I'm sorry to burst the urban myths surrounding this project but the Hollman project did not eliminate housing without planned replacement. All 770 units that were demolished were and are planned to be replaced. Nearly 400 of the units have been replaced and the other 370 are committed and are going through the permitting and/or financing process.
Also, all 770 families were relocated to a new home, including 80 families (over 10 percent) who purchased their own home. The others were moved to other public housing or used a section 8 certificate find a new rental home. All who want will be given 1st priority to move back to the Near Northside redevelopment, which should begin construction in the next 10 days. And finally, and most emphatically, you are incorrect Ms. Marks, most of the families who lived in the Hollman project WERE NOT "largely dope dealers, gang bangers, prostitutes and their children." They were poor families, including Hmong, African-Americans, whites, elderly, and those with mental illnesses. They were for the most part, law-abiding citizens, who lived in extremely densely populated, poorly constructed homes situated on an old river bed, virtually completely cut off from the rest of the City so that hopefully the rest of us would forget about them. Sometimes the truth isn't as exciting as the myth. Dean E. Carlson East Harriet, Ward 10 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 12:04 AM Subject: [Mpls] Pickle Seeds snip... the bulldozer- (now called Hollman-) effect of eliminating the housing for a very vulnerable section of our population without planned replacement; ...snip Dave Stack wrote... The original reasoning for the lawsuit brought forward by the NAACP and the Legal Aid Society sounded good and rational to me. Also, the vision and plans for the rebuilding of the Hollman area appear very innovative. However, the ill treatment of the families displaced by this project is very sad, and has come to overshadow any good that may have been intended. WizardMarks, Central wrote snip... The very vulnerable section of the population was the elderly. At the time, there was subsidized housing for the elderly. The others in that section were largely dope dealers, gang bangers, prostitutes and their children. The others were those trying their damnedest to get out of the way of the dealers, etc. and in fear of their lives. ...snip _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
