In @Kai Van Leuven example, I doubt whether the person living there, most likely rent free, in her grandma's home is anxious for grandmas to selling it, and he winds up homeless on the streets.

There is a trend in Los Angeles where 'vanlords' are buying used RV's, parking them on the side of the road around the city, and then renting these RV's out to homeless people.The used RV's cost the vanlord between $2,000 - $5,000 and rent rates range between $600 - $800 per month (not a bad ROI!)

This home use to be a homeless and druggie house invested with rats and bugs.

Learn about things like the homeless homeowners who have tenants in their houses living for free for multiple years while the city prevents you from doing anything about it.

I do see change happening in the area but at the same time there is a lot happening on my block in terms of homelessness/ drugs. 

I was too smart for my own good, and so I had no desire big enough and for a short while ended up homeless all while working in and trying to learn real estate and mortgages at the beginning of the big recession.

No one lived in the place and unfortunately she had allowed some homeless folks to set up camp in the back yard.

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Hi all,I just thought that I would comment that my local authorities at the city and county levels are considering loosening ADU rules and restrictions as they wrestle with regional problems of homelessness and affordable housing.

We are taking part in Project Homeless Connect tomorrow, offering housing and also small job opportunities (we need a handyman and a resident manager).