Wizard raised good points. They need to be addressed and/or challenged.
The point of taking
>housing down is to make it impossible for the poor to find
>housing within the city and the value of homes to rise so
>taxes can as well.
I call this the boutiquing of the city. "Please no poor people, or their
jobs or their housing, can't we make the whole city look like 50th and
France?" Some people call it class cleansing.
Whole families wind up in shelters (same
>as the poor house, grim, grim, grim).
The Dickensian poor house is hear already folks. Mary Joe runs it.
DISCLAIMER MJ RUNS A FAB SHOP
I question a society that causes a need for this.
>
>This is a terrible bind, but in this housing crisis all the
>stake holders--which means everyone with shelter--need to
>help find a solution.
Policy makers need to start listening to and doing what the stake holders
ask. One current example would be at the legislature this year. The Gov
and House had a 33% cut in rental prop tax. I doubt this would lower rent.
It would stem the current spiral upwards. But it was a casualty in the
Senate. That would be one SMALL step.
I agree with Gustafson, that it does
>mean taking down marginal houses--and maybe the two houses
>next to them, to build multi-unit buildings.
This is how we built the "modern" 2 1/2 (11-12 units) story walk up. We
built a bunch of these from 1960-1970 in the city. Then the neighbors and
the neighbors said " we don't like them or what goes on there" that kind
of hot zoning stopped. BTW most of those buildings are now approaching 40
years of age. I have three of them. They have housed thousands over the
years. They have stood the test of time quite well.
>--a nod to neighbors who don't want to have to
>look at some of the infamous multi-unit buildings which have
>been built in the past. We have a couple in my neighborhood
>so ugly they make your eyes bleed to look at them.
Above is an excellent example of what I mean. Infamous 1030 Morgan Ave. N.
will forever stand out as the symbol of how Minneapolis dealt with crime and
criminal behaviour in the '80s and the '90's. Does anyone remember the
front end loader crashing into the buiding on Golden Valley Road? That was
crimefighting at it's worst.
Affordable housing is never pretty, rarely is it desirable. But it is
needed. Now lets get it build with minimum distraction. Lets stop
punishing those who currently provide it. Lets stop discouraging those who
might try it.
Craig A. Miller
Former Fultonite
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