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Exclusive | Inside LA’s homeless mini town as tiny houses with TVs and AC are illegally sold for $100

Nypost · · 493 words · By Jamie Paige
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Inside LA’s homeless mini town as tiny houses with TVs and AC are illegally sold for $100 A rogue mini-town is rising inside Los Angeles’ billion-dollar homelessness crisis, where the homeless are building tiny homes with TVs and air conditioning, and selling…

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Inside LA’s homeless mini town as tiny houses with TVs and AC are illegally sold for $100 A rogue mini-town is rising inside Los Angeles’ billion-dollar homelessness crisis, where the homeless are building tiny homes with TVs and air conditioning, and selling…

Why it matters

Just weeks after The California Post exposed a filthy LA River encampment where one resident died of an overdose days later, another hidden world has surfaced, this time in the heart of the Fashion District.

Common ground

The Post visited a makeshift home Tuesday built by Osvaldo, 38, a burst of bright orange, green and yellow on the outside.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Osvaldo has built approximately 10 makeshift homes for others on the street.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web results, or Wikipedia entries to confirm or refute the claim about Osvaldo building 10 homes.
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Claim 2: “Los Angeles has spent more than $1 billion on homelessness programs in recent years.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web results, or Wikipedia entries to confirm or refute the $1 billion homelessness spending claim.
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Claim 3: “A $300 million homelessness program resulted in 40% of participants returning to the streets within months.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web results, or Wikipedia entries to confirm or refute the $300 million program's 40% return rate.
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Claim 4: “Osvaldo grows green beans outside his makeshift home.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web results, or Wikipedia entries to confirm or refute Osvaldo's green bean cultivation.
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Claim 5: “Osvaldo, 38, built a makeshift home with a bed, television, and air conditioning.”
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Wikipedia evidence references Dani Osvaldo (footballer) and other Osvaldos, but no mention of a homeless individual building homes with TV/AC. No corroboration found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Osvaldo Bido (born October 18, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osvaldo_Bido
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pablo Daniel "Dani" Osvaldo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdaːni oˈzvaldo]; born 12 January 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born and raised in Argentina, Osvaldo represen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani_Osvaldo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Osvaldo may refer to the following people:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osvaldo
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Claim 6: “A rogue mini-town is rising inside Los Angeles’ billion-dollar homelessness crisis, where the homeless are building tiny homes with TVs and air conditioning, and selling them on the street for as little as $100.”
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Wikipedia evidence references unrelated topics (CRTs, plasma displays, Roku) with no connection to homelessness or illegal tiny homes in LA. No corroboration found in cross-references or web results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A cathode ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams, which are directed and controlled to display images on a phosphorescent screen. The images ma…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A plasma display panel is a type of flat-panel display that uses small cells containing plasma: ionized gas that responds to electric fields. Plasma televisions were the first large (over 32 inches/81…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Roku ( ROH-koo) is a brand of consumer electronics that includes streaming players, smart TVs (and their operating systems), as well as two streaming services (The Roku Channel and Howdy). The brand …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roku
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Claim 7: “The California Post exposed a filthy LA River encampment where one resident died of an overdose days later.”
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Wikipedia evidence references geographical locations and river systems in California, but no mention of the LA River encampment or overdose incident. No corroboration found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — La Cañada Flintridge, commonly known as just La Cañada (Spanish for 'The Ravine'), is a city in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located in the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — La Grange is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 166.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Grange,_California
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The US state of California has a multitude of large and small rivers. Its most prominent river system is formed by the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. The Klamath and Trinity Rivers drain a large a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_California
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Claim 8: “Kathryn, 40, has been homeless for decades and is constructing a makeshift home with a bedroom, bathroom, and planned living room.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web results, or Wikipedia entries to confirm or refute Kathryn's home construction claims.
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Claim 9: “Homeless individuals in Los Angeles report not being offered services and not seeing outreach teams from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web results, or Wikipedia entries to confirm or refute claims about outreach teams not being seen.
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