Statements like the following always seem to set my personal BS detector
ringing:
>Most of us are well aware that a major contributor to the affordable housing
>crisis is the "demolition quest" the city has been on for almost a decade.
>...
>David Piehl
>Central/8th Ward
Whenever anyone starts out saying "we all know that...", I look to see what
they are trying to sell me.
So before I'm willing to agree that I am "well aware that...", I'd like to
see some figures from David supporting this assertion. For example:
- are demolition permits for past years significantly higher than
previous years?
- are the majority of these demolition permits obtained by the
city, or by individual owners?
- are houses being demolished because of a city "demolition
quest", or simply because of an aging housing stock? I.E., is the average
age of houses being demolished going down?
I have no idea what the answers to these are. Maybe David does have these
figures. But I personally would like to see some of these figures before
accepting his assertion.
Tim Bonham, Ward 12
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