--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 9/5/05 8:31 AM, uns_tressor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I think I heard that here in Fairfield there are 400 houses on > >>> the market. I don¹t know how many apartments for rent. I¹m going > >>> to check. I imagine that around the entire country there are more > >>> than enough empty houses and apartments to accommodate all the > >>> Katrina refugees. Seems to me some sort of government funding > >>> should be set up to compensate the owners and landlords of these > >>> houses and apartments, and people should be moved from the > >>> Astrodome and church basements. Any thoughts on this idea? > >> > >> It's not a bad idea. If something could be done to ease > >> the minds of the homeowners w.r.t. possible damage to their > >> homes, it might even wind up saving them money. It costs > >> far more to insure an empty home waiting to be sold than > >> a home that is occupied. > > > > These quantities are a start but not enough. Is there > > any vacant land that might be available? If so, how > > about a project based on new environmentally sensible > > methods like strawbale and rammed earth techniques? Viz: > > http://www.strawbale.com/ > > http://www.rammedearthworks.com/ > > Uns. > > Good idea for the long run. But we're talking now. Empty houses > and apartments all over the country (and Canada?). A quarter of a > million refugees in Texas alone. Let any of us spend a week on a > cot in the astrodome and see how we like it.
Personally, Rick, I think this is a great idea. It sounds to me like the people to implement it are *realtors*. They are the ones who would know what houses/apartments were available, and be able to contact the owners to propose such an idea. If anyone sells real estate, especially in Texas or other areas near the affected areas, this sounds like an idea that could actually be implemented and do a lot of good. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
