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"Encampments used to be contained to Skid Row, where city officials would try to control or ignore them," said Gary Blasi, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has studied homelessness in the region for years. "Plans have been made, and never made it off the paper they're written on. It's not clear what will be delivered. And do the math here โ it doesn't amount to much at all."
In New York, Mr. Blasi said that hundreds of existing housing vouchers went unused because homeless people could not find landlords who would accept them.
Comment: This is the latest tragedy at the holy Muslim city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, following a recent fire and the collapse of a large crane into the Grand Mosque in Mecca last week, which happened 14 years to the day since 9/11 and the ensuing 'global war on terror', which Saudi Arabia played a major role in.
At least 118 people were killed when the crane, operated by Bin Laden Construction Group (and owned by Osama's brother), was struck by lightning and blown over during a powerful sandstorm on the eve of the Hajj pilgrimage. At the behest of Saudi King Salman, Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) has now been banned from taking on new work, and will have its current projects reviewed.
Some other members of the Bin Laden family were killed in a private jet crash at a UK airport last month, in an incident which "doesn't make sense", according to a pilot who regularly flies into the airport.
Bad omens are piling up for Saudi Arabia...
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