheHouseAlwaysWins-xs8zd copy paste repeat copy paste repeat etc etc etc 🙄

[@thepcal9654]

No one wants to live next to a gathering of addicts, even if some of them are in recovery. Big waste of resources to not work with the local government to determine where they would permit the camp.

[@GloriaW888]

Joseph Lankowski is doing his best to help people in need. His time, energy, effort and money does not go unnoticed. Yet the officials have the audacity to throw it all away. Many homeless people suffer from mental and / or physical illness; often caused by childhood, teen or young adult trauma. The government and insurance companies do not offer affordable mental / health care. Communities should be coming together for the greater good, not demolishing each other. Officials should be showing a positive example.

[@annalisavajda252]

Oh they don't care about that even veterans with ptsd are treated like garbage or someone could have a head injury or other invisible injury they just think people are lazy no empathy for their circumstances etc. Then the same assh*les virtue signal now about saving babies by banning abortions as if they all have a nice life ahead of them.

[@mikex5984]

It’s not in their nature. Politicians are the mean chick in the high school flicks that sabotage you when you shine in order to be cheerleader or football captain or whatever. It’s s popularity contest. All about image. They don’t care about their constituents. That’s why we need the actual people in office. Not some trust fund brat selectively bred for the role by the greediest and most morally depraved clsss of man. Uber wealthy old money. Only a few ways you could get rich back then. All or most included blood on your hands. Temper your expectations when it comes to con men

[@vivianwright910]

There is no politician on this earth that cares anything about these people. All they do is destroy

[@journeytrials]

In the old times Christian churches would be healing and taking in the poor. But hey, the churches in USA 🇺🇸 are dead and no one gives a damn about anyone anymore. The love of many has run cold. The government will do it, the government will do attitude and mindset has distorted the USA and everyone away from responsibility. That’s fine, the USA will always have the poor no matter what age or time!

[@mawi1172]

And all these "mentally ill" people you talk about? They have been given a choice and the streets are preferable to men in white work clothes that keep them caged and abused.

[@janetrathnau2645]

This is just so cruel. How can anyone take away someone's home, shelter, safety, hope and live with themselves? Politicians make selfish, horrible, sinful decisions.

[@annasimons389]

have you seen how disgusting the homeless are? they shit everywhere and shoot up drugs and harass children. They need to be dumped on an island somehwere.

[@Luna-mx7fi]

True 💯 especially the ones from that area. The city employee who reported that is complete trash I hope that person gets karma.

[@cosmicllama6910]

@@Luna-mx7fi we should be the ones bringing the karma to them. For us younger people we have the responsibility to revolt, revolutionize and put an end to this shyt

[@a.f.7246]

It's sinful & cruel

[@alzychoze6591]

May they rot in hell.

[@greenbyrd3665]

God bless this man for his pure heart. Hope he doesn't give up on his desire to help those without shelter.

[@angelm1750]

Hopefully he becomes even more determined to not give up!! 🙏

[@historypandas7]

This man would do a much better job as a president than Biden. If Biden is so willing to spend money from American taxpayers on Ukraine perhaps he should consider being a politician in Ukraine.

[@mobiusraptor7]

I know I would have. What's the point of working hard on something only for someone to come in and raze it down? But those who labor in the Lord shall not labor in vain.

[@tinacarpenter746]

You never give up on things like this. Its in your blood, I THOUGHT we were all like that, I couldnt have been more wrong

[@themamabearlife3339]

Hopefully he learned his lesson, and will do it legally the next time. Had he simply bought land zoned for "multi-family" instead of "single family", none of that would have happened.

[@betsysmith9023]

Homelessness is usually the result of bad choices. Prayers for all the people affected. I can’t imagine the hopelessness.

[@MsArrika]

Note: aware of the typos, apologies. Not untrue but you're over generalizing and over simplifying. Some people like my sister-in-law outright choose to be homeless, although I wouldn't be surprised to find out she lacks the cognitive ability to understand the gravity of her circumstances and make appropriate responsible decisions. Others end up with a crappy situation they have little to no control over. When my husband and I had tk sleep in our car for a month out hear in 2021 my mother in law lost her mind and drove us out of her mother's home. We had no one else to turn to and his grandmother just let her do it... leading to being jailed for trespassing in a park whose gates were fully open and no signs posted anywhere to let anyone know it closed at a certain time or at all. Leading to being fired from my job of 10 years as a DSP in a healthcare facility. Leading to fines I can't afford, a warrant I can't pay, and now not being able to get a job because of said warrants and fines. Now I have a warrant on my name so i can't go anywhere without fearing I'll be harassed by police for whatever and ang reason. Thats my current hell because of a dysfunctional family home and having to use the bathroom late night and not having no choice but to use a public restroom after I get off of work at 12am. Bur ya know, I have a record so my existence is worthless now and I deserve the bs I have to go through because of it. Not just me but my husband and my newborn son are effected as well so.. maybe you personally don't think that way but ive met plenty who do.

[@speedzero7478]

So wait a minute, this land was bought and paid for, and the city was just able to come in and bulldoze it like that? Evil. All I see is evil in power.

[@thekid1597]

Just because your name is on the deed doesn't mean you own it,Unfortunately that's the reality now, the city still has a say in what you can do with your property, the American Dream is a scam.

[@marshalljulie3676]

Exactly can you imagine hearing something like that happening in China it would have been breaking News in the media. This is very cruel and not normal like I've never seen any other developed countries treat homeless like this.

[@Deepgoat]

@@marshalljulie3676 Are you stupid? This kind of stuff and worse happens in China and they laugh. The Chinese are nearly heartless compared to us.

[@ChinkyChan]

Yea I would of shot them for trespassing.

[@crazybusdriver1]

@@russellmorrow8385 stop bien as ass hat, The story is about a guy trying to help his community and the city screws him over, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.😠😠

[@ME-mu4tx]

I absolutely love this guy's persistence and admire his determination. These politicians are just cruel

[@B_Bodziak]

it is up to the rest of *us* to speak (and vote) for them. Situations and incidents like this, makes me wonder if there's more of a financial incentive to keep the area's number of homeless and not allow it to diminish. Does the federal government dole out X number of dollars per homeless individual to Nevada -- or perhaps, the NV state gov't doles out funds based upon the number homeless residents, and the funds are specifically intended to alleviate or lessen the number of homeless. Perhaps, individuals in the local government --are being paid off-- have an incentive to keep the number of homeless from declining. The property owners living adjacent to this piece of land have not been complaining, and it's most often the nearby property owners complaining as a homeless "campsite" or village usually lowers the value of their own property. However, this doesn't seem to be the case. The gentleman in the video has been incredibly persistent as many, if not most, would have abandoned this project at the first or second hiccup. He's the type of person who deserves a medal, not the Rush Limbaugh type.

[@B_Bodziak]

don't donate to campaigns. That's why

[@B_Bodziak]

One huge reason politicians/local governments don't care is b/c by and large, homeless citizens don't vote, and they certainly

[@jimmyb1356]

Notice they don’t bring up politics when it’s Democrats

[@dakotaperalta1302]

They need to be destroyed.

[@SuperRemi333]

This is really evil because the city and/or state don't want to take care of their homeless problem and yet they won't allow someone else to do it. Just shows they don't give a damn about their homeless citizens! Too sad!

[@JCG0001]

"Because the homeless are there to scare the shit out of the middle class so they will stay in line and work harder."- George Carlin

[@Soul_Alpha]

They're getting so much money by keeping people homeless especially if there's drug use, drugs make business boom money wise in the legal system.

[@amartin9293]

Yes in Seattle the Leftists in power wouldn't allow churches to help the homeless in many ways. Codes, it upset the neighbors or some such sh**,

[@sarahrosen4985]

If you don't care, it isn't on your mind. When you actively hate, it is very much on your mind and you do something like this.

[@seth03131989]

Who gives them the right? That is destruction of property. They didn't even let them take their stuff out. Its disgusting, have some human decency

[@kathybrant571]

Just the fact alone that they were not allowed to get their personal belongings or have notice of demolition is cruel and unusual punishment. With no other options, they could have temporarily postponed this so communications/conversations could have happened to try to find solutions. This is just terrible. God bless this man who is attempting to help out these homeless Americans. I would love to see the people responsible spend the night out on the streets including sleeping on the hard ground on a cold and rainy night.

[@kmora7360]

Amen

[@t_c5266]

What ever it takes to get these leeches out of society

[@haydenlandry3837]

@@t_c5266 damn you in every comment?

[@t_c5266]

@@haydenlandry3837 just scrolling through and making sure pertinent comments are replied to

[@DanSmith-fj1uw]

@@t_c5266 how sad and pathetic must your life be scrolling through every comment on what was supposed to be a positive message and just hating on people less fortunate than yourself

[@stanmajor5062]

How can they do this to people trying to get their life’s back! Absolutely disgusting!

[@thomasc5753]

I know! The people building the tiny homes should be ashamed for not following the rules! This is what happens when people skip the first step. Once again the homeless people are the ones that suffer because they trusted a idiot that pretended there was no rules. Couldn’t even build a fence right and got the mini houses destroyed.

[@do9138]

@channelofstuff Tax the poor! Tax breaks for the rich! Typical GQP. Bet you call yourself a "Christian," too. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cosmicllama6910]

We're not supposed to get our lives back

[@stanmajor5062]

@@cosmicllama6910 are you stupid! They are homeless people! We have to help them if we can!

[@gph9252]

not to be mean , but half of these people are not trying to get their life together . you go out and every store around has help wanted signs on their doors . you are not going to live the life of riley on the pay but with govt. help its a start . i said my piece , now let everybody start lashing me . i just say , think about what you would you do if you were put in this situation .

[@sandrajohnson6005]

I lived in Vegas for 2 years and was aghast at the sheer numbers of homeless people I saw there. In a city that creates so much revenue off of the millions that come to that city, the city can afford to do something to help provide housing for the people and a hand up. It's sickening to see such a lack of empathy in our city leadership.

[@TheCompbuzz]

Pretty much all major cities have a homeless crisis, some my do a better job at hiding it then others.

[@sandrajohnson6005]

@@TheCompbuzz I've not lived in a major city for the last 7 years. The last was Las Vegas. The homeless population is massive there. I live an hour and a half away from a large city now and don't go more than maybe once a year.

[@kirerunte1046]

@@sandrajohnson6005 enjoy the future your kids are going to have

[@julesherman6802]

@@TheCompbuzz thats just the US.

[@Vegaslocal]

OMG you need to go to LA and see a real crisis.

[@dianebrown5448]

This is bull. Give these people Hope. This is what tiny homes do. Politicians are useless, except for the rich. Every town with homeless issues should set aside land for tiny homes, this gets them off the street, gets them help. Heartless bureaucrats.

[@Cuernavacachica02]

It is cruel. It’s also despicable. They take federal money for “dealing” with the homeless, but what are they doing? Nothing. It’s not hard to change the zoning. Jerks!

[@STV-H4H]

True, but like every homeowner who works very hard to make sure they are safe and secure, they also don’t want their property values to plummet because 6blocks away is a growing homeless encampment filled with junkies and crime who use the systems handouts like they do one another. And would jump at an opportunity to sue someone who appears to have means. Not in my neighborhood isn’t a phrase that means nothing. I sure as hell feel bad for these people but they often are not victims but architects of their own situation.

[@douglashoward9616]

@@STV-H4H it's a desert.

[@douglashoward9616]

They do take in millions to help the homeless. They take those millions and hire and army "police" to battle the people not help them.

[@Cuernavacachica02]

@@STV-H4H in part that is very true. If they were not encouraged by our own government it would be a different story.

[@nathancochran4694]

@@STV-H4H I think the dwindling water supply will do more damage to Vegas home values than a few decent looking sheds in an otherwise empty lot.

[@IvarDaigon]

its a sad day when you cant even live in a tiny house in the middle of the desert without bureaucrats destroying your home because its not big enough.

[@jeytex3161]

This is disgusting ! How can we treat other people like this? City offices and those governing in them has lost heart for all the people they serve. There is more games played hiding behind ordinances then efforts taken to help. So sad that this happened when no local complaints were ever raised. Wake up people!

[@jonkline709]

Have u been to that city lately

[@jeytex3161]

@@jonkline709 are you referring to Las Vegas/ North Las Vegas ?

[@russellstarr9111]

Unfortunately, it seems that these officials believe homeless people can't or won't vote. Thus they don't care about them.

[@zulaikagould9230]

Why don't you invite them into your homes?

[@FoulPet]

Let them camp at your house.

[@tarekbendjenni7037]

So from what I understood it's safer to live on the streets than a tiny home according to the city officials? Correct me if I'm wrong

[@adenisell]

The lack of empathy by these officials is disgusting. Shame on them.

[@Nollugs5111]

Pray they don't ever find themselves in these dire straits. Homelessness can happen in a twinkle of an eye

[@JutlandAngel]

Sadly this has been going on for years, 5+ years ago there was another guy who build homeless shelters where they also took them away. Iirc the reason that time was that the mini houses were an eyesore.

[@sharonquintana6409]

Vote all the politicians out!!!

[@cosmicllama6910]

this is the heart and soul of America, having none.

[@vitaman6827]

See God flooded Las Vegas. KEEP PRAYING FOR GOD TO AVENGE. They gonna learn today!

[@gwynadams4069]

This is heartbreaking, but I'm so grateful that this was covered. Please provide ways for people to speak out and contribute.

[@dakotaperalta1302]

The people shouldn't have to pay the government and do the governments job. They need to get tf out of my country. I served for nothing. For tyrannists to dictate the lives of innocents using mental gymnastics and leveraging a million laws to their advantage even when the accused are hurting nobody. It's fucking next to impossible for an ordinary citizen to live anywhere in Cali and this is a massive problem.

[@jimgordon6629]

So someone comes up with a plan to really help the homeless situation and it is just crushed. What a cruel thing to do, with the destroyers of the tiny homes bulldozing personal property along with the tiny homes. This is quite shameful!

[@AnExistanceOfNothing]

Not even that. Someone comes up with a plan, and it's crushed. Then they come up with another plan, and it gets towed. Then they come up with *another* plan, and that also gets crushed, in the name of a law that has an expiration date. It could be understandable for a city to be caught off guard by grassroots movements, overreact, then try to work with those movements in a way the city is comfortable with, but at this point they're solidly in opposition to doing something. They're probably banking on the cheapest "solution", which is to be so callous and cruel that the unhoused just leave.

[@edwinamendelssohn5129]

They don't want to fix the problem. They get money to think about fixing it. They are out of a job if they actually fix it

[@rwhunt99]

A few years ago, I would say this couldn't be happening in the United States. What happened ??

[@jessielyn8944]

Yep because they need desperate people to stay in power

[@wanhanlu9825]

you need city EPA & code approval for everything or they come fine and destroy

[@arleneportsmouth1263]

Thank you KTNV and Darcy for your coverage on this VITALLY CRUCIAL STORY. 🏆 The city officials who were responsible for yet again, committing such atrocities against these citizens MUST EACH BE FINED and Compensation given to the New Leaf group. I find it unconscionable that rather than assisting these efforts to house the homeless, they CHOSE to DESTROY the ONLY HOPE that these unfortunate individuals had of having a "makeshift" roof over their head. 😡🤬 I hope that the people who were involved in the demolition of these and the ticketing and towing of them ends up homeless in very short order. 😤 I have been in the New Home building business for over 25 years and it takes eons to get a "City Official" to even review a permit, an inspection, complaint or any document and then completing the necessary documents and then reviewing them at the weekly board meetings. I can bet you 100 million dollars that the NECESSARY DOCUMENTS to DEMOLISH these structures on a PRIVATELY OWNED PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS NOT EVEN SIGNED ✍ OFF NOR APPROVED BY A JUDGE IN COURT!!! 👊✍ The SHORTEST TIME PERIOD FOR ANY LEGAL ACTION IN CONSTRUCTION/EVICTION IS THIRTY (30) DAYS. I built my first home in Irvine, California in 1986-1987. Spent MANY YEARS 40 + in CONSTRUCTION & FINANCE. I built my last home in severely Mormon bureaucratic Southern Utah from 2011 - 2016. I was told by several different individuals that I would never be permitted to live in the home that I built with my own cash because I did not have a husband and I was not baptized by the Mormon cult. So I do have my fair amount of experience dealing with individuals who will do anything in their power to make sure you do not eat live or breathe in their state because you do not need a man for nor can I provide all of those people with the amount of elicit drugs that they wanted. I am currently in Vegas and I will attempt to reach out t o this New Leaf to ask if I can be of assistance in some way. In the very least I can design a 1200 square foot structure where they could provide a decent facility for these people to get meals and showered. All I can say is shame Shame Shame Shame on those people for not helping this man attempting to help these people in need.

[@BrandedChronicles]

No one that goes homes to a warm bed should tear down someone’s home. Period. Literally because someone said this land here should only be used for single family homes they bulldozed it. In all honesty permission is not due for peace of mind and ability to br clean and sober. Human beings can be so cruel and heartless and we talk about animals living in the wild being crazy when they’re deliberate about their choices bc it’s related to survival. Such a disgrace

[@harrietharlow9929]

Thank you. I was homeless for a time and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Maybe those who want to tear down homeless people's tiny homes should think how they'd like that happening to them. We're all in this thing called life together and if nothing else should not seek to make other people's lives harder or more miserable.

[@BrandedChronicles]

@Spencer York Yeah but it is their peace of mind and possible means of stability. Why do money hungry bafoons not understand that GETTING BETTER requires A STARTING PLACE TO GET BETTER? So sorry us homeless people are not born with a silver spoon don’t mean keep taking away my ability to get on! Sh** it’s that that simple 🤷🏾‍♂️ but y’all some patriots. I’m a vet. No one understands until you don’t have privacy or place to lay your head how It does change your mind and how you even deal with people!! You don’t have anything!!!!

[@BrandedChronicles]

@@harrietharlow9929 same! And I’m not going to put my whole life story I wish I could so people understand recovery begins with feeling like you have SOMETHING THAT IS YOURS!!! It angers me that there are people that don’t want me to have anything. Where am I supposed to get ahead? Oh that’s right, I’m not supposed to in everybody else head bc I’m down on my luck. Fcku every single soul that wants to keep others down. There is a special place in hell for folks that kick people when they can’t get any lower.

[@BrandedChronicles]

@Spencer York Ok massa

[@chrisking1457]

@Spencer York it's not the governments property to destroy.

[@surrenderdaily333]

This is exactly the difficulty that not only homeless but also people living below the poverty level who want to better their lives run into. This has been happening for decades. Glad to see someone is finally noticing the over-regulation of everything anyone tries to do to better themselves. There was a better chance of living a good life or bettering yourself hundreds of years ago when there wasn't all this bureaucratic bs to deal with. I hope a good-hearted lawyer will see this and sue the city and give the money to that guy so he can build more places for those homeless people to live.

[@xagain3106]

The Wealthy always pulling up ladders. How DARE anyone become one of them. The nerf. The cattle.

[@jwonz2054]

@@xagain3106 It isn't the wealthy pulling up ladders, it is good intentions producing cumbersome bureaucracy that causes problems. The student loan debacle was from good intentions going awry. Building zoning is done with good intentions to organize a city in a sensible way. Most problems are symptoms from well-meaning laws.

[@は私です彼の名前]

@@jwonz2054 you are either very optimistic or very naïve

[@wakeuppeoplewakethefup.4540]

Yeah, so a small group of people that got lucky, can decide what's best for humanity? HELL NO, Research the connections these politicians and CEO's had before arriving in D.C. with license to rape, pillage and steal.

[@ZombieBarioth]

@@は私です彼の名前 No they're right, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Plenty of laws probably seemed like good ideas at the time, no matter how terrible they might be in hindsight. The problem is that whenever exploits are found the exploiter isn't punished and the exploit fixed, they're rewarded and the exploit becomes a "feature". Now fixing it is troublesome because people like it, such as how nobody wants apartments or mobile homes in "their" neighborhood, only nice single-family homes with a white picket fences.

[@wildbuslife]

There is no excuse for this level of tyranny against a citizen of a supposedly free country with civil rights guaranteed by the constitution. Not only inhumane and without compassion, these actions will also prove to be illegal and end up costing the authority that perpetrated this crime, but the taxpayer in the long run. Those in charge of this action need to be held accountable.

[@ricknelsonm]

They are criminals for doing this, , they have earned the hate from the public, but they are cowards and are hiding so no one knows who gave the orders to destroy the tiny homes

[@wildbuslife]

@@ricknelsonm I know there are constitutional violations here and local, regional/county or State laws cannot trump the constitution. Your home is your castle. Where was due process? Where were the warrants to breach someone's home, seize their property and take it by theft (the destruction of it)? Under color of law, to commit these crimes, violate inalienable rights, violate someone's home, is most egregious and they NEED to be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Case law on the sovereignty of the home is well established to the extent that those involved, law enforcement, town council, mayor, whoever, should loose their qualified immunity and be personally liable. I'm guessing this is going to cost the powers that be and even the taxpayers a LOT of money. But it needs to happen to stop this kind of tyranny!

[@scott2862]

@@wildbuslife they didn’t pull permits to build. They didn’t have water and Seems nobody cared to do it correctly. That’s what sucks.

[@pamelaremme38]

A Citizen is a masonic slave. We are Sovereign Nationals with our Bill of Rights and Common Law Courts as our true God given rights. The CONstitution has never been ratified by we the people. It is an Admirality/Maritime Law system (law of the water) British rule. Law of the water is never suppose to be on our land. Search Gold fringes around the American flag. Problem: Our common law courts have been removed. The fix is in. The only thing we do have left is Article 11 of our Bill of Rights. We are at war.

[@wildbuslife]

@@scott2862 Doesn't matter. It was their home. They are entitled to due process and two wrongs never make a right, the authorities need to follow the law and not circumvent Constitutional Rights. The laws are in place to work issues like this out and not for Government to ignore to run roughshod over people and their rights.

[@PSMITHjl]

The city council needs to explain how they’re going to rectify this attach on the vulnerable.

[@rebasmom4575]

This is done to discourage anyone from trying to develop a solution to our homeless crisis! Shame on these politicians and how do you live with yourself when you hear how the tiny homes brought so much hope to the homeless. I'm disgusted by the fact that this was a viable solution and someone gave the order to bulldoze! This cannot be how we treat our fellow citizens!

[@kts7113]

This is exactly what you get when you vote Republican!! They only care about giving millionaires and billionaires tax credit!!

[@YesYourRight]

Sisolak did this

[@MrSkydiver604]

It's not in the best interest of the politicians, social workers, addiction counsellors and administrators that run the state owned homeless shelters to develop a viable solution to poverty and homelessness. It's big business and their jobs that are usually paid for by the taxpayer depend on the steady supply of homeless poor people and addicts to keep them employed. Don't expect it to change, that's not going to happen, too many bureaucrats have too much to lose.

[@MrSkydiver604]

Additionally the politicians in both the Republican and Democratic parties don't give a shit, they're too busy fighting amongst themselves trying to one up and discredit the other guy while keeping the American people divided and fighting amongst themselves and also too busy to notice the politicians aren't working for the people. if the politicians in both parties put as much effort into doing their jobs working for the people as they do fighting amongst themselves the USA would be an awesome place to live

[@amartin9293]

I'd love to see the ones who made this decision have to live out in the streets (without help) for a few moths. That would be a just punishment.

[@briangc1972]

It is criminal that so many communities have made being homeless a crime and they pass laws making it almost impossible for the homeless to become self sufficient, productive members of the community.

[@joejones9520]

pretty soon professionals will start to lose their jobs to AI and that is when we'll see positive and long-overdue solutions to poverty and homelessness.

[@Wooley689]

So this guy and others like him helping with shelter is doing what "Officials" should be doing but aren't. The city is embarrassed because they have all these stupid regs and hoops they use for their reason of inaction, but here this guy goes and does it. Well, the city can't be having that now can they. It boils down to money and politics playing with people's lives as if it is all just a game.

[@robertwalker3523]

Full circle from healthcare. Homeless and violence all connected but when you profit from all of those why would you make it safer.

[@hobosapiensxx]

@@TheHouseAlwaysWins-xs8zd keep in mind that these "violations" are the result of having every alternative taken from them.

[@generals.patton546]

Said by a person who never has been around or seen how the homeless act, majority of them are on the streets by CHOICE, not working and looking for free handouts. You know who pays for that right? You, and all your hard work, when the government steals money from you, they give it to people who are doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING with their lives and making no attempts to improve it, giving them housing for free is only a band aid on the wound. If you don't care about money or greed, why not offer your back yard or bedrooms to all the homeless you can. Oh wait.. you are just pretending like you actually care about helping them, instead of actually wanting to help them by not giving them handouts. "Give a man a fish you feed him a day, teach a man to fish you feed him for life". Must not have had a good father to teach you that one. Funny how you neglect to mention how those homeless were actively polluting and throwing their trash all over, the property had MULTIPLE CITY VIOLATIONS, it was unsanitary, and unsafe, like a majority of homeless are.

[@hobosapiensxx]

@@generals.patton546 said by a sub human who's never been homeless. Why would someone choose this? You love when the government steals and gives the money to cops. Most homeless do try to improve their lives, there's just not a whole lot that can be done. And how would giving them homes be a band-aid? I really don't think you know what that analogy means. (You then suggest one person take in all boneless, a problem your helped create) Don't care about money & greed? No one said that. You're the last person with the right to tell anybody they don't care about the homeless when your just said we don't need help and want to be here and not improve ourselves. once again, you must not understand the "teach a man how to fish" analogy. That would mean giving them homes, which you're against. Can't imagine you're a good father if you can't teach that properly. And you guys are litterbugs too. Never mind you're lying, apparently you believe littering warrants demolition. And why do you think majority of homeless are unsanitary and unsafe? Because you made us that way. Stop bitching or actually help. Patton was cringe coward, btw just like you. ;)

[@generals.patton546]

@@hobosapiensxx People choose the life of homeless because they know they will get free handouts, free housing, they like the lack of responsibility in their lives to improve themselves, you talk exactly like a person who actually hasn't experienced what homeless people are like. Giving them homes would be a band aid because it would teach them that they don't need to work to get a single thing in life, which perpetuates the lazy mentality. Funny how you would never allow or let a homeless person into your own house, but you pretend like you actually care. Teaching a man to fish analogy does not at all mean giving them a house. It means they have to work hard to get that house, talk about someone not understanding analogies, because you don't. You've never seen a homeless camp before, they are bastions of filthy and thievery as I recall I don't remember making them like that, nor throwing trash in their nasty camps, they are perfectly capable of doing that all on their own. Gotta like the child like personal attacks from someone who pretends to care, no idea why you brought Patton into it, he was far from a coward, he was always on the front with his men, so okay I guess?

[@OsoWindWalker]

I was homeless for 2 years during The Lock down I was fortunate enough to Rebound and get my life back together again I own property now in Kansas...