"14-member homeless family"

Wait, what?

I heard some radio programs (on a road trip last week) about some of the large homeless family issues. Basically, there are extended families, and as they hit bad luck, get their houses foreclosed, or whatever, they pack in with relatives. But if the last relative with a house loses it, they're all homeless at once, rather than five separate households going homeless one at a time.

Homeless or not, if you're on the edge, it's convenient to be in a larger group. Some people can work while others mind the kids or whatever.

14 member?

Sounds like the city needs to throw in some birth control, as well.

xtex: Sounds like the city needs to throw in some birth control, as well.

WHY DO YOU HATE JESUS!!!???

/Seriously, vasectomy.

It's most likely a group of siblings, each with a normal number of kids. That's how extended family works.

Because this looks a lot better in their backyard.

A homeless family of 14 would make way better neighbors than a house full of 14 unrelated homeless single men.

Bethesda should consider themselves lucky and just help this family. This gives them something to hold up as an example of their benevolence. Buys them another 10-15 years before they have to make another empty gesture.

Not making 100% good choices means you are morally deficient.

If you are morally deficient, you deserve whatever happens.

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Proles.

wonder how many of the biatching people consider themselves christian?

OK. I know that I'm not the only one that read 14 inch.

Just point out to the residents that theyre paying for a motel for this 14-member family for every day until they find appropriate housing. Im sure theyd rather a family living in a house, than to know theyre paying 500/day to house them in a motel down the street.

14 member family can not make enough money to buy a home? They should be put down. They are worthless and will forever be a drain on society. Pathetic. I sure would not want 14 lazy scumbags living near me, just asking for crime.

NIMBY.

I wouldn't want that in my neighborhood. Why should my property values and standard of living go down due to someone else's inability to provide for themselves and their family?

Xaxor: "14-member homeless family"

Wait, what?

Huh. I wonder why they can't afford to buy a home, and getting a job is impractical.

xtex: 14 member?

Sounds like the city needs to throw in some birth control, as well.

If they were homeless, where did they fark?

Poor people suck.

i think part of the "biatching" is due to whether the city council actually has the authority to do this, since the house was being purchased with funds allocated to build a bigger park.

/don't mind me though, I read the article

If they are allowed to have a house then how the hell are we able to tell who is homeless or not?

Oh, it's Bethesda. Enough said.

I have lived next to Section 8 people (welfare housing) both in apartments and regular houses. Let me tell you, they suck and I don't want them near me either.

Seriously, you have 14 members of your family (presumably several of working age) and you still can't afford a little shack? You're doing it wrong.

Thunderpipes: 14 member family can not make enough money to buy a home? They should be put down. They are worthless and will forever be a drain on society. Pathetic. I sure would not want 14 lazy scumbags living near me, just asking for crime.

Someone here should be put down, but I don't think it's the family.

Happy Easter

scuffer: Just point out to the residents that theyre paying for a motel for this 14-member family for every day until they find appropriate housing. Im sure theyd rather a family living in a house, than to know theyre paying 500/day to house them in a motel down the street.

Even if it's $500 a day for the motel, that's spread across all taxpayers. If all taxpayers no longer have to pay $500 a day for the motel but these homeowners lose half the value of their property because it's now next door to a homeless shelter they have a legitimate biatch. It's no different than lowering taxes and raising speeding ticket fines to $500. It's a lottery for taxes.

I wouldn't be able to afford to live in Bethesda, why should they get free housing there?

Thunderpipes: 14 member family can not make enough money to buy a home? They should be put down. They are worthless and will forever be a drain on society. Pathetic. I sure would not want 14 lazy scumbags living near me, just asking for crime.

Doncha love Christians?

Danger Avoid Death

If they were homeless, where did they fark?

In the road, frightening the horses.

The homeless first started arriving in Evergreen about three months ago. At first there were only a few of them, askin' for change, sleeping in the parks. But then more showed up, and we realized there was somethin' different about them. They fed off of our change to the point that they could actually start renting apartments. We knew it wouldn't be long before the homeless actually started buying homes. And then we'd have no idea who was homeless and who wasn't! The people living in the house right next door to you could be homeless and you wouldn't even know Nobody could trust anybody! Fights broke out. War! That's when I started suspecting that my own wife, who I'd been living with for twenty years, was actually homeless. So I had to burn her. In her bed while she slept. After she died I vowed I wouldn't let the homeless destroy our town! So we came up with a plan to get rid of them once and for all.

I'M doing it wrong.

Either way, what a shiaty article. So much for the who, what, when, where, how, and why.

Thanks gosling, you beat me to it.

vodka: I have lived next to Section 8 people (welfare housing) both in apartments and regular houses. Let me tell you, they suck and I don't want them near me either.

Seriously, you have 14 members of your family (presumably several of working age) and you still can't afford a little shack? You're doing it wrong.

It's not quite that simple. You've heard the phrase 'another mouth to feed', right? As the size of the family increases, so does the cost of living.

Let me put it this way. Take however much your household makes. I'm going to just go ahead and guess your house likely contains 3-5 people. Now try and house 14 people on that amount. You're not going to last very long.

Gregory F. Stuart: Well, I think it would be a shame for a perfectly good house to go to waste if there's people that need one.

Oh, I forgot to tell you. Your next-door neighbor told us he's flying the coop tomorrow and abandoning his home. Be sure to come over and greet the 14 homeless people we're giving the place to. Maybe you guys could have a rousing discussion about property value and how its amazing that you were able to purchase your home with just 2 (assuming) family members working.

I think that about covers it.

DistendedPendulusFrenulum: Not making 100% good choices means you are morally deficient.

If you are morally deficient, you deserve whatever happens.

Fark.com-ier words were never Fark.commed!

/seriously, that's quality Fark no matter HOW you meant it. A+++

The neighborhood association has a website
chock-full of Botox, implants and privilege, if anyone cares to check it out. (Scroll down to "Hillmead Holiday Gala - 2006").

Gosling: Now try and house 14 people on that amount. You're not going to last very long.

That's why I blow it on her face.

I rent an apartment in a wealthy neighborhood. We have some "affordable housing" here - condos that start at $250,000. For a 4-bedroom unit the MOST the household income can be is $67,000. These places are indistinguishable from the surrounding homes and are very well kept up. Still, I have read quite a bit of biatching on the community message board about the poor people in the neighborhood lowering property values.

mmagdalene: The neighborhood association has a website

Yeah yeah. Anyone who has more money than me doesn't deserve it.

vodka: I have lived next to Section 8 people (welfare housing) both in apartments and regular houses. Let me tell you, they suck and I don't want them near me either.

Even if the Section 8 types can behave themselves, their friends and relatives can't.

In Nordic states, the poor and homeless are treated like human beings and not second class citizens as they are in America. America could learn a lot from superior states.

Gosling: vodka: I have lived next to Section 8 people (welfare housing) both in apartments and regular houses. Let me tell you, they suck and I don't want them near me either.

Seriously, you have 14 members of your family (presumably several of working age) and you still can't afford a little shack? You're doing it wrong.

It's not quite that simple. You've heard the phrase 'another mouth to feed', right? As the size of the family increases, so does the cost of living.

Let me put it this way. Take however much your household makes. I'm going to just go ahead and guess your house likely contains 3-5 people. Now try and house 14 people on that amount. You're not going to last very long.

Yes, but they hardly need a mansion. House them with four to a room (two sets of bunks). You'd still need a fairly big house (four bedrooms) but not a mansion like shown. Also, any over eighteen could join the military. The government would then cover their expenses (food, housing, and such) while the money they make could help their family back home.

paygun: mmagdalene: The neighborhood association has a website

Yeah yeah. Anyone who has more money than me doesn't deserve it.

You shouldn't be so hard on yourself there, my friend.
How do housing prices in rural MO stack up against Bethesda, MD, btw?

i lived in montgomery county when i was young



yay?

Having 14 members in a homeless family is a HUGE Red Flag. With that many members, not having enough workers to be able to afford a home, what the fark are you doing? Or maybe that's WHAT you're doing....

-1, Subby

McManus_brothers: NIMBY.

So true and THIS.

Gosling: Let me put it this way. Take however much your household makes. I'm going to just go ahead and guess your house likely contains 3-5 people. Now try and house 14 people on that amount. You're not going to last very long.

"That's why it's medical experiments for the lot of you."

14 homeless people in a derelict mansion in a rich neighborhood? Sounds like the makings of a bad sitcom.