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annm4peace

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4. Fresno is a cheap place to live

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 4, 2013, 11:43 PM

Dec 2013

the medium house is about 120,000. A condo would be about 70,000.

Fresno wages are low, so there are many working Homeless people.. but I think it would be hard to keep working if your only shelter was torn down, like they did to the homeless camps in the last couple of months.

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City of Fresno spent $ 13,106,534 for 64 unit apartment for Homeless, ($ 190,000 per unit) Crooks! [View all] annm4peace Dec 2013 OP

not sure how much a studio unit should cost to build but kicking cuz it's story about homeless Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #1

Fresno is a cheap place to live annm4peace Dec 2013 #4

k and r niyad Dec 2013 #2

Incase you want to contact Mayor of Fresno, or Attorney Generals annm4peace Dec 2013 #3

send this paragraph to the Attorney General annm4peace Dec 2013 #5

Pope Francis and the homeless annm4peace Dec 2013 #6

K&R, because it really matters. Despicable. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2013 #7

They need to look to the military for ideas on housing designs Revanchist Dec 2013 #8

Ashamed of my old home town. blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #9

How much do you think it should cost to build? Recursion Dec 2013 #10

About 55k, at a quickly educated guess quakerboy Dec 2013 #11

Fair enough; I'm more familiar with SFO and LA Recursion Dec 2013 #12

Me too quakerboy Dec 2013 #13

There are incredible people in Fresno, they just aren't in charge annm4peace Dec 2013 #14

Homeless people will tell you what they need. hunter Dec 2013 #15

Book of Fresno progressive activists. annm4peace Dec 2013 #16