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Title: Housing for Evacuees Post by: Pococurante on September 23, 2005, 12:07:46 PM Anyone know of appropriate websites to advertise residential housing to evacuees looking to relocate? Specifically Texas placements?
Title: Re: Housing for Evacuees Post by: Evangolis on September 23, 2005, 06:17:21 PM I think Craigslist had something like that going.
Title: Re: Housing for Evacuees Post by: schild on September 23, 2005, 06:21:54 PM http://www.hurricanehousing.org/
Title: Re: Housing for Evacuees Post by: Pococurante on September 23, 2005, 06:22:37 PM Yeah I checked into them very early on. CL is more informal - "I have a garage apartment - call me, god bless"
I have a property I want to sell at a reasonable price and I'd prefer it go to a family that needs it, not this gouging crap that is becoming the norm nor to some speculative bunch that can rationalize screwing someone as "helping". Title: Re: Housing for Evacuees Post by: schild on September 23, 2005, 06:23:25 PM Let me guess? A bridge. I kid, I kid.
Where's this property? Title: Re: Housing for Evacuees Post by: Pococurante on September 23, 2005, 06:40:47 PM Thanks schild but while I wish I could afford to offer temporary free housing I really need to just sell this. I've been a landlord before and I don't want to get back into that - sadly too many people are animals that take advantage and I'm not close enough to the asset to guarantee quality. (selling the old homestead in a neighborhood of good people, not a flipped investment)
Title: Re: Housing for Evacuees Post by: Pococurante on September 23, 2005, 06:45:42 PM Let me guess? A bridge. I kid, I kid. Where's this property? Heh. Understood. http://epernaytownhomes.com/misc/real_estate_listings_050705.htm (http://epernaytownhomes.com/misc/real_estate_listings_050705.htm) First property. This is where I grew up, well from age 15 to 19 anyway. It's weird to me to think of selling it. Not sure I like it. Title: Re: Housing for Evacuees Post by: schild on September 23, 2005, 09:43:18 PM You're selling a 3,032 SqFT house for $235k? In an established, though possibly decimated city? Yeouch. I understand a bit of philanthropism is at work here, but isn't there a lot more money to be made from a house that might not get damaged in Rita?
Title: Re: Housing for Evacuees Post by: Pococurante on September 24, 2005, 08:08:37 AM /shrug
Hurricanes, the gulf coast... part of life. Houston is not just the most important energy in the US, it's one of the most important in the world. Since energy will continue to be one of the more critical sectors for the foreseeable future a person could do a lot worse then settle there. If they're in an energy/engineering related field anyway. Me, I'm never moving back. But then I love my current property so much I hope to live here until they shovel dirt on my casket. Anyway appreciate the concern. Looks like we came out ok though. This time. |