Sinking North Las Vegas neighborhood relocates 90 residents

[@jeffreysokal7264]

The Federal Government shouldn't be on the hook for this; it is Nevada that pumped the water out of the ground that caused the problem. They shouldn't have allowed uncontrolled residential and agricultural growth. It is totally on the state for.

[@tishasian4314]

The city and the state allowed people to build their so that makes them liable. Any engineer with common sense wouldn't build on a fault line

[@Janet-kt1nh]

Fault lines may not be known, but in Vegas it's most likely flood plains.

[@Meatball2022]

These aren’t ON a fault line. If you suggest you shouldn’t build NEAR a fault line, then 1/4 of the country wouldn’t live where they do.

[@ravemaster7405]

They are building a giant industrial park right next to the place. Very convinient that now the city cares about them and wants them gone.

[@monkeywentbananas]

Yeah exactly! Obviously a land takeover in disguise as a charitable Bill!

[@dpatrick813]

I really dislike people that say “Where are we gonna get the money from” they always want to question where the money comes from when it’s about helping fellow Americans but when it’s billions to bail out banks or businesses or to give the money to Ukraine then them same people can’t be found or quiet as a church mouse.

[@DHFHades]

lets just ask fuckin ukraine for some of the billions in "aid" they've got from us

[@beanscollections2020]

How about the fact that we still spend $1 trillion per year on our military budget and we are no longer at war. Where is all that money going?....oh yea, the military has not been audited in almost 25 years now.

[@DawnieG]

@@beanscollections2020 we can fund a war, but we can’t feed the poor. One of my fav bumper magnets that got stolen in HS but was magically returned when I complained on FB I would be getting the schools camera involved.

[@beanscollections2020]

@@DawnieG "You it's funny when it rains it pours. They money for wars but can't feed the poor. They say there ain't hope the youth, but the truth is there ain't no hope for their future" RIP Tupac

[@Miranda3730]

You people are for freedom yet you have an issue with helping Ukrainians have freedom. You are just repeating the rights talking points. How original of you!

[@Kiyonce.Kartier]

Wow, they finally sank! I remember being told about these houses sinking when I was kid back in the 90s. 20, 30 years later, it’s finally reached catastrophic levels. Wow. So sad.

[@seviregis7441]

Well the City failed these people and is liable for making full restitution to them and give them safe homes in replacement. Those building permits should NEVER have been granted, the City and State should’ve done an environmental assessment, and when the first problem arose, it should’ve been remediated then. They should go after the builder and hold liable the corrupt individuals who enabled this disaster.

[@gobbletegook]

They have been sucking water out of the ground out west like crazy. There are some areas in California where the ground has sunk as much as 5 to 10 feet...and they still keep doing it

[@stormysyndrome7043]

Maybe it won’t take too much longer. A hole just opened up in the pacific off the coast of Oregon and is spewing a lubricating liquid out from the fault line like a firehose. That should lead to a massive 9.0 earthquake and take care of most of the west coast.

[@Neo1969]

Its happening in Florida as well. People do not understand when you empty an Aquifer, there is nothing supporting that empty cavern and the cavern eventually caves in.

[@higgs923]

@@stormysyndrome7043 Thanks for being more stupid than I am!

[@actuallyitisrocketscience]

@@Neo1969 in Florida, the sea is pouring into the aquifer. They have found brackish water under Orlando. There is no way to pressurize the aquifer to push that seawater back out. Meanwhile, people who have been warning against urbanization for decades are now having to ration their water to support the cities.

[@panicfever1277]

Yup, the Coachella Valley being one areas affected. In the 90's I worked in a pretty new subdivision in Palm Desert , and it had already started to sink. The bench marks are all negative in areas that didn't use to be, but they just have to keep those golf courses green and the lakes full.

[@roberthepburn-gr4fq]

Why is the developer not being held responsible?

[@Janet-kt1nh]

they're probably not in business anymore. The planning commission and building inspector should be liable regardless of how many years have passed.

[@ridingtheroad185]

@@Janet-kt1nh which means tax payers. Tax payers always on the line for the Government mistakes, errors, bad judgement, etc...

[@Janet-kt1nh]

@@ridingtheroad185 won't ever change

[@YippydaSnoop]

Some company bought that land are going to put a big building there I think they're tricking them

[@Kiyonce.Kartier]

This old ass neighborhood, the developer is probably dead

[@audraturner5365]

They deserve to be taken care of for their hard work and dedication to the community even if they are elderly they are deserving of our respect give them new homes that will show you have respect for your elders and care for the citizens of the state that are suffering

[@veramae4098]

Who pumped out the water, which is causing the land to sink?

[@auroramothergoddess]

Yea we’ll natives and blacks deserve a lot but tough luck right

[@ginathacker6207]

This has happened and still happening across Denver and surrounds. Houses built on bentonite soil in the 50’s, 60’, 70’s. Costs a fortune to mitigate.

[@benjurqunov]

But how can that defend homosexual special rights ?

[@rhuephus]

bentonite doesn't sink ... it keeps a cycle of shrinking and expanding, which is actually worse than just sinking ... AND nothing can be done other than removing it -- which is not practical nor feasible. The end result is the same. The thing in Denver area, is the builders KNEW of the bentonite but just trucked in loads of "good" dirt as a cover , which eventually '"settled" ...

[@ginathacker6207]

@@rhuephus Correct. Expands when wet, contracts when drying out. In the 70’s the ‘fix’ was to pour a “voided” foundation. This was kind of like pilings or spread footers so that the load was spaced out and concentrated. Theory was, don’t spread the load evenly. Voided foundation are more expensive to pour, requires soil core sampling and an engineer-even for a basic single family residence. Typically, bentonite is in spots not across super large areas. When a builder buys lots from a developer, the developer will discount the lot sale if voided foundations become necessary. Any thinking builder will soil test lots BEFORE buying the lot. Anyway, you know what you’re talking about…interesting stuff. Cheers.

[@bug2011]

So sad , they seem to be very nice people in an unbearable situation.

[@EASTSIDESEE]

​@Bantham Nobilis just because something positive or negative happens does not warrant it as deserving, this is by manmade design.

[@CITIZENSDOGE]

I wouldn’t sell. I bet the city has bigger plans for that property and just wants the residence out.

[@GreenLine4444]

Even if the city has bigger plans, the houses are still sinking and crumbling around the owners.

[@CITIZENSDOGE]

@@GreenLine4444 the county probably already knows what the problem is and knows how to address it and make a profit off the land

[@CITIZENSDOGE]

@@GreenLine4444 if you noticed the area around it, it’s turning into a industrial complex. The county or city wants to people out so they can increase the property value.

[@CITIZENSDOGE]

@@GreenLine4444 do you really think the city or county would put money into anything if they couldn’t make money out of it ?

[@GreenLine4444]

@@CITIZENSDOGE Yes, on occasions they would. And that still doesn't change the fact that the houses are currently sinking and crumbling around the current owners and their homes are worth a fraction of nothing right now and the new houses they are moved to would have value. Aside from that, no one should advice people to stay in such a perilous situation.

[@michellem4287]

This is why people pay taxes. They gave builders permits so city should be responsible.

[@roythousand13]

Nope!

[@steve_anderson]

Honey, I've got a sinking feeling. No, dear, that's the neighborhood.

[@sandyrose2398]

The whole of America is Sinking!!!!!

[@eddiemunster4094]

Hilarious but totally inappropriate 🤣

[@Janet-kt1nh]

Idk didn't you feel the bed move

[@2TMarie]

Glad that Las Vegas is helping instead of complaining about money!

[@collegeman1988]

A similar thing happened in the area of Green Mountain, which is a suburb west of Denver, Colorado. In the 1990s there were luxury homes built on the hillside of Green Mountain, and the land was not stable and some houses started sliding down the hill and had to be condemned and then demolished.

[@andyalexisvasquez4082]

Same thing in sunken city,CA

[@aaroncapricorn5867]

building on a hill sounds dumb, building into a hill - sounds ingenious

[@collegeman1988]

@@aaroncapricorn5867 Anyone who knows anything about the geology of the foothills west of Denver, Colorado knows that one time millions of years ago, the land was at sea level and was swamp (and also at that time, the highest peaks of the Rocky Mountains were 9 thousand and not 14 thousand feet above sea level as they are today). This means that the land today is petrified swamp which is now unstable sedimentary rock, and not very good land for building houses on.

[@elisaorozco9494]

That is so heart breaking. I feel really bad for those folks.I sure hope that bill gets passed to relocate them.Both the state and the federal government should help them.

[@lifeintornadoalley]

You're you're own responsibility. Not the governments. You're not their kids. Why don't you pay for it? You seem like you should

[@DarkUncle]

@@lifeintornadoalley when you marry the government and fail to realize they just want all your money.

[@NZ2STROKE]

​@Life in Tornado alley why doesn't whoever took all the water from the aquafas under their homes pay for it 🤔

[@auroramothergoddess]

Natives had their land stolen Blacks were held captive for forced slave labor and all their people were axxed yet nobody helped them

[@rhuephus]

more government handouts -- what really happens is the taxpayers wind up paying ALL government handouts. Obviously you do not know how the government actually works. And you gotta figure in kickbacks to the politicians, the friends and relatives will get the contracts to do the "work" at skyhigh markups .. all paid for by YOU (taxpayers)

[@tonykeltsflorida]

There are a lot of houses in Clark County Nevada with cracking foundations. This is not a new problem.

[@veraciouspatriot4297]

This is the fallout of building on sand in a desert, subjected to a shrinking water table.

[@nicolewembley3093]

I love how government always gets stuck paying for private enterprises mistakes, sure they had no idea this would happen? Smh

[@MariaRodriguez-zs3wd]

For the good of humanity please help these people

[@petehenderson]

The man says he deserves help. Nobody deserves nothing but air

[@HiThere-du4up]

@@petehenderson That is not true when the county made too many mistakes that to make this possible. The county didn't care until they are being forced to care.

[@Joshua-Samarita]

They already did but they refused because “we grow up here and no money can replace that”

[@vincelasagna]

​@@Joshua-Samarita yup, seems like they chose to stay cuz of laziness

[@Wildmushroomss]

If there’s money for Syria, there’s money for these people. We pay our taxes. It’s not charity, it’s a duty

[@nvmcrider8475]

30 million to relocate 90 people? Where are they relocating them to, Lake Las Vegas?

[@susandemchesen2718]

replacement of 100 houses at $300,000 each

[@magicalbell1058]

It's always the low income that get taken advantage of, l bet the neighborhoods with a certain income will never have these issues and if they do, their lawyers will fight for them 💯 The state need to take responsibility to help these citizens and go after the developers and all involved in planning, building and selling, this debacle!

[@YoungWorldChangers]

Truth!

[@christimason1826]

If the government can give $ to able bodied adults who refuse to work or keep popping out kids they can’t afford, then we can certainly help these elderly people live safely. This is awful 😢

[@l.j.r.8448]

The pentagon can’t find 2 trillion. Focus on that.

[@Janet-kt1nh]

@@l.j.r.8448 what does the Pentagon have to do with relocation for these people?

[@Janet-kt1nh]

@@l.j.r.8448 and 85 million dollars in equipment is in Afghanistan there's no internal error

[@Idatemysister]

@@Janet-kt1nh I was waiting for L.J.R to blame Obama. Folks like him/her love to come in comment sections, bringing up things totally unrelated.🤔🤦🏼‍♂️

[@MaiDove3]

@@Idatemysister yeah Obama probably had something to do with it.

[@jesstreloar7706]

The perpetrator (the city of North Las Vegas?) pulled the foundation (water) out from under their houses. Wouldn't they be responsible for the damage? Were they the ones that issued the building permits, (over the fault lines) also?

[@nehemiahjackson]

THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND ANYONE WHO DARE TO STAND IN THE WAY OF THESE PEOPLE GETTING HELP SHOULD BE RECALL, REMOVE, AND REPLACED OUT OF PUBLIC OFFICE. WE RELOCATE PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES HERE TO THE U.S AND WE CAN'T DO THE SAME THING FOR U.S. CITIZENS. TRASH LIKE THAT SHOULD NEVER BE IN ANY PUBLIC SERVICE WORK. THE YOUNG LADY SAID IT WELL, JOB WELL DONE!

[@Sunshine-hv6mg]

Totally agreed. For the love of God please help these people 🙏

[@marcusdamberger]

You don't need to use ALL CAPS, that's equivalent to yelling in text messaging and comments. Plus it's harder to read when everything is in all caps.

[@nehemiahjackson]

@@marcusdamberger YOU DON'T NEED TO READ MY COMMENTS, I SUGGEST YOU GET BIGGER EYES THAT MIGHT MATCH THE MOUTH YOU HAVE

[@Leolocs_35]

​@@marcusdamberger Then don't read his post? 😂😂 Is that so hard?

[@marcusdamberger]

@@Leolocs_35 Just trying to give them advice on netiquette, they probably have no clue that all caps is equivalent to yelling. It's been like that for ages since USENET, or Newsgroups days of the Internet. But they are probably oblivious to all that and never bothered to learn and just think it's a way to get more attention to their posts.

[@nickwinn]

Did the federal government approve the neighborhood being built there? If no, then the state government is responsible.

[@christophersanders5007]

This is just the beginning of sinking houses in Las Vegas. There is a lot of houses built in Las Vegas that where built on top of old gravel pits that where filled in.

[@stormysyndrome7043]

Sounds kinda like manhattan… most of it was built on top of a landfill.

[@theresehopkins1581]

The water from Aquifers can be replaced to stabilize the ground or keep the ground stable.... it's being done in Long Island..... it can be done here.... but, you have to invest money in infrastructure and renewal programs..... some places just don't want to do that.

[@donalbershardt9290]

Yup.. But California refuses to Conserve Water.. And another Tid-Bit Saudí Arabia takes 57.000 Homes WORTH of Water from ARIZONA wells per year to Grow Alfalfa that goes to Saudí Arabia to Feed their Fancy Horses

[@StationRussification]

This is the western high desert U have no clue do U?

[@branchestarot]

Jim Snyder! Wow… downtown by the hospital UMC the houses down there are sinking as well. My godmother had that issue with caliche in her kitchen floor. That’s a shame. Great reporting, please keep up with this story.

[@growingup15]

you know maybe if we stopped sprawling out with these unsustainable car dependent suburbs. we wouldn't be running into stuff like this. We are gonna run out of land eventually to sprawl out then what?

[@steveclay7821]

Perhaps I am missing something. When I was a young child we were constantly burrowing under homes to put in jacks to level out our homes after many many years of settling. probably 80 to 100 year old homes. The State and government didn`t step in to help us. Why is this a burdon on the state at all?

[@davek1833]

This happened to a neighboorhood next to NLV airport. Developer had to build a new neighborhood but the houses wwere so cheaply built. Walls werent straight, cheapest asphault shingles, worse built houses. The homeowners got screwed.

[@katisugarbaker7349]

That young one complaining about where the funds come from is not thinking. These older folks have run out of time. The money is there. Get it done.

[@alfredtrerotola990]

Wouldn't it just be easier to replace the damaged homes with manufactured ones, to be placed on adjustable pylon foundations, and rezone the area for these kind of homes in the future?

[@dorothypoole8908]

What happened to the railroad from L.A. to Las Vegas?

[@rukus100821]

@@id10t98 Well the original railway from LA to San Fransisco was shot down from California that would have started a Mag lev train and then would have expanded to Las Vegas but no hope is in sight for that project.

[@ed7519]

​@ID10T What does it have to do with Elon Musk? 😅 Twitter almost runs itself, and didn't need all those overpaid, spoiled employees.😊 😊

[@keithfreitas2983]

They are starting to build it. Problem is it's at least over an hours drive to catch that train. The high speed rail from LA to Sfo is only high speed betwwen Bakersfield and Modesto rest of it is just like anyother train. Wasted billions of taxpayer dollars.

[@id10t98]

@@ed7519 The Boring Company is Musk's and was supposed to be building the tunnels for the high speed train.

[@jamesgoodman4457]

​@@id10t98 why is it up to musk?

[@CITIZENSDOGE]

Most of the time I see workers just standing around with their hands in their pockets . No wonder it takes so long for anything to get done.

[@revenniaga6249]

Interesting, what happens to the water lines and sewer lines with shifting soil

[@fernyv4368]

Can the hole get bigger

[@Aotearoa_Kiwi]

0:02 ... A neighbourhood slowly sinking for decades _"...making homes inhabitable..."._ I think Marie (the newsreader) means _uninhabitable._

[@franklesser5655]

The City of North Las Vegas should step up and relocate these residents into new, safe stable homes.

[@HingleMacCringleberry]

I think Arizona doesn’t have limits on how much ground water farmers can pull from underground aquifers. Plus there’s a Saudi company that grows alfalfa in Arizona that im sure is very water taxi g

[@joebarr725]

I sure hope that whoever is contracted to repair this works more efficiently than the crews that work on road projects.

[@kimberbell4238]

Wait! They have $30,000,000 for this? Divided by 90 homes? That's $333,333,333 each. Why don't they buy each of them a condo?

[@Aotearoa_Kiwi]

You mean _$333,333_

[@microponics2695]

because no one in their right mind wants to live in a condo. Condo's are horrible investments. Plus you have to deal with condo association which is worse than HOA.

[@isaac198428]

A condominium is a horrible idea since they’d be required to pay monthly or annual HOA dues which go up annually and the board will have control over their homes… also the board can easily foreclose on those homes. That’s technically like living in a fancy apartment complex and you can’t do it on a low fixed income as a senior, keeping up with your home, yard etc.

[@auroramothergoddess]

Lol why do you think …they will give them peanuts and pocket the rest

[@lifeintornadoalley]

Its a free country right? You have the right to move. You have the right to complain. You tell me who'll win.

[@2000sborton]

This is a no brainer as soon as it was started. Of course when you pump enough of a liquid out of the ground the ground will eventually settle into the empty space. Whether it be water, oil or fracking fluids. The geologists that were a part of the planning crew were quite well aware of this phenomenon. But they also knew that it would take decades for it to happen, so they succumbed to whatever pressures, (or financial inducements), were put upon them to approve the project. Pretty typical of how our corrupted system works. This is just one of the many ways that the general population is forced to subsidize private business. Sure the government pays for the fix, but where does the government get the money to pay for it. Duh, your tax dollars. What really irks me is how we have to pay for our medical bills when we are afflicted with pollution causing illnesses. Or even worse die from them. The medical system proudly proclaims every new step in fighting cancer. BUT, the best way to reduce cancers by at least 50% is to force the petrochemical industry to stop producing carcinogenic products. Do we see these industries paying our medical bills? Absolutely not. What we do see is our governments subsidizing these industries with hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Then we get told that we have a country that is run by the people for the people. Ya, right. And Santa Claus rides his sleigh every December 24th.

[@flyhead5972]

This is a LV and Nevada issue not a federal issue.

[@MA-mh1vs]

Funny how the state thinks they should not have to pay when it is their irresponsible management of the ground water that caused this.

[@dimvidpro]

Whenever black neighborhood is affected, people are quick to question where the money comes from to assist 😊

[@bernicehenson5210]

Here in Arizona when there is work cones and road construction or coating pavement. You best do your speed down to 25 mph in construction zones. Even on the weekends. Here there is a ticket and hefty fine. Plus there are so many cameras to catch speeds who don't obey the speed limits

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

This is what happens when you drain the aquafers to fill swimming pools...

[@susandemchesen2718]

This is absolute bullshit! If these residents had been offered fair value for their homes to begin with this problem would have been resolved years ago but they took advantage of the aging residents, betting that with time, they would be too old to put forth any kind of effort but they hadn't taken into consideration the people who would come together to help these people who did nothing wrong but are being cheated out of their investments and homes Now, it's a matter of the federal and state trying to say the other is responsible for the expenses needed to relocate these residents? Bullshit, they have the money and need to do what's fair and right I'm so ashamed of our public officials for how they are trying to deny responsibility while these people are living in ruins.

[@ridingtheroad185]

from the state, Tax payers, from the city, Tax Payers....same pockets just more pockets to dip into.

[@crippleguy415]

North Las Vegas has the highest crime rate in all of Nevada .

[@GreenLine4444]

There are some very, very good parts of North Las Vegas. Don't judge an entire city simply on its bad parts. The bad parts of the city is what always makes the news. The vast amount of good parts never make the news because nothing bad is happening there.

[@robertgray320]

This was done to poor blacks dating back to the 60's on purpose. They knew this land was on fault lines even back then, city planners know where the fault lines are, where things should be built and where they shouldn't. Your city looks a certain for for a reason, certain people live on a particular side of town for a reason..............................none of this is random no matter how it is presented.

[@higgs923]

How were these homes able to be sold and resold?

[@iamtiredoftheinsanity]

Yup, there is an old aquifer under there. And pretty sure they knew it when they built the neighborhood.

[@brucel.554]

Why is it so easy to send money off to overseas country that needs help and it's so hard to provide assistance to local people. in U.S.?

[@donjohnson3701]

Why is it so easy to spend money ($millions$) on migrants, $300 a day in Chicago, and not a dime to help hard working seniors in Las Vegas? Maybe because seniors don’t matter in this country; they are just in the way.

[@elainegallagher390]

@@donjohnson3701 You should ask Governor Lombardo. I believe you also might want to talk to LV representatives and ask what the plan is. I'd love to see the replies from Lombardo and others. This has nothing to do with Chicago, other states, or the Federal Government.

[@cowboygeologist7772]

Good report Brett.

[@VeraStinson]

Ground water depletion is a real problem all across the Midwest and desert south west. People are living where they were never intended to live, deserts. The only answer is to remove the homes and stop drawing groundwater. In the Midwest, the problem is using groundwater to grow crops. Large corporate farms have exacerbated the problems. When ground water use depletes an aquifer, it will take decades, if not hundreds of years to replenish it. So for all intents and purposes, once gone, the aquifer is gone for good. Common sense, which seems in short supply, is needed to limit populations in areas to what the water resources can supply. Currently it seems that populations are allowed to grow, and finding adequate water supplies comes next. Insanity for sure, as places like Las Vegas are in a freakin desert!

[@stetson711]

You paid attention and learned in school. Thanks for the refresher lesson.

[@atribecalledcookies4]

Lmao, the kid picked her nose and ate it lol.

[@G.MONEY.]

Making homes inhabitable? Did you mean un-inhabitable?

[@cedricksamaniego9146]

Always remember when taking water underneath will always effect the ground above.

[@Johnathan9725]

I get it's not the states fault but this is the problem with our nation. Your telling me that the people of the state don't want to help out your fellow neighbors 🙄

[@nanettekroll3578]

Is this anywhere near Henderson Nevada? Just curious

[@FuriousEevee93]

No it’s far from Henderson it’s in North Las Vegas by N Martin Luther King Blvd and W Carey Ave

[@karenanson]

Hmmm… I’m in Pahrump, also over an aquifer, and my house is sinking too along with several others in the neighborhood. So it’s not just a Vegas issue. I don’t think I’ll ever get compensation. Can’t even get homeowners insurance. Best of luck to all these folks. 🌈👩🏼‍🌾🐣

[@kevinwallis2194]

How is it anyones fault that the ground shifted and the houses are being torn up? If people live in an earth quake zone in say california and one hits, does everyone get free houses in another area? Its the chance people take when they move to an area. Its not like its a new sub division built on a landfill. I feel sorry for them, but its a chance we all take.

[@DK-bn7pq]

They will get it, fix it and put up $300,000- $400,000 thousand dollars homes and it will look like black people never live in north Las Vegas

[@LostChildOfTime]

Good. That means the police will leave them alone.

[@SIGNALFREQ]

Any bets a commercial property pops up after the natives are gone 😅

[@Dr.Pepper001]

No, ALL of it comes from the taxpayers.

[@sheilagadde5975]

Why were they ALLOWED TO BUILD in this area?

[@rentslave]

Was Bill Bradley's statue damaged?

[@Naturallystated]

What about the developers who built this on unstable ground, and the water brokers who pumped the water and sold it until the ground literally collapsed??? This is still going on today. Developers build where they shouldn't, sell and get their buckets of cash then leave the homeowners sitting on ticking time bombs.

[@takeitzenman7894]

The "Originals?" What is this?

[@angiepangie989]

Shame on anyone against getting these 80&90 year olds smh

[@scottystiffchicken]

Every one of those residents have already been pay from the original fund. EVERY ONE OF THEM. They were all given the choice to stay as long as they desire. If they don’t have the $$$ to move, that’s on them.

[@l.j.r.8448]

You must be white.

[@jenniferharris7704]

What’s causing it to sink?🤔

[@hoss6048]

You deserve help. A dwelling in a stable area is as far as it should go. Most of us in the real world are just plain F'd though when things aren't right. Money given to every pork garbage project while people like this could use the assistance until back to normal.

[@jogginmcjoggerson2430]

"deserve" People don't know what that word means anymore. You are essentially saying these people have somehow earned the right to enslave productive citizens who pay taxes. So, what did they do to earn the right to enslave productive citizens who pay taxes? I bet you can't answer the question. I bet you do everything except answer the question.

[@lindapoore7608]

Good report

[@AtomicOverdrive]

When the area was originally developed, the technology to see where a safe place to build a home wasnt available. So sad. That said, its still a safe place to put a manufactured home like a double-wide or other homes that the foundation can be safely releveled every few years in a single afternoon. But, city ordinance likely doesn't allow those types of homes.

[@EfU574]

Yes it was.

[@pamelahomeyer748]

I don't see why you have to give them equal square footage

[@larryerwin5135]

Americans will support the Ukraine 🇺🇦 people 🇺🇦.

[@Wannabecrafting247]

Driving on I-15 (I was the passenger) I saw someone texting and steering with her FEET!!! I wonder if she is even still alive some 3 years later.

[@MB1BUMPER]

The city does not care that we have to deal w traffic,what they care about is that formula F1 money that’s the reason why the roads here are getting built and fixed as well as upcoming super bowl

[@henrimatisse7481]

subsidence due to groundwater mining. Common in arid urban areas like Tucson

[@lutomson3496]

The government enables the homeless lifestyle by giving them $1000. Per month they can help these people

[@randyadkins4622]

That's what happens when ALL THE WATER is sucked out to irrigate the dessert !

[@ruthfreeman864]

city irresponsible to keep pulling water from underground... without consulting engineers as to the consequences so yes... city and state should move these people

[@tessietesoro7407]

For sure the developers knew about this situation before building the subdivision, right?

[@isaac198428]

These wonderful poor old people have been paying their taxes since the 80’s and now mostly living on a fixed income. They did their part over the years so now it’s time for both the federal and state governments to take care of them by relocating them to another area and with same plots of lands as well as similar size of homes for them to live their grandchildren. It’s only right! How come nobody asks where money for war, aid to other countries and other crazy projects will come from but when it’s time to help locals it’s a huge debate left to the politicians requiring ‘votes’?. These folks deserve better!

[@yuthin3774]

Wow look at all them mental applicants

[@harperwelch5147]

They’ve been pulling water out of the ground for decades, thus the homes sink. There’s a limit to the groundwater.

[@lawerancelanham]

That's what happens when you remove something from under the ground without letting it replenish. Remove water, then the air left won't have enough pressure to sustain much weight.

[@Jim-fe2xz]

How is it the federal government's responsibility? The county and city are responsible for building codes, requirements, inspections and building approval. One thing you can count on is the fact that our governments at all levels will fail us every single time!

[@raymondpeters9186]

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[@goldyglocks7431]

Why is it everyone else's responsibility to make these guys whole?? They purchased their original home and have no one to blame but themselves.

[@sharonbowers9929]

Bless those residents.

[@Nana_Mack]

Pray for the people over there

[@auroramothergoddess]

pRaY

[@urstillaklown0843]

Not a federal issue. Though the city and state should be held accountable for allowing the building on faulty land to happen. Relocation is the thing to do for these families.