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Former Chino Maternity Hotel in Forclosure

Interesting, since the house is not up to code, it can't be occupied and it's in foreclosure. The 7 bedroom house was converted into a 17 room maternity hotel. The same thing happened to a house down the street, that was rented out and when the renter left, the owner was surprised at all the modifications and had to gut the house to bring it back to code. It was then sold, and my guess is again a Maternity Hotel.

Former maternity hotel in Chino Hills is no longer for sale - SG Tribune

Labels: maternity hotels

California 'maternity hotel' where Chinese women pay thousands to give birth and make their babies American citizens closes

This was the one in Chino Hills. I was just at Target the other night and there were a bunch of FOB Mothers there. I assume they were from the apartments in the LA Times article.

California 'maternity hotel' where Chinese women pay thousands to give birth and make their babies American citizens closes - Mail Online

Labels: immigrating, maternity hotels, rowland heights

Maternity Hotels

Good article that includes a picture of an apartment complex in Rowland Heights. Trust me, there is a LOT of Mothers staying in that apartment complex.

In suburbs of L.A., a cottage industry of birth tourism - LA Times
Companies operating 'maternity hotels' cater to pregnant women from Chinese-speaking nations who want an American-citizen newborn.

163 comments on the LA Times article! The comments are vitrolic - mean.

Cute logo:

One of the reasons for getting a foreign passport I just found out, was so they can go to an International School. Also, China does not recognize dual citizenship.

Another blog post on this: Birthright citizenship and East Asian elites - The Plaid Bag Connection

Labels: bilingual babies, immigrating, maternity hotels

Why - $1 Million for Sale House in Rowland Heights?

My 2 cents.

There is a bit of a bubble if your house hunting in the Rowland Heights, and surrounding areas with good school districts. Lots of money coming in from China, that is inflating it.

I am surprised at the amount of houses for sale around $1 Million in Rowland Heights:
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/91748/price-900000-na

My wife and I saw one open house near where we live, where the house was for sale over $1 Million. The question is why? The house was rented out for a while and the person rented it out made a lot of changes to make it into a "maternity hotel". The owner came back and had to have a lot of work done to bring the house back to code. The renter added rooms and put a toilet in each room I heard.

Per the Daily Mail, packages for a person coming from China to an anchor baby is $5,000 to $15,000. I don't understand the pricing of the house, unless they are looking to the cash flow by making it into a maternity mansion again.

Labels: baby learning mandarin, chinatowns, maternity hotels, rowland heights

Anger at California 'maternity mansion'

Good article, there is a huge amount of going to the US to have a baby going on. In the local Chinese phonebook, I saw one advertisement with an Asian baby boy with a cow boy hat. Nice adv. When I went to the web page, it just had a phone number.

Anger at California 'maternity mansion' where Chinese pregnant woman pay to give birth so their babies will be American citizens - Daily Mail.

Chino Hills is about 15 miles East from Rowland Heights, where I live. A great way to see where Chinese live in Southern California is look for Chinese Markets.

Labels: immigrating, maternity hotels

San Gabriel shuts down makeshift maternity ward catering to 'birthing tourism'

One of many...

San Gabriel shuts down makeshift maternity ward catering to 'birthing tourism' - LA Times

Related blog post: Baby US Passports for under $10K?

Labels: immigrating, maternity hotels

Tuesday, July 30, 2013