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Elwood P Dowd

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18. Maybe you should see what they WERE living in before the school built these houses for them.

Fri May 23, 2014, 02:54 AM

May 2014

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Most are extremely poor and retired living on a very limited SS income in a dirt-poor county. I'm retired myself and living in a small 700 square-foot home. The Auburn people that do much of the work should be commended for helping these people move out of old run-down shacks almost as bad as what you see in third-world countries. That is what you would really find disturbing.

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Can These $20,000 Houses Save the American Dream? [View all] eridani May 2014 OP

Super cool Samantha May 2014 #1

Houses are outrageous. Rod Beauvex May 2014 #2

Depends on where they are.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #8

looks very nice to me.... chillfactor May 2014 #3

No solid foundations-I wonder how they do in tornadoes or earthquakes ErikJ May 2014 #4

They probably do as well as houses built pier and beam style. kentauros May 2014 #20

Put down hurricane straps, too, along the sides Aerows May 2014 #36

and a tornado shelter. dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #45

Cool, I've looked into Martin and Tiny Houses that can be made permanent. freshwest May 2014 #5

another factor lowering the living cost here in Ala dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #46

Have loved tiny houses for 10 years or more.... alittlelark May 2014 #6

I find these articles trying to sex up shanty living deeply disturbing. LeftyMom May 2014 #7

Side by side & you got a shotgun shack grahamhgreen May 2014 #9

Indeed Fearless May 2014 #11

No kidding. It feels like an effort to get us to expect less.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #12

Good point, I think that often, less and less, squeezed more and more, mass re-education to RKP5637 May 2014 #29

Hell, they used to pay enough to support a family.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #33

You find it disturbing because you see so much aimed at us middle classers ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #14

It's a movement trying to get away from McMansions alittlelark May 2014 #15

I don't know who you're lecturing, LeftyMom May 2014 #17

Tiny houses are also quite popular among people with more than modest incomes eridani May 2014 #35

They were on smaller parcels... Blanks May 2014 #38

Same here! (Seattle) Suich May 2014 #19

Maybe you should see what they WERE living in before the school built these houses for them. Elwood P Dowd May 2014 #18

That's the key... Blanks May 2014 #39

Consider me ambivalent then, I suppose. If this project actually improves some people's living nomorenomore08 May 2014 #41

You've got posters telling us that we're going to have to give up our cars and move to the cities. X_Digger May 2014 #44

Houses cost three times what they should. weyes2013 May 2014 #10

Houses cost three times what they should. Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #13

Do houses cost three times what they should? My Good Babushka May 2014 #23

But but but... where does the 19ft sectional go? SoCalDem May 2014 #16

you forgot to mention the 90" flat screen tv. KittyWampus May 2014 #27

Where's the granite kitchen and baths? n/t RKP5637 May 2014 #30

I think these are a great idea DontTreadOnMe May 2014 #21

I live in a rural county with some really poor people gwheezie May 2014 #22

I like this. We have inflated what a "middle class" home is now, making it unaffordable Lee-Lee May 2014 #24

House prices are so high because we bid them up in a panic to absurd levels. reformist2 May 2014 #25

I think they would be great here and worldwide BUT TBF May 2014 #26

Ain't that America... Little pink houses for you and me... nomorenomore08 May 2014 #42

Yup, little pink houses for 99% of us TBF May 2014 #43

Appear to be well constructed, clean and comfortable liberal N proud May 2014 #28

I've lived in smaller places... TreasonousBastard May 2014 #31

I find this all very encouraging..wonderful the possibilities and considering the impact Jefferson23 May 2014 #32

It's good for someone at the median of SS or above. whopis01 May 2014 #34

That looks like "The Rent is Too Damn High" mayoral candidate there Aerows May 2014 #37

Where's the bathroom? Ilsa May 2014 #40