Makeshift home built along side 110 Freeway in L.A.

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  • Опубліковано 15 кві 2024
  • Among the 46,000 people in Los Angeles experiencing homelessness, there are dozens living along the Arroyo Secco next to the 110 Freeway near Highland Park. John Fenoglio reports for KTLA 5 News at 10, April 16, 2024. Details: ktla.com
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  • @ianpatrick23
    @ianpatrick23 26 днів тому +2069

    This home is listed for $1.2 million on Zillow

    • @helpis0ntheway
      @helpis0ntheway 25 днів тому +69

      Squatters take over it lol 🤣

    • @djhbr
      @djhbr 24 дні тому +79

      1.3 after this video.

    • @nikkistahr7105
      @nikkistahr7105 23 дні тому +5

      ​@@helpis0ntheway😂😂😂😂

    • @kuyagoldlink7563
      @kuyagoldlink7563 22 дні тому +4

      😆 🤣 😂 😹

    • @idontdohumans5950
      @idontdohumans5950 21 день тому +31

      I'll buy it 😊 no taxes or insurance, my dream home 😊

  • @gayhendrie84
    @gayhendrie84 26 днів тому +2303

    meanwhile I can't add a fence to my property without proper permits

    • @Justin-hj9yq
      @Justin-hj9yq 26 днів тому +49

      🤣same. It's a dam shame

    • @Comeswoopfam
      @Comeswoopfam 26 днів тому +26

      Lmfao

    • @ac61900
      @ac61900 26 днів тому +57

      Yeah it goes to show that just because you buy your home you don't actually ever really owned it.. these people understand that it doesn't matter where they have to go they will always make a home because home is where you are and what you make it

    • @tommyl5319
      @tommyl5319 26 днів тому +25

      It's obviously not permitted. They can't legally sell, rent, or get utilities. The city could haul the whole thing away with no prior notice necessary

    • @suraceryan
      @suraceryan 26 днів тому

      Yep

  • @oneimpossibleguy1
    @oneimpossibleguy1 19 днів тому +594

    Whoever built that should be proud of themselves.

    • @jennjennsuu
      @jennjennsuu 17 днів тому +37

      Right ! Somebody needs to give that man a construction job 🫡

    • @greenman8
      @greenman8 16 днів тому +34

      @@jennjennsuu When or if they ever relocate these people, they should pay attention to the people who are making livable housing, out of trash. There is obviously a persons talent being put to waste over poverty. Let that person serve society in a better way.

    • @scottfirman
      @scottfirman 12 днів тому +1

      yes, everyone should build one.

    • @oneimpossibleguy1
      @oneimpossibleguy1 12 днів тому +4

      @@scottfirman that would fix the housing problem since our government won't.

    • @anubis7173
      @anubis7173 8 днів тому +3

      I'm sure they'd be more proud if they had a job and to do that to an actual home and not be homeless.
      I hope that perspective employers see this and reach out to these people and I think that the city ought to lay off because at least they know right in front of their face they have thrown out so much talent by taking away jobs from people.
      It may not belong here but what choice did you leave them? They aren't crackheads they're not druggies and not insane they just want to live and be living decently.
      When you have a city and laws that take away those options and then they lose their job what point are they left to do anything for themselves? Well they will make do with what they have and if not then they fall.
      These are people who refused to die and take no for an answer. I'm usually against homeless people and encampments because it looks like crap these people are crap and they've been thrown away to the wayside because the system doesn't work for them.
      your system is broken. This is absolute proof that these people will not let the system break them so I give them kudos thumbs up and all the prayers in the world I hope they are as successful in getting back on their feet because damn it they deserve it that's talent don't be stupid and throw it away

  • @laydbak46
    @laydbak46 15 днів тому +128

    Billions of dollars in lottery tickets sold and yet millions don't have affordable shelter. Make it make sense.

    • @davekinghorn9567
      @davekinghorn9567 12 днів тому +3

      They can have affordable shelter. Just not in expensive cities.

    • @joeyork9891
      @joeyork9891 10 днів тому +1

      ​@@davekinghorn9567
      Nonsense

    • @nodata4662
      @nodata4662 9 днів тому +7

      I bought a lottery ticket and there is still a homeless person across the street. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

    • @virginia3222
      @virginia3222 9 днів тому +1

      It looks like the people living there may be in the country temporarily, working and sending money home, but with no intention of staying here. They don’t seem like mentally ill/drug addicted folks (their places look too organized), but a majority of LA’s homeless have major problems. Trying to get people who are basically disabled by mental illness and/or addiction to do anything is like herding insane cats.

    • @rosemarietolentino3218
      @rosemarietolentino3218 8 днів тому +2

      Lottery money goes to the schools.

  • @haroldcampos9661
    @haroldcampos9661 26 днів тому +821

    "California cannot meaningfully track where $20 billion of homeless funding went, report says."

    • @kalolagirl4648
      @kalolagirl4648 25 днів тому +16

      True, yet ridiculous people voted in Prop 1 which will be treated the same way! I voted against the proposition FOR THAT REASON!

    • @rustybumperclassics6342
      @rustybumperclassics6342 25 днів тому +43

      We all know where it went. Into someone's pocket. Another reason we need less govt. And less taxes. They can't even track what they are soingnwith our money. Disgrace

    • @pauld.b7129
      @pauld.b7129 25 днів тому +43

      Don't forget, each billion is 999 Million dollars, plus one more. Sometimes people say "10 billion" and it doesn't sound like a lot, but thats 9,999 times one million. It's an insane amount of money. They could have bought 20,000 houses at 500k

    • @NalaLatrice
      @NalaLatrice 22 дні тому +12

      @@pauld.b7129I love this comment!!!!!❤ Thank you🙌🏾

    • @shazardsahai4613
      @shazardsahai4613 22 дні тому

      It went into newsome and pelosi pockets!

  • @paperless4485
    @paperless4485 26 днів тому +1005

    That’s a 1 mil home if he sells

    • @dionafeworki2387
      @dionafeworki2387 26 днів тому +15

      😢 I'll give him $5 for it😅

    • @spatialtests
      @spatialtests 26 днів тому +39

      Squatters rights if someone moves in while they’re not “home”

    • @TakeThisL..
      @TakeThisL.. 26 днів тому +22

      @@spatialtests😂😂😂
      bro what fkkn world are we living in right now?

    • @jazzfan7491
      @jazzfan7491 26 днів тому +7

      He doesn’t own it so can’t sell it

    • @bngr_bngr
      @bngr_bngr 26 днів тому +8

      @@spatialtestssquatter rights don’t apply to government property.

  • @BillyBuckets951
    @BillyBuckets951 9 днів тому +47

    Leave them people alone. Unless they’re robbing or hurting people let them be. It’s hard in this country now especially. I had a family member that died this year that was homeless. My brother asked me all the time to help him or come get him but I refused. He was in bad health yet I told him get a job or get your life together. Then one night he begged me to come get him and I didn’t . He died alone in the woods that night and wasn’t found for over a month. Now when I see homeless people it hits a little harder than it used to. My guilt overwhelms me often.

    • @gabrielleg.1347
      @gabrielleg.1347 8 днів тому +10

      You’ve had to learn a very tough lesson on the importance of compassion and helping others. I hope that you use the guilt and shame that you feel for allowing your own brother to die alone in the woods, to change your entire life and personality and become a kind, empathic and loving man. Try reading and/or listening on audio to the book “The Power of Now”. I hope you can change your life around. Being of service and loving others is one of the most beautiful and rewarding gifts of life. I was born into this world knowing that and I help people daily, even many strangers. It gives me great joy. May you know this joy and work to become a new man.

    • @landomilknhoney
      @landomilknhoney 5 днів тому +2

      I know that guilt. My mother was an alcoholic, she always wanted to stay at my house. I refused because of her behavior.
      She died, abandoned and alone.

    • @snowygirl131
      @snowygirl131 5 днів тому +1

      So sorry that happened to you. I wish you had been able to find a solution that would have worked for both of you. It seems people have lost the art of compromise. I hope you can find a productive, healing, path forward. 🙏

    • @BillyBuckets951
      @BillyBuckets951 5 днів тому +1

      @@landomilknhoney sorry to hear that. It’s hard because I could not bring my brother to my house because my wife and kids and he was the same way. Just didn’t behave in a manner that would be ok around my kids . Yet I still could’ve got my brother a hotel room or found him a place etc . There’s so much I wish I’d done for him.

    • @BillyBuckets951
      @BillyBuckets951 5 днів тому +1

      @@snowygirl131 thank you. I could try to justify it and say he couldn’t come to my house around my kids or wife but I still could have picked him up. Got him a hotel room or find a place for him. Buy him dinner and some snacks. I wish I’d done something.

  • @ATF.California
    @ATF.California 21 день тому +32

    I rented it last weekend on Airbnb
    Went fishing and a hike well worth it 😊❤

    • @petrsson
      @petrsson 13 днів тому +1

      Best comment...😂😂😂

  • @FlyGuy2000
    @FlyGuy2000 26 днів тому +641

    Gotta admit that guy built a pretty nice looking house for a shanty. I've seen worse kept places on legitimate lots.

    • @rwh5350
      @rwh5350 20 днів тому +7

      It’s easier when you don’t have to spend your day panhandling and everything is just given to you. Also because theft is now legal, free materials….and the state funded non-profits will give you free lawyers as well.

    • @Thats_E
      @Thats_E 19 днів тому +6

      Fr bro deadass has talent. Maybe if he stayed off the drugs the dude would have a great career in construction

    • @quercus3290
      @quercus3290 14 днів тому +9

      @@rwh5350 lol, jealous of a dude livin in a shanty on the freeway HAHA, maniac.

    • @rwh5350
      @rwh5350 14 днів тому +1

      @@quercus3290 not jealous at all, I actually do unhoused outreach…. I’d give him credit for what he built but would move him somewhere less visible and with less safety concerns….

    • @PRO4XKEV
      @PRO4XKEV 13 днів тому +4

      Once Newsom sees this he will make sure property tax payments are to be made, LOL.

  • @willwork4foodd
    @willwork4foodd 26 днів тому +345

    Homelessness is one of the biggest businesses in California. They dont want it to end.

    • @Lulusvideos1
      @Lulusvideos1 25 днів тому

      True, it’s a way for them to steal billions and get away with it. Gavin Newsom……

    • @infintyplus
      @infintyplus 25 днів тому +11

      if more people are working and have a place to live wont that mean more people paying taxes which would be more profitable.

    • @gahbah274
      @gahbah274 22 дні тому +27

      ​@@infintyplusIt would be for everyone...but that's not the point. These are special interest groups with their hands in local politics. They want to siphon the money to THEMSELVES, nobody else. Or so the story goes.

    • @xt5459
      @xt5459 21 день тому +3

      Of course not, that means no more money to these politicians pockets

    • @joefox9765
      @joefox9765 19 днів тому +2

      @@infintyplus a capitalist society does not work that way

  • @tammiemoore9228
    @tammiemoore9228 19 днів тому +207

    That guy on the bike saying "They're Over There Cooking" Like they're not supposed to be eating.He is not in danger riding by on his fancy bike.

    • @DREADPILL
      @DREADPILL 18 днів тому +31

      He just hating cuz hr dnt kno no better

    • @carriecree1789
      @carriecree1789 18 днів тому +22

      It's a concern that fire outdoors for cooking close to the structure could burn everything down and possibly kill the residents of the camp in such a closely built area. My city has had fires in camps, luckily no deaths, but they lose everything when their tent goes.

    • @darkpisces8125
      @darkpisces8125 17 днів тому +21

      It’s a fire hazard. He’s not wrong. If there’s smoke can make someone think there’s a fire cause a scene.
      Duh.

    • @seancrocker1730
      @seancrocker1730 15 днів тому +19

      He’s hating cause their cooking is better then his

    • @unintentional_perfectionist
      @unintentional_perfectionist 14 днів тому +8

      @@carriecree1789They already lost everything.

  • @quesoblanco444
    @quesoblanco444 11 днів тому +10

    Nothing more American than this. A modern day pioneer.

  • @txbulldogboxing1462
    @txbulldogboxing1462 26 днів тому +451

    Im not even mad at them. At some point when housing becomes unaffordable its America that has failed its citizens

    • @georgesears2916
      @georgesears2916 24 дні тому +16

      Preach!

    • @jcs5707
      @jcs5707 23 дні тому +13

      No they failed themselves bunch tweekers clean that crap up

    • @xstorm_8_shadowx
      @xstorm_8_shadowx 22 дні тому +29

      @@jcs5707educate yourself

    • @craigkassebaum8931
      @craigkassebaum8931 22 дні тому +5

      I agree bunch of tweekers need rehabilitation.

    • @DeniseFriendo
      @DeniseFriendo 21 день тому

      No, it's the central banks destroying us.

  • @PelosiStockPortfolio
    @PelosiStockPortfolio 26 днів тому +860

    Nice. Give it an address and start delivering mail. Then send him the property tax bill

    • @lolacookie453
      @lolacookie453 26 днів тому +28

      Rent as well, that’s primo real estate right there

    • @BrokeAsAJokeSlots
      @BrokeAsAJokeSlots 26 днів тому

      You know you don’t need to pay taxes. Stop paying for the ****.

    • @jazzfan7491
      @jazzfan7491 26 днів тому +36

      @@lolacookie453No it’s not. Traffic noise 24/7

    • @bngr_bngr
      @bngr_bngr 26 днів тому +21

      They just need to tear it down.

    • @Meow_Merchant
      @Meow_Merchant 26 днів тому +22

      @@jazzfan7491 nice white noise to help you sleep

  • @YoUnOkNoWoK
    @YoUnOkNoWoK 20 днів тому +20

    46k homeless people that’s so freaking sad!

    • @charmc4152
      @charmc4152 8 днів тому

      The numbers are growing. I saw a news report out of Utah recommended to me about a mobile home park where people pay lot rent to keep their mobile homes. May be a rental community. They are being evicted and will be homeless to make way for low income housing that is to be built.
      In Maryville, TN, a similar situation, but I think the people being evicted there owned their older mobile homes and rented the lot space. They were given 30 days by the new landowner to move their trailers off of the property. They interviewed an older woman for that report. These are people on fixed incomes who've lived there a long time. It would be hard for anyone to up and move without prior notice in 30 days. It's even harder if you're already just trying to make ends meet. Another person commented that some companies won't transport older mobile homes, and some trailer parks won't accept them. These people have to find those who will work with them.
      I've seen many comments on UA-cam recently from people who have been denied food stamp extensions and are homeless.
      One person who identified as a Tennessee storage facility manager left a comment about how they are seeing a lot of senior citizens who've lost their housing in whatever form it was and are resorting to putting their belongings in storage while they try to figure it out. I don't know where they are going, but they are trying to hold on to some of their possessions. The person said one woman and her son had nowhere to go. The manager said s/he bought them a tent, foam mattress, and a couple of chairs.
      A lot of people are struggling right now at the same time our government is paying to bring "newcomers" into the country and provide for their needs with taxpayer $$$$$$.

  • @majorphenom1
    @majorphenom1 20 днів тому +40

    Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
    Prayers out for those experiencing homelessness 🕊️

    • @joangalt6270
      @joangalt6270 13 днів тому +2

      How is this person "homeless"?? Seems to me he's up to his neck in homeFULLNESS with a 'riverside' view at that!

  • @whit9987
    @whit9987 21 день тому +233

    Dude built an amazing house. That rock wall looks great.

    • @Bikes0420
      @Bikes0420 9 днів тому +1

      Not really it’s just a pile of rocks that aren’t even ideal for building walls with

    • @penelopepigeon3510
      @penelopepigeon3510 6 днів тому +1

      ​@@Bikes0420So is Stonehenge.

  • @yoiashi
    @yoiashi 26 днів тому +386

    well hes not homeless now

  • @jamesclark9347
    @jamesclark9347 15 днів тому +6

    The news exposure will get him evicted!

    • @fortytwo5293
      @fortytwo5293 11 днів тому +1

      That’s why it’s been reported on here.

  • @stevenramirezmistersmokes6379
    @stevenramirezmistersmokes6379 21 день тому +10

    That part gets me when he said he's stealing electricity. If Tesla had won the electricity race, we would all be having FREE ELECTRICITY, but Edison came along & said hey we can charge people for this. Stop being greedy & give to the needy...

    • @brolydictcumberbatchmontou401
      @brolydictcumberbatchmontou401 7 днів тому

      yeah he just assumed it. I've seen plenty of homeless people using solar now this guy looks like he works hard wants a home so he is advertising his skills and ingenuity to advertise his proficiency. Landscape mastery? check. Nice siding? Check. Beautiful stone wall? Check. I'm sure this guy works for a living. He has to. But not enough to afford real housing. He definitely takes pride in his lifestyle. Why cant he just have saved up for a solar battery generator setup? Bike NIMBY guy just look at him he's stealing power.

  • @emmapeelible
    @emmapeelible 26 днів тому +214

    "Waterfront home in prime Highland Park, newly built, stunning views, easy access to shopping and dining destinations, asking $1.995 million."

  • @alexhill4217
    @alexhill4217 26 днів тому +215

    10 for skill/creativity 😮

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi 21 день тому +5

      If he can build like that then he can get a job in construction.

  • @fatevans1015
    @fatevans1015 20 днів тому +12

    GENIUS !!!!!!!

  • @andyamysarizonaadventures5450
    @andyamysarizonaadventures5450 16 днів тому +5

    California looks like a different country

  • @spp6486
    @spp6486 21 день тому +88

    "I can't be sorry for the mistakes they made"
    He doesn't even know their story, homelessness isn't always a result of bad decisions. People end up on the street for a variety of reasons, some beyond their control.

    • @rosemarietolentino3218
      @rosemarietolentino3218 8 днів тому +3

      I have been homeless since 2008. I am on fixed income I can’t afford to rent in California.

    • @A_a_r_o_n_In_Aus
      @A_a_r_o_n_In_Aus 7 днів тому +3

      Facts! A couple months ago i was intentionally going to live the homeless lifestyle because of the alcoholic dramas that go on in my family's household, i just wanted peace and clarity for myself, since than things have gotten allot better at home it's definitely not always drugs n alcohol

    • @seftonwalker3978
      @seftonwalker3978 4 дні тому

      I agree with your point. Although he did say "some of these people"

    • @anniewilkes6011
      @anniewilkes6011 18 годин тому

      @rosemarietolentino3218 I feel you sis! I'm borderline there myself. I have a disability and cannot afford a place. Wait list for low income in always packed or closed for yeaRs. I can't work but folks in comments blame the ones on the streets for being there. Irony is a majority of people are six clicks from this same situation.

  • @mixedhairless
    @mixedhairless 19 днів тому +2

    Best of show.. wow that’s awesome. Give this guy a job and let him make houses for the homeless

  • @Chuck-yt7iq
    @Chuck-yt7iq 19 днів тому +6

    Yayy. Thank u Gavin!

  • @TheSarah730
    @TheSarah730 26 днів тому +181

    The rent is too damn high

  • @aidanmouellic5919
    @aidanmouellic5919 25 днів тому +93

    Respect to that person for having a bunch of fire extinguishers around the structure, responsible action.

  • @MrTtranpds
    @MrTtranpds 20 днів тому +4

    I put up a tool shed, and I get a fine for no permit. Where city inspectors????

  • @joemiranda8525
    @joemiranda8525 21 день тому +3

    But if you build an addition on you own yard you need permits and all the necessary fee and requirements or the will red flag your home. Does this make sense?

  • @noahhamilton1026
    @noahhamilton1026 26 днів тому +55

    It’s the new American dream this is what modern retirement wages looks like folks

  • @mh-ht2fp
    @mh-ht2fp 26 днів тому +156

    He just didnt like you guys. He let the other news channel in lol.

    • @abc123fhdi
      @abc123fhdi 26 днів тому +25

      Yes they interviewed him, he doesn't speak English but apparently he has a girlfriend. Not sure if she speaks English. One person commented that there are guys who own an actual house and cars and can't get laid lol. Maybe she appreciates his resourcefulness and isn't exactly a model herself.

    • @Jherilc
      @Jherilc 26 днів тому +8

      😂 ​@@abc123fhdi I can't this has to be the best comment.

    • @djlivvy46
      @djlivvy46 26 днів тому +9

      ​@@abc123fhdi- I think those guys fail to appreciate that you really need to have at least an iota of personality as well.

    • @Texas_ice
      @Texas_ice 21 день тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m weeeak!

    • @djlivvy46
      @djlivvy46 20 днів тому

      @@user-eqwl2htry45Il - to be fair, I don't think we were ever supposed to spend as much time together as Western society expects us to. We're just too different and we're not interested in the same things.
      Most men are not interested in interior decor & childcare and most women are not interested in sports and p0rn.

  • @petrsson
    @petrsson 13 днів тому +3

    46.000 homeless people in one city...Damn,that's crazy high number...🤔😟

  • @MaraVanBardeleven
    @MaraVanBardeleven 9 днів тому +1

    The white noise is impeccable.

  • @DanA.-jo4sg
    @DanA.-jo4sg 26 днів тому +240

    Find a way to lower rents, raise wages, or watch the rise of slums.

    • @saukchung8939
      @saukchung8939 26 днів тому +17

      I mean… you’re supposed to be raising your own wages lmao

    • @saukchung8939
      @saukchung8939 26 днів тому +8

      And rent will NEVER get lower lol

    • @moorefacts6605
      @moorefacts6605 26 днів тому +24

      Let's face it for the poor and elderly poor it's either a life hack or certain death in the streets. There ain't no trickle down economy.

    • @Nirobiscloset10
      @Nirobiscloset10 26 днів тому +1

      Exactly!!

    • @Username-2
      @Username-2 26 днів тому +2

      @@saukchung8939that’s not how that works

  • @adrianaperez4109
    @adrianaperez4109 25 днів тому +38

    I think a lot of us are going to be walking that same route because rents are too damm high and I don't think it's going to get better. So good for that person that built himself a better home 🎉

  • @malousantos199
    @malousantos199 14 днів тому +1

    It’s better than looking at the homeless makeshift homes.

  • @user-zu9xj6qc2w
    @user-zu9xj6qc2w 9 днів тому +1

    That’s people being creative shows how they work😭😭

  • @edwinmarquez3768
    @edwinmarquez3768 26 днів тому +198

    He lives in LA rent free..brilliant. Rio De Janeiro has favelas, those people were smart.

    • @DerrickW30
      @DerrickW30 26 днів тому +16

      More and more of LA is beginning to look like one.

    • @TRAVIESO_NA
      @TRAVIESO_NA 26 днів тому +11

      yup thats america now.

    • @stabaholic187
      @stabaholic187 25 днів тому +2

      Where does he shower n poop ??...

    • @safeandeffectivelol
      @safeandeffectivelol 25 днів тому +9

      @@stabaholic187 The water below

    • @aaronr5422
      @aaronr5422 25 днів тому +2

      @@stabaholic187he doesn’t shower

  • @empowered3206
    @empowered3206 26 днів тому +117

    Sometimes u gotta do what u gotta do to survive.

    • @GuyNamedRy
      @GuyNamedRy 21 день тому +7

      Then live with family, move into a shelter…. Don’t make the city a horrible place filled with odors of pee and poop

  • @milesdyson
    @milesdyson 7 днів тому

    Look at all that Hope and Change making America Great Again 👍

  • @snowygirl131
    @snowygirl131 5 днів тому

    I ❤ this. The homeless CAN be tidy, productive, non-threatening. Society needs to do better.

  • @pennybradberry2762
    @pennybradberry2762 22 дні тому +60

    They aren’t bothering anyone and it looks better then a lot of homes in neighborhoods ‼️

    • @vg4472
      @vg4472 21 день тому +1

      They call it "Neighborhood Blight" it won't be there for long.

    • @scottfirman
      @scottfirman 12 днів тому +2

      Never mind it is ILLEGAL

  • @ericdraven4445
    @ericdraven4445 26 днів тому +165

    Does that make him not homeless??

  • @johnwillison6483
    @johnwillison6483 20 днів тому +7

    Well we have to give to give that new owner a 100+ for being very creative and inventive and for ingenuity!!

  • @maestrovso
    @maestrovso 21 день тому +1

    What the station missed mentioning is the property includes a waterfall of sewer discharge.

  • @zzzz-sf5lr
    @zzzz-sf5lr 26 днів тому +112

    I dont believe he should be judged. 99% of people make one mistake with no family to help, and they are gonna be homeless

    • @ignitedsoul3937
      @ignitedsoul3937 25 днів тому

      sadly many are too ignorant to care or even comprehend

    • @GuyNamedRy
      @GuyNamedRy 21 день тому

      Just wait until it’s happening in front of your house and then get back to me… someone lived outside my friends apartment and the city couldn’t do anything about it

    • @zzzz-sf5lr
      @zzzz-sf5lr 20 днів тому +4

      @@GuyNamedRy jokes on you! I don't have a home lmao

    • @PassportBrosAndBlondeManWeaves
      @PassportBrosAndBlondeManWeaves 8 днів тому

      @@GuyNamedRy People have a right to live if they are decent people with some hiccups in life. We don’t know what these people have been through because it’s not always what you think it is…

    • @GuyNamedRy
      @GuyNamedRy 8 днів тому

      @@PassportBrosAndBlondeManWeaves Theres a line when it comes from hiccup and it is a crutch for these people.
      There are plenty of resources that don’t result in sleeping next to peoples homes. Let’s take the feeling out of this situation and talk about facts.
      Go to a family members house, try daily to get into a shelter, plenty of programs to help get you off the street. If they arn’t being proactive then they’re just abusing the rules society has.

  • @alphajava761
    @alphajava761 26 днів тому +79

    It's called desperation not a living situation. It's all over L.A. County out into every area of the Antelope Valley. I'm in a smaller population area in the AV and there's tents and people living on the street, you can't go one block without seeing a homeless person walking, sitting, camping.

    • @nannerz1994
      @nannerz1994 26 днів тому +8

      Right like none of these people actually want to be in this situation. The misconception is that they choose to be out here but the reality is that they have been offered help, or put in a shelter where all of their belongings were stolen and their privacy was invaded. I feel like it's kind of like military veterans. They don't know anything else or they're scared of change so staying as comfortable to them

    • @dfirth224
      @dfirth224 26 днів тому +6

      People in downtown LA buy homeless people one way Metrolink train tickets to Lancaster, end of the line.

    • @alphajava761
      @alphajava761 26 днів тому +8

      @@dfirth224 Really? That's interesting. My assumption was that they headed out here to get away from L.A. which is pricer for food, etc. Lot's of homeless from the AV as well. All of this makeshift material to build structures is from illegal dumping by L.A. County residents and businesses. The illegal dumping problem in L.A. is everywhere: sidewalks, alleys, vacant lots, roadsides, etc. From Santa Monica out to the AV, you see it everywhere. And the trash littering the roadsides and hillsides everywhere in L.A. County (bags, wrappers, etc). It's unbelievable to me that people throw trash out their car window, it's a lot of trash.

    • @alphajava761
      @alphajava761 26 днів тому +2

      @@nannerz1994 In Venice they only offered to shelter people with what they could take with them. Bulldozers and refuge bins took the rest. In some cases they offer to store things, in others they don't 🤷. I can see it depending on the item(s). I think these people get stuck in a cycle that's familiar to them and feel threatened by change. I think just about everybody doesn't like change. But change for their own good needs to happen, these are not healthy conditions mentally.

    • @AllBrightColors
      @AllBrightColors 26 днів тому +5

      YEP!! They are in fields next to the freeway, camped out in the grassy areas of the freeway on-ramps, over underpasses, on the streets, in vacant properties .. everywhere.

  • @Anne.411
    @Anne.411 20 днів тому +1

    The crazy thing is I know he didn’t just build this overnight

  • @seventhdayissabbath8747
    @seventhdayissabbath8747 12 днів тому

    There is a similar situation along the Willamette River in Portland, Or. It was built out of what others have thrown away, it is riverfront property and doesn't look too bad, problem is that it's on property that does not belong to the public but to the RR (Union Pacific)

  • @homedoghappiness
    @homedoghappiness 26 днів тому +40

    Looks pretty good!!! Gotta give props where due.

  • @joshfavila2636
    @joshfavila2636 26 днів тому +75

    He has the view of the “ocean”😂😂😂😂😂

  • @user-ro2ih7oj7g
    @user-ro2ih7oj7g 26 днів тому +99

    They're just mad that he isn't paying taxes.

    • @deborahrobben7721
      @deborahrobben7721 26 днів тому +15

      The bottom line it's not fair to the taxpayers.

    • @jackmccourt1541
      @jackmccourt1541 23 дні тому +7

      ​@@deborahrobben7721how? Just let them vibe their not hurting anyone

    • @cgschow1971
      @cgschow1971 22 дні тому +7

      ​@@deborahrobben7721cry a river. If they got the smarts and resources, then more power to them.

    • @rloy7304
      @rloy7304 21 день тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing lol lol!!!!

    • @X2X673
      @X2X673 19 днів тому +2

      Good try but that's not how things work

  • @BBQHoGS
    @BBQHoGS 7 днів тому

    Oh boy I can’t wait to see what is going to happen in the next ten years!! I bet it is going to be epic! This country is headed in the right direction! We should be super proud of our little country! We made it!! We did it! We did it…..

  • @2815Juan
    @2815Juan 9 днів тому +1

    So as a homeowner who if I build a shed to big. The city will threaten to have it torn down. But the homeless can do whatever that want? BS

  • @desireec.8598
    @desireec.8598 26 днів тому +64

    Electricity? He’s probably using batteries let’s not get carried away now.

    • @shanefsr6609
      @shanefsr6609 26 днів тому +8

      you might as well be speaking Chinese to these mouth breathers if you start explaining batteries and solar panels

    • @Zen.Kyokushinkai
      @Zen.Kyokushinkai 26 днів тому +25

      No. Electricity. They showed he tapped into the public light pole nearby on another news channel .

    • @rejanwashburn2760
      @rejanwashburn2760 22 дні тому +7

      ​@Zen.Kyokushinkai could you imagine a home owner doing that for and ADU all on his own. They would probably arrest you or fine you 10,000 a day that you have had it.

    • @neckarsulme
      @neckarsulme 19 днів тому +4

      @@shanefsr6609 lol, dude tapped into the light pole...it ain't rocket science

    • @davidderler5924
      @davidderler5924 19 днів тому +2

      It might have even had an outlet there already just snip the lock off box with a bolt cutter. Run cords and ground faults so you don't kick out the circuit. Just reset good to go.

  • @kaliconnect9014
    @kaliconnect9014 25 днів тому +152

    Look clean and not blocking sidewalks not bothering anyone not like skid row . Leave him alone 💥

    • @JohnRinNoHo
      @JohnRinNoHo 20 днів тому +18

      If he is allowed to squat illegally on public property so is everyone else.

    • @kaliconnect9014
      @kaliconnect9014 12 днів тому

      @@MrWhoopwhoop10 inflation paying the goverment more.

    • @scottfirman
      @scottfirman 12 днів тому

      yes, we should allow people to BREAK THE LAWS.

    • @kaliconnect9014
      @kaliconnect9014 12 днів тому

      @@scottfirman some do worse and don't get punished laws are no good

    • @glassycreek1991
      @glassycreek1991 7 днів тому

      @@JohnRinNoHo maybe that should be a right, to squat on public property.

  • @hobosavage6187
    @hobosavage6187 20 днів тому +2

    Proves that homeless people want to have a place to live but just don’t want to pay

  • @Homestead_Adventures717
    @Homestead_Adventures717 19 днів тому

    We did it! We have media praising shanty housing on the LA river! We did it!

  • @FloridaMan69.
    @FloridaMan69. 26 днів тому +137

    looks like tijuana

  • @Frankbot3000
    @Frankbot3000 22 дні тому +10

    'Ah, the ingenuity of human innovation never ceases to amaze! Who needs traditional real estate when you can have a front-row seat to the hustle and bustle of the 110 freeway? This makeshift abode is the epitome of urban living- prime location, minimal commute time, and a constant soundtrack of honking horns and screeching tires. Talk about the ultimate 'tiny house' experience..

  • @drone_boss
    @drone_boss 19 днів тому

    Can it be insured? I’ve heard that is tough (insurance) these days in Cali! It looks like a flood zone.

  • @patrieceminner6150
    @patrieceminner6150 4 дні тому

    Opening with Living on the edge is top tier!

  • @beauno83
    @beauno83 26 днів тому +37

    for some reason I thought there were 80,000 homeless in LA. They have 6.38Billion they approved for the homeless, can this guy get some upgrades? Like a swimming pool ........

    • @gerardoc6293
      @gerardoc6293 26 днів тому +4

      He has a river front what you want a pool for?

    • @beauno83
      @beauno83 26 днів тому +1

      @@gerardoc6293 they are gonna need some solar panels to heat the hot tub ......

    • @Hup8y4
      @Hup8y4 26 днів тому

      Stop waatint our tax money for homelessss

  • @thepeterchannel3230
    @thepeterchannel3230 26 днів тому +19

    Rent is supposed to be $300. a month .For any apartment or house. Everyone has to have a place to live. Greedy landlords property must be seized and returned to normal rent prices. Property tax should be $ 800 a year for any dwelling. Get busy.....

    • @pro-seriesfabrication3810
      @pro-seriesfabrication3810 26 днів тому +1

      There's probably not a county in the country that if you forced this, they would still even have 1/20th of their budget. Cut the county services first and then you might have an argument

    • @Golfing422
      @Golfing422 21 день тому +1

      When property taxes and insurance are fifty bucks, then maybe that’s possible. 300.00 doesn’t even cover the taxes.

  • @pdtech4524
    @pdtech4524 13 днів тому +1

    They have good transport links for sure!😊

  • @lestranged
    @lestranged 12 днів тому

    How do they get to and from that area? Not running across the freeway I hope.

  • @jeffs4483
    @jeffs4483 26 днів тому +55

    Better than paying exorbitant rent to greedy landlords.

    • @anniebhere2
      @anniebhere2 26 днів тому +9

      You have zero idea what your talking about. Many landlords are 2nd generation worked their assessment off to buy oneverything income property. After mortgage, home owners insurance and property taxes they don't make much. Work harder like they did and stop complaining.

    • @sylvialupehernandez9154
      @sylvialupehernandez9154 26 днів тому +4

      ​@@anniebhere2Not everyone has the same luck, even if you work your butt off!

    • @o0GrayMatters0o
      @o0GrayMatters0o 26 днів тому

      the fact that the housing market here is cornered and out of reach is nothing new. if it was musical chairs, the uber wealthy already purchased all the spots to suffocate the supply and able to demand ridiculous amounts of money for the location. it's not personal it's business. but yeah, it's market manipulation, just like in the finance sector. manipulating markets takes all the fairness out and makes it a rich man's game. oh well

    • @Username-2
      @Username-2 26 днів тому +14

      @@anniebhere2Complete bs. Most property in LA is owned by large corporations that have been raising rent, not doing repairs, making insane profit and using the money to fund politicians that delay or obstruct the construction of new housing thus keeping their monopoly and rents high.

    • @circusbrains
      @circusbrains 25 днів тому

      @@Username-2 settle down just because you can't run your life ...

  • @bongobob6200
    @bongobob6200 26 днів тому +24

    How did they get that far?!?!

    • @bobbymoss6160
      @bobbymoss6160 26 днів тому +8

      Homeless people can do whatever they want in CA.

  • @Zeus00515
    @Zeus00515 21 день тому +1

    He just sold it for 1.4 million!!! Free electricity, water view, free taxes, all utilities paid!!!

  • @Ironworker69
    @Ironworker69 19 днів тому

    Trulia says it has 2 bedrooms and open bathroom very close to the highway for quick commutes

  • @FrandaddyReaper
    @FrandaddyReaper 26 днів тому +53

    Rent is high AF

    • @inboxnews
      @inboxnews 26 днів тому +2

      Get a better job.

    • @txbulldogboxing1462
      @txbulldogboxing1462 26 днів тому +12

      ​@@inboxnewsi put together hospital equipment and i can tell you right now,I dont get paid nearly enough. Are you suggesting people work 16 out of 24 hours a day just to survive?

    • @inboxnews
      @inboxnews 26 днів тому

      @@txbulldogboxing1462 I'm not paying your bills. Figure it out.

    • @Here4TheHeckOfIt
      @Here4TheHeckOfIt 26 днів тому +7

      People say "get a better job" because it's much easier than trying to solve the real problem. Plus, you get to hang on to your biases.

    • @Username-2
      @Username-2 26 днів тому

      @@inboxnewsbraindead.

  • @SoulUnspoken
    @SoulUnspoken 26 днів тому +32

    When cost of living is too high and minimums wages aren’t enough to even rent a studio apartment and immigrants get houses easier than the homeless especially if you
    Don’t meet the family median of 4, then people have to fend for themselves .
    California is a mess ,
    Been here my whole life and it’s getting worse and worse by the day with the costs of food and homes increasing and the pay rate not matching the increases ,
    Thus, the struggle that follows makes individuals result to measures that wouldn’t normally be taken . Hardworking people can’t afford to live on their own if they aren’t making six figures , it’s just too much here and it’s affecting everyone .

    • @lindabatton5172
      @lindabatton5172 26 днів тому +11

      You are the only one that's made a realistic commitment, based on observation of what is going on... 💯

    • @radaniel8923
      @radaniel8923 26 днів тому +1

      ​@lindabatton5172 😂 Exactly but they won't get rid of Gavin

    • @moorefacts6605
      @moorefacts6605 26 днів тому +5

      @@radaniel8923 Not Gavin's fault. The homeless problem has been bulging since the 1980s in Calif.

    • @realnapster1522
      @realnapster1522 26 днів тому

      It’s there in every state. It’s an American problem. Government refuses to do anything. US is too expensive to live.

    • @bobsmith6544
      @bobsmith6544 19 днів тому

      @@moorefacts6605 You're joking right?

  • @DaVinciSketch
    @DaVinciSketch 16 днів тому

    This was normal along the 110 growing up in the 90s. All of LA freeway under passes used to have shacks & tents. History repeats

  • @MC2RD
    @MC2RD 21 день тому +2

    Southern California is a sithole country now

  • @RacerSTYX
    @RacerSTYX 26 днів тому +26

    That home is valued at 650k. Anyone interested? Has a nice view of the freeway and la river.

    • @michaelcurry11
      @michaelcurry11 21 день тому

      F*** the money!

    • @homiedclown2623
      @homiedclown2623 19 днів тому

      What about the traffic noise?

    • @RacerSTYX
      @RacerSTYX 19 днів тому

      @@homiedclown2623 white noise :) can also play frogger too.

    • @TLK22
      @TLK22 16 днів тому

      It's worth way more than that.

  • @jessicawagers2321
    @jessicawagers2321 25 днів тому +8

    I give props to the guy who built this!!! WOW!!! ALL the homeless should build their own houses!!!

  • @serenitychozen
    @serenitychozen 5 днів тому +1

    Homie with the helmet was mad he's stuck doing what he has to do in life while they live free as the wind!!!

  • @IdoNomb
    @IdoNomb 13 днів тому

    Looks better than some communities with HOA.

  • @imaninternettroll1660
    @imaninternettroll1660 26 днів тому +28

    Am I allowed to steal electricity from the light pole outside? I wasn’t aware I could do that.

    • @Leafylover
      @Leafylover 25 днів тому +6

      Well why don’t you move to the riverbed and build a house and get an extention chord and try???

  • @RhiannaBaker-mw7hb
    @RhiannaBaker-mw7hb 26 днів тому +109

    Never judge someone because they're homeless

    • @user-dw1ls3rp1l
      @user-dw1ls3rp1l 26 днів тому +13

      Maybe for you and god, but the rest of us reserve the right.

    • @scottyoung1489
      @scottyoung1489 26 днів тому +8

      Drugs & poor choices makes most homeless problems that horribly burdens drug-free responsible citizens and their outrageous taxes they continually pay.

    • @Robin-xt7yo
      @Robin-xt7yo 26 днів тому +11

      @@user-dw1ls3rp1l For some people who were formerly middle-class or lower middle-class, it just takes loss of a job and then a debilitating costly medical situation such as cancer to make them broke.

    • @imaninternettroll1660
      @imaninternettroll1660 26 днів тому +5

      Addicts!!! Not “homeless” Real homeless can get plenty of help the addicts like to stay in the street because they can’t do their drugs in the shelters

    • @thekid1597
      @thekid1597 26 днів тому +5

      ​@@scottyoung1489what makes you think it's drugs or poor choices, not all 😳😕

  • @karenwhinesmore9347
    @karenwhinesmore9347 29 хвилин тому

    Not g9nna lie whoever made this is pretty resourceful 😂

  • @LoveHard-lm1se
    @LoveHard-lm1se 21 день тому

    Yooooo after seeing this i dont mind being homeless he just gave me hope

  • @mi-sun1162
    @mi-sun1162 26 днів тому +24

    Again... More homelessness in Los Angeles County

    • @ac61900
      @ac61900 26 днів тому +5

      And the crazy part is that people just have this in their mind that just because you don't have a mortgage or at least that you're somehow on drugs making bad decisions or don't want to work and that's not the case look at this home somebody clearly knew what they were doing. Somebody had some skills and people shouldn't be hating the other people found a way to survive in this world

    • @mi-sun1162
      @mi-sun1162 26 днів тому

      @ac61900 . .and because of the pandemic, people are not making much or nothing, and prices increase everywhere afterwards, especially peps to live.... peps are homeless, including our retirees on set income....

    • @Roger-wf8sj
      @Roger-wf8sj 21 день тому

      Yippie and keep voting blue

  • @ac61900
    @ac61900 26 днів тому +4

    Home is what you make it and where you make it and people understand it and people should understand just because you can afford a mortgage doesn't mean you actually ever own ur home

  • @TheEnd-eg6wq
    @TheEnd-eg6wq 19 днів тому

    How do you get electricity from things discarded?

  • @mikeohawk95
    @mikeohawk95 20 днів тому

    I’ve gotta check that place out and good concept!!

  • @billmoran3219
    @billmoran3219 22 дні тому +11

    If the person who built that house has enough skill to do that then they have enough skills to get a job and pull themselves out of what ever is holding them down!

    • @arvurebantra7639
      @arvurebantra7639 15 днів тому +5

      That's assuming there are jobs, and that there are people who will hire them. You don't know their entire background. Also, for all you know, they actually do have a job, but the rent is so ridiculously high, they can't afford a place.

    • @David53D
      @David53D 12 днів тому +1

      @@arvurebantra7639 You don't know either. The point is it's taxpayer, public property and he is stealing electricity. His personal story doesn't concern us but he is trespassing.

    • @rentlesskilla32
      @rentlesskilla32 11 днів тому +1

      Even with a regular job I don’t think u can afford living in LA without assistance or roommates

    • @arvurebantra7639
      @arvurebantra7639 11 днів тому

      @@David53D Is he stealing electricity or does he have a generator? Again, you're assuming things. That piece of land wasn't being used much so why not?

    • @glassycreek1991
      @glassycreek1991 7 днів тому

      maybe he already has a job or two but it does not pay enough.

  • @CarlSims6969
    @CarlSims6969 26 днів тому +14

    Wow. Smart dude

  • @carmelitaroelofsen1602
    @carmelitaroelofsen1602 13 годин тому

    Leave them alone if they are not bothering anyone

  • @father-sonflightsimulator3838
    @father-sonflightsimulator3838 21 день тому +2

    No way that’s legal or up to code

  • @EM422
    @EM422 21 день тому +3

    WOW… I must say, this man is so Creative!

  • @bite-marx
    @bite-marx 26 днів тому +21

    LOWER THE RENTS IN LOS ANGELES ALREADY

    • @inboxnews
      @inboxnews 26 днів тому +2

      Why should I subsidize your life? I don't know you. I don't want to know you.

    • @Omen465
      @Omen465 25 днів тому +1

      ​@@inboxnewslearn to spell first

  • @freddyspsfupwp9711
    @freddyspsfupwp9711 17 днів тому

    Leave them alone! LA has MORE important thing to worry about

  • @jeepthing98
    @jeepthing98 21 день тому +1

    Im guessing the "river" is the bathroom.

  • @CaspersCave
    @CaspersCave 21 день тому +5

    A man's home is his castle 🏰 ✨️

  • @burningbl00d
    @burningbl00d 26 днів тому +22

    This world is sick, at least art intentionally placed or not always shines through. Change the world. End homelessness. It's 2024 and we still haven't fixed anything..? What is this?

    • @bobbymoss6160
      @bobbymoss6160 26 днів тому +8

      A lot of people's livelyhood depends on the homeless industry of taking billions in homeless spending and putting it in their own bank accounts instead of planning and creating a solution.

  • @quercus3290
    @quercus3290 14 днів тому

    No property tax, no bills, looks good to me.

  • @blueskypainters2916
    @blueskypainters2916 10 днів тому

    Dear KTLA please advise us who the hell is discarding their electricity because mines expensive.