If it was possible to build co-ops of these it’d be what I’ve been suggesting for like 9 years.
Look up “housing cooperative” in your area, there might actually be one, as there’s a pretty substantial number of them scattered across many locations. My area has at least 10.
I have and there aren’t any. Regardless they should be the standard, not the exception.
A tiny house at 30% of income… yeah, real uplifting.
its literally what financial advisers tell people should be the upper bound for their housing costs and this is for low income individuals. they didnt pull the number form their own rear. so take the small good news were you can.
“A year ago, I was homeless. Now I have a home, I’m not on the street and I have peace because every place where I stayed before was temporary. Here there is very much a sense of community. Marcel has a heart and a passion for what he is doing.”
People got homes. Ones that dont require them to starve themselves to death.
30% of income spent on housing is a perfectly reasonable number
It’s the maximum reasonable amount as per StatsCan.
People spending 30% or more of their income on shelter costs are considered to be rent-burdened, or in unaffordable housing.
To me, “perfectly reasonable” implies that there would be wiggle room on either end where the figure could still be reasonable were it higher or lower.
It’s an arbitrary number, which means there is definitely wiggle room. People are surviving up at 60% (barely) so I think yes, these days 35% would also be considered reasonable by most
Man, shut up. This dude made bank when he sold his company and thought, “how can I improve the lives of others with this money?”
Then he put in the work to figure out the best way to spend it. And then he fuckin did that.
Should the government be handling the problem? Yes. Is that how every rich person should think and act? For sure. But is that reality? No, so we should celebrate it when it happens.
You’ll never be happy if you let perfect be the enemy of good.
“You’ll never be happy if you let perfect be the enemy of good.”
what a great comment
I learned it watching a guy play Cities: Skylines and boy did it stick with me
Your comment made me think of The Office quote formatting of:
“You’ll never be happy if you let perfect be the enemy of good.” -Voltaire -Some guy playing CS
I had to think of who it was but it was City Planner Plays
I think it maxes at $200
if it did, the text wouldnt be “the large majority” but “everyone”.
Perhaps that tiny fraction is paying more because they get more or really earn much more. Who knows. But this certainly is not something to criticize. Once 30 % of your income is way too much for such a house, you are far away from needing this kind of help and should move anyway.
Rember kids; philanthropy is advantageous upon failure of collective efforts
Very smart to put solar panels on each unit. I hope the residents will be allowed to plant some flowers, bushes, and trees to brighten up the area.
This is in my town. They are allowed and encouraged to do so. Their place is THEIR place, it fosters a sense of community and ownership of the community.
This project really kicks ass and it’s making waves. I know the guy is a millionaire, but I’ve listened to a few interviews and his heart is at the right place. He genuinely cares and is being pragmatic about it.
I wish I could say the same for the billionaires of this province. Looking at you, Irving shitbags.
It’s actually not as crazy being a tech millionaire nowadays since so many people build a great service and then just have it bought up by the competition.
It said right in the article Salesforce bought his product in 2011 and thats what made him a millionaire. Pretty good way to use that life changing money for the better of others and not just himself.
A million dollars ain’t what it used to be. Won’t even buy a house in many cities anymore.
A million will get you a home in just about any city. Whether it’s a really nice one or not is the question.
Why can’t other people be more like this? Go Marcel!
Elon Musk would never lol. He could do so much good with his money but he just chooses not to. Has he built a library? A park? A school? Literally anything?
Since you asked according to Wikipedia the Musk Foundation has given $50 million to st Judes, although Musk and his foundation have been criticized for their low payouts.
Thanks for looking, like honestly. At least he’s done something I guess.
He also promised to solve wold hunger if given a plan and when the UN gave him a plan, he backed out.
Didn’t you know empathy is a sin and weakness…
Can’t believe he said that shit.
He twisted and parroted the words of someone else. Fucker’s absolutely incapable of original thought or actual creation
If he said that, he needs to be ground into a fine paste, eaten, and then shit out because that’s some garbage-tier humaning.
Something something he could’ve ended world hunger, but chose not to.
He’s a billionaire. Id be surprised if he said otherwise.
Are these houses good shelters for tornados?
They don’t look like they would be. That alone kills the tiny house for a huge chunk of the US :/.
Generally this can be solved with hurricane ties (to prevent the structure from completely flying) and a community tornado shelter in affected regions. It won’t eliminate damage but will reduce it as much as can be.
If you build one big shelter for the neighbourhood its probably way more cost effective than per house.
You can have community tornado shelters.
I know they do that in trailer parks, but you still have to make it to the shelter. And there are a lot of people who would prefer to gamble than do that. Trailers at least have heft to them, and multiple walls to catch flying debris. You can duck into a bathroom for instance if things get real bad real quick.
Edit: but I clearly haven’t thought this out as the people would otherwise be homeless and have 0 shelter
It’s in Canada.
Alberta and Saskatchewan do have some tornado risks, but it’s not nearly as bad as central US.
“The word ‘philanthropy’ is often interpreted as someone who gives money,” he told the alumni magazine.
“But the Greek roots of the word ‘philos’ and ‘anthropos’ mean to love humans. What I have discovered is spending money is the easy thing, spending yourself is the hard thing. The 12 Neighbours project is how I can best spend myself.”yl
I’m not crying, you’re crying… Sniff
Someone must be cutting onions. Let’s add them to the billionaire stew.
I also liked this:
“We have people who have been run over by trauma, by substance abuse, by all of these things,” LeBrun told Macleans. “It’s about excavating that person, buried under their circumstances, little by little.”
Seems like a decent dude.
I like this part as well:
“I won the parent lottery, the education lottery, the country lottery,” LeBrun told Macleans. “It would be arrogant to say every piece of my ‘success’ was earned, when so much of it was received.”
It’s not scalable, but good on him
Why not?
Rich assholes hoarding wealth instead of emulating this guy.
That’s not quite the same thing as it not being scalable
I mean… we can’t rely on rich people funding our housing
But also the way it’s built. They’re all small, single story homes. It’s great for starting an independent community like he did, but most people want to live in cities, and this would never work in a city
Eat this guy last
I have a feeling by the time we eat the other billionaires, he’d have donated it all away. We won’t have to eat him if what his PR team says is really true.
He can sit on my side of the table if he keeps this up
This is fine, but millionaires won’t save us
Sure, but let’s pretend this one hasn’t done significantly more than others.
He did actually save those homeless people.
I don’t think it’s possible to amass “millions” as an executive, while giving fair payments to everyone down the chain.
Absolutely, but it is food seeing some people who actually use their money for something good.
This could be pointed to as a successful teat case to get the gov off it’s ass and implement this at a macro level.
You are correct millionaires will not save us, however we should reward behavior we want to see. Lest we get more billionaires who are a net drag on society.
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I really don’t like that you got downvoted so much for this. You are not wrong, that is the anti-taxer take, and your exposure to those who might not be aware contributes to the discussion in a meaningful way. I don’t know or care if you’re anti-tax I just know you brought up well thought-out points relevant to the conversation and I don’t like seeing the upside down vote count.
Thank you
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They could, but they won’t.
Maybe if they all teamed up and were organized to do so. But a tiny handful of billionaires control as much wealth as the millionaires. It’s much harder for a class to voluntarily do good than for a small handful of people. That’s why society needs to step in, tax them, and distribute to projects as needed.
Some rocker tried to do that in LA and they arrested him and kicked out all the homeless.
Impressive, it’s even a walkable place seen that it is a mixed use neighborhood with commercial buildings too
Remember, theres a gigantic difference between the wealth of a billionaire and the wealth of a millionaire. For one thing, its possible to make a million without harming others, a BILLION though, you HAVE to sacrifice others to achieve.
The difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars is about a billion dollars
While the guy happened to manage to acquire almost $400 million by selling his company, it seems that he’s really trying to do some good with that, quite frankly, ridiculous amount of money.
Also it seems that his employees were compensated somewhat above market rate while he owned the company.
Not exactly a dragon of his own making, we shall observe his career with great interest to see if he follows what seems to be his chosen path, as of now.
On paper, sure. But I might argue that the process of accruing paper wealth as a backstop against misfortune and a reserve during retirement is inherently deleterious - forcing people to forego quality of life in the immediate term as a hedge against the future. This is a highly inefficient process for individuals to manage - who carry the whole cost of an incidental risk/exceptionally long life. And it is the whole reason public pensions and public insurance came to exist.
That’s before you get into the moral hazard of certain professions and fortunate individuals being predisposed towards retirement, while others work right up until their dying days.
Off topic, they look like detached homes. Was there a conscious choice not to make duplexes, quads, or an apartment building? Tiny homes are just so weird to me… People will really do anything except stick units next to each other
They’re easy to manufacture and move into place and remove if theres problems(pests, fire, etc). Depending on how he selects people a lot of the unhoused population are not mentally well and/or have substance abuse problems. This means if someone is a hoarder or sets their own place on fire it is not as consequential to their neighbors. It also is less likely to cause problems with neighbors if you have just a little bit of room. I would imagine for something like this to thrive you would want to build community and if people are annoyed with their neighbors because they are sharing a wall it would cause problems. I don’t know the real reason just throwing out ideas.
It’s nice not to have to listen to your neighbours through the walls
If you insulate against noise properly, you won’t.
Yeah, the airgap between units is the cheapest form of noise insulation
