Interesting the government isn't doing anything and refuses to let anybody else do anything about this problem.

This is just evil! They don’t want homeless loitering on their properties , but also won’t let them live in peace on their own properties. What the heck!

I remember when when this happened in LA, before destroying them, they put padlocks on them and didn’t let the homeless people retrieve their belongings. So evil

This is disgusting and that person who reported the Tiny homes.. shame on you!! Shame on the Nevada state officials 😢😢😢

They don’t want to help homeless and also don’t want other people to help them. This is just beyond cruel. People in power are so heartless.

They don’t care about people they only care about money and greed. The man who bought the property for unfortunate people. Thank you. You are a hero.

As some one who was formally homeless this absolutely destroyed me.

The most sickening part of this is that they paid money to demolish those houses. Someone has a construction/demolition company and they're friends with someone on the city board.

This reminds me of a story from ten years ago where a guy made like 1500 tiny homes for the homeless in Los Angeles. It made huge news, Then the mayor demolished them and the excuse was it could’ve been a safety hazard because the city hadn’t sent building and safety inspectors to see if it was safe to live in the tiny homes. Then to add insult to injury the mayor tried to make his own version of it and charge the homeless. We all saw it as a BS attempt to save face and take a good idea and capitalize off of it. He got voted out because of it.

It's happening all across America. The homeless are being penalized for being poor. This is absolutely heart breaking.

I don't understand how people can be so cruel towards homeless people just because they're less fortunate. I've had a homeless friend on the internet once, and he was one of the nicest people i've ever met.

I'm surprised they didn't mention how it's illegal to sleep on the sidewalk. As someone with a sibling on the streets of Las Vegas it's appalling that the city criminalizes their existence.

Tbh the fact the officials refused to be interviewed is a huge sign that they did this out of maliciousness towards the homeless and not to enforce any laws.

If you've ever been without a home, food, running water, electricity, heat; you know how much losing or gaining one of these necessary features impacts your life.

This is making me so emotional, the mixture of sadness, anger, and bewilderment. What is wrong with people and human compassion. How could you let a legal technicality prevent people from having shelter and safety.

The government would rather have these people behind bars than giving them a fighting chance with a safe place to sleep and call home. This is heartbreaking. Hope and pray these folks get their homes back. To the gentleman who provided the land and homes....God bless you and keep you safe. ✌️💛

i'm so disgusted by the officials who destroyed these people's second chance. How is destroying someone's shelter, leaving them to roam the streets, for the public good?

“Zoned for a single family home” became “license to destroy your belongings and leave you on the streets with no shelter.” Unsurprisingly this was done by people with no shelter issue in their own life. To what end? Their amusement? Sheer joy at harming others? I can’t imagine any other.

People experiencing homelessness are vulnerable enough as it is. The general public are doing everything they can to help and yet council and government policies are of no help whatsoever. How heartless and cruel can some people be? This is heartbreaking 💔

The worst part is nobody even complained! A city worker took it upon themself to report it which led to the demolition. He just destroyed their chance at bettering their lives and for what reason? People are such assholes - especially people with any power such as city officials

This is one of the most disgusting actions by a city I’ve ever heard of.

This man's efforts are so admirable.

This is RIDICULOUS! How can officials be so evil?!?!? This man's organization is genuinely trying to help the less fortunate. How can they find hope when every effort to help continues to be demolished! May God swiftly judge ALL responsible for causing these efforts to help the less fortunate to be thwarted. They won't get away with this...even if it seems they have. 😔

So very sad. Shame on the officials that did this.

This idea worked so well in Finland where the government set up tiny homes and a program to help the people in them to find jobs and get clean and sober. They found that by given their homeless people the security of a home, they were more able to pull themselves out of poverty and destitution. It is working exceptionally well. I honor these volunteers who are making a real effort to try to alleviate the homeless crises. Too bad the greedy officials can only think about their revenue and archaic law loopholes.

Disgusting that city officials would rather be part of the problem and openly choose not to be part of the solution. My heart breaks for those that lost their homes and so much more because our government is 100% screwed up at every level.

Something a little stronger than a tent and they take that away from them...heartbreaking

Someone needs to find out who that employee is and expose him/her for snitching on the homeless,.... how heartless can you be. I hope that person's karma hits in such a way that they will know what is like to be homeless and hopeless. I pray there's greater help coming to help all homeless people.

This is infuriating. Unbelievable how callous these politicians are.

The North Las Vegas city officials refused to speak on camera. These people need to be named and exposed. They can't do this without taking responsibility.

Homelessness is usually the result of bad choices. Prayers for all the people affected. I can’t imagine the hopelessness.

They didn’t even let the people get their belongings out of the tiny house before demolishing it? How rude is that? It would also be more humane to make them at least 500 or 700 ft.² each. A little kitchenette, a place for a bed a bathroom. The desert is huge there should be plenty of room. And I noticed the temperature was 95° on the video so that’s inhumane to make people live in that if they don’t have to?

Heartbreaking. Sad how the local government is more eager to enforce building codes that are a cause of homelessness than actually trying to solve homelessness.

The lack of empathy by these officials is disgusting. Shame on them.

Thank you KTNV and Darcy for your coverage on this VITALLY CRUCIAL STORY. 🏆 The city officials who were responsible for yet again, committing such atrocities against these citizens MUST EACH BE FINED and Compensation given to the New Leaf group. I find it unconscionable that rather than assisting these efforts to house the homeless, they CHOSE to DESTROY the ONLY HOPE that these unfortunate individuals had of having a "makeshift" roof over their head. 😡🤬 I hope that the people who were involved in the demolition of these and the ticketing and towing of them ends up homeless in very short order. 😤 I have been in the New Home building business for over 25 years and it takes eons to get a "City Official" to even review a permit, an inspection, complaint or any document and then completing the necessary documents and then reviewing them at the weekly board meetings. I can bet you 100 million dollars that the NECESSARY DOCUMENTS to DEMOLISH these structures on a PRIVATELY OWNED PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS NOT EVEN SIGNED ✍ OFF NOR APPROVED BY A JUDGE IN COURT!!! 👊✍ The SHORTEST TIME PERIOD FOR ANY LEGAL ACTION IN CONSTRUCTION/EVICTION IS THIRTY (30) DAYS. I built my first home in Irvine, California in 1986-1987. Spent MANY YEARS 40 + in CONSTRUCTION & FINANCE. I built my last home in severely Mormon bureaucratic Southern Utah from 2011 - 2016. I was told by several different individuals that I would never be permitted to live in the home that I built with my own cash because I did not have a husband and I was not baptized by the Mormon cult. So I do have my fair amount of experience dealing with individuals who will do anything in their power to make sure you do not eat live or breathe in their state because you do not need a man for nor can I provide all of those people with the amount of elicit drugs that they wanted. I am currently in Vegas and I will attempt to reach out t o this New Leaf to ask if I can be of assistance in some way. In the very least I can design a 1200 square foot structure where they could provide a decent facility for these people to get meals and showered. All I can say is shame Shame Shame Shame on those people for not helping this man attempting to help these people in need.

What really disturbs me is that these people had a chance to bounce back and get their lives back. Now they have nothing once again. Being kicked back down. What a shame. Instead of having a heart those officials would rather keep their own citizens down.

So wait a minute, this land was bought and paid for, and the city was just able to come in and bulldoze it like that? Evil. All I see is evil in power.

What really upsets me is that the millionaires and billionaires, especially those in the gambling and entertainment industries, who could afford to purchase and donate land and finance tiny homes, do NOTHING towards helping the homeless. It's always the middle-class folks, who are willing to volunteer their time and efforts to help the needy.

How sad that they crushed the hope of people who have none, what are we doing as a society, extremely shameful

This is tragic and heartbreaking 💔

This needs more coverage. I hope this goes viral. Everyone needs to know who and what these politicians are. They are always talking about personal accountability, so let's see a press conference with these decision makers taking questions for the public and defending their actions.

Las Vegas, has the money to demolish tiny homes, for the homeless, yet they don't have money to build new shelters, or provide adequate security for the shelters, or permanent beds, and flexibility for homeless people to be able to work late shifts, and come and go as they please! We have several Hotels that are not reopening, and could easily be converted to low-income housing, with social service, and medical facilities on-site. There's absolutely no reason that the Government can't buy these properties and convert them, instead of letting them be torn down!

No one wants to live next to a gathering of addicts, even if some of them are in recovery. Big waste of resources to not work with the local government to determine where they would permit the camp.

They don't generate property taxes. That's why off grid is being attacked. Its about money. The leaders don't gaf about anything but money

How can they do this to people trying to get their life’s back! Absolutely disgusting!

This is just so cruel. How can anyone take away someone's home, shelter, safety, hope and live with themselves? Politicians make selfish, horrible, sinful decisions.

While they keep trying out solutions that don't work , more & more folks just slipping into homelessness. SAD.

This demolition is too cruel, too evil, too selfish! No conscience at all!

This just breaks my heart. Nothing like kicking someone when they are already down.

I was homeless many years ago, and having a tiny house like these would have made all the difference in the world. This city really needs to do a better job.

Heartless!!!! WTH? This is outrageous and so inhumane!!!!

Those North Las Vegas City officials must be held accountable please expose them and let the world 🌎 know their evil 🦹‍♀️ doings

How could people demolish these? That is so heartless and disgusting! The world needs more people like the kind man who built these and tried to make a difference!

Just remember there is no lack of funds to solve this problem, ONLY lack of empathy and compassion. This is ridiculous. Worse than how we treat stray animals.

What kind of BS from these city officials. The city officials should be ashamed of themselves.

The city council needs to explain how they’re going to rectify this attach on the vulnerable.

There is no excuse for this level of tyranny against a citizen of a supposedly free country with civil rights guaranteed by the constitution. Not only inhumane and without compassion, these actions will also prove to be illegal and end up costing the authority that perpetrated this crime, but the taxpayer in the long run. Those in charge of this action need to be held accountable.

A good lawyer could argue that any of those structures was a “single family home”. The zoning does not say anything about traditional. This is another example of government being completely out of touch.

This is heart breaking and despicable. Senseless

This is horrible 🤬 whoever ordered this to be done is a cruel person

How is it that one of the most famous and prosperous City's in the world can treat their own citizens like this. Unbelievable.

This breaks my heart. I hope he never gives up the fight to get as many homeless people off the streets and into a safe shelter, giving them back some dignity. God bless this man!

This is the world we live in. If the state or government can't make $$$ off of it then it's a "violation "

As a city planner, I am shocked and amazed that any city code enforcement could act that quickly to bulldoze something built on one's property, meeting code or not. I also find it incomprehensible that a city wouldn't acknowledge this person's generous efforts to house people where they have failed to do so. At the very least, this should tell them they have to reexamine their Comp Plan and zoning code. It has to be way off if this treeless, moisture starved parcel of rocks and dry, bare soil is zoned single family residential. I question its habitability or suitability for building on in the first place. At the very least, it can be zoned for temporary shelters until the city leaders can get their act together and build suitable housing for everyone who needs it. Same in Atlanta and across the country.

The city officials who failed to embrace this and pave the way for a better community should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. Zero compassion.

The story is absolutely disgusting heartbreaking and infuriating all at once

Build a small house, big enough for zoning to be met. It can be the base which the tiny homes be assigned, like a manager office, have showers during open hours. Tax write off if done right.

Shameful…hats off to the founder of the tiny house program. Hopefully he gets it up and running 💙🙏🏘

We hear so often that people need to be accountable. It's one of the first things often said about those who are homeless. And while it's true that some people just aren't willing to do the work, here is an an example of where people came together and repeatedly attacked a complex problem and each time they gained a step forward, our system put them three steps back. So back to accountability. I want to see the people who made these decisions in front of a camera with microphones in their faces and aggressive questions thrown at them. I want to hear what they are doing to resolve this problem. What they did here is revolting.

This is beyond inhumane and so disgusting that city officials are the ones doing this. I hope karma bites these monsters in the ass

I was homeless in 1980. I overcame impossible odds. Homelessness has no mercy. It has no soul. Just when you think your life can't go lower, homelessness finds a way to get you there. To the homeless, take it one day at a time, believe in yourself. Nobody will help you crawl out of it.

When Americans are screaming about how “free” we are, why don’t they ever take up causes like this. Why aren’t we free to help each other?

Absolutely criminal, legal or not. One can only hope these "officials" get to find themselves in the same boat, dealing with the same "official" attitudes, and no where to go.

So from what I understood it's safer to live on the streets than a tiny home according to the city officials? Correct me if I'm wrong

Heartbreaking, Horrible, Disgusting, Inhumane!! I’m so sorry.

So let me get this straight. They don’t like to see homeless encampments, push them away, and then tear down their tiny homes that’s on private property? Are you kidding me? Why because there’s no money in it for them? What a set of evil selfish people. I feel sorry for them.

This is outrageous. They ruined people's personal property and documents or momentos. Heartless.

Where's the divine compassion towards one another in divine Love and Light

Who wants to live next to a homeless encampment?

Names needs to be called out and brought to accountability. "City Officials"? Just like turning off heat in the dead of winter for lack of payment use to be allowed this response is inhumane.

I wish I had the means to buy land and build homes. Breaks my heart this happened. 💔 Prayers for us all! 🇺🇸

That city employee must be very proud of himself…

That is so disgusting and destructive,those poor people having their little homes destroyed their hope taken away!! This world has gone to hell

This man bought this land. He was kind enough to put it to good use. So, what they’re basically saying is that he can’t do whatever he wants to do with his property. I am livid. It’s outright arrogance and greed on the city’s part. They need to compensate this man for the money he lost. I also think that they should rebuild what they had no right destroying.

I was homeless in Toronto Ontario. Leaving in a shelter is actual hell. There are people with mental health issues, drug users, violent ex-cons and bedbugs! I started looking into a tiny house because it was not that I could not afford an apartment it was that I could not get an apartment because there are no vacancies. I found out that Ontario does not allow tiny houses. Your house has to be over 1,200 square feet. It is insane. Because there are apartments in Toronto that are smaller than 1,200 square feet. So I can rent a 700 square ft apartment for $2,000 a month but I cannot build a 700 square ft tiny home that will be mine for $15,000. And our politicians think that that is okay. They're not discussing the housing crisis. Even though our Parks have turned into a tent city.

Next time give them a job and only give temporary housing while they wait on their first paychecks.

I think it's outrageous the tiny homes were destroyed , hope those people realize how cruel that was

This is so wrong. This man owns this property, they should not be able to tell this man that he can't help people. He's right, these people don't have time! This needs to be fixed NOW. Shame on them... idk how these people sleep at night. I couldn't even dream of doing this to someone, let alone a group of people. Awful...

I can’t believe this happened!! Those tiny homes were a great starting over point. I hope something happens for those people.

What a sad situation.

This is going to create such rage that the city will not be able to quell soon.

Anybody, absolutely anybody can end up homeless. You don't have to be an addict, any life changing event can bring you to being homeless.

its a sad day when you cant even live in a tiny house in the middle of the desert without bureaucrats destroying your home because its not big enough.

Thats heart breaking! That is so cruel.

I wonder if there is a way to skirt around the zoning issue with the single-family home, maybe build one building to be representative of a home that can fit in that area but it’s a bit like a tiny apartment complex with a shared kitchen and bathrooms?

There is so much hate against less fortunate people. During the great depression, my parents helped feed and shelter the poor. Politicians are so corrupt.

This is so sad! What harm would it have been to just allow the tiny homes to stay on the land? Great intentions to the Man who tried and continues to try to build homes for the homeless! God sees your good works and I am sure that you will be rewarded in the afterlife!

Growing up I heard about the great depression and Hobos. This today is absolutely SHAMEFULL!!

That is so incredibly sad.

These are the stories I want covered! Bring attention to real issues that need to be addressed and how the people in power do anything to get in the way of progress but NOTHING to help. Too busy spending millions on new archways, welcome signs, stacks of colorful rocks in the desert... etc.