Man Builds Tiny House For A Homeless Woman Sleeping

[BradKW]

I read the title, then saw the picture...then wanted to know if he's actually building a box around her while she's passed out...


[img=400x300]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q79wwV7NcP0/...&sp=68&sigh=ZwlHiaN5ZTdhrSsFuxdu0FG4wy0[/img]

 

[jimindenver]

Hopefully he built a door.

 

[DannyB1954]

Now the question is where do you put it. That would be less welcome in a neighborhood than a van.

 

[Vagabound]

... and there's no outbound bill of lading in his back pocket! ;-)

 

[ArtW]

hahahah aside from the roofing, I built a 10'x20' carport, 10' tall, for around $200
dude's got a serious problem if he spent $500 to build that

 

[BradKW]

If you built that car port out of wood for $200, be careful... the cops are probably looking for you

 

[Gary68]

looks to code to me,im sure the bicyclist that runs into it wont sue

 

[TrainChaser]

I wonder why he's building it in the street?

 

[Headache]

I wonder why he's building it in the street?

He didn't have a shop or anywhere else to build it being he lived in the apartment building behind it.

“I had nowhere to really build it, so I just built it in the street outside of my apartment,” he told Good News Network. “The local LAPD cops have been super cool, and have told me they support it–as long as we move it to a different spot every 72 hours.”

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiny-house-huge-purpose/

Having been homeless myself and experiencing how horrible people can be, this man is amazing to have built it in such a way that she can move that house around and stay "legal".  We need more of that across the country.

 

[TrainChaser]

He can put it in the street but not on that little grassy strip between the sidewalk and the curb? How odd.

 

[Headache]

Nope, that's called a "tree lawn" and it's considered private property. The city requires the owner of the property behind it to maintain it no matter what the city does, such as planting a tree. That apartment building isn't going to let her live there but with her "house" out in the street, they can't say squat about it unless she doesn't move it by the time the 72 hour time expires. Believe me, in that situation she's better off dealing with the cops than property owners.

 

[DannyB1954]

Unless the trailer is registered, (it is a box on wheels), I don't know that it has a legal right to be on a public street.

 

[Headache]

It depends on the laws. I've been in places that allow roll offs on the street for a certain period of time and they don't have registrations. Same for PODS and other dumpsters. The "house" isn't a trailer as casters don't qualify as vehicle wheels and aren't attached to it via axles.

That gal has been given 2 gifts; a roof over her head and understanding and compassionate LEOs. With these current times we live in it even makes me happy to see it and I'm not going to question it. I'm simply grateful that situation exists for her.