> Victoria Heller: > I've encountered several young women in similar circumstances > looking for an apartment. They carry with them a list of available > Section 8 apartments - located in Lakeville, St. Cloud, Aitkin > County, even Edina. But > they don't WANT to live there, they WANT to be near their buddies in > Minneapolis. I > say too bad. If they WANT someone else to pay their rent, they > will have to live where the housing is available.
> Wizard Marks: > She (Mayor Sayles-Belton) (through MCDA/City Council) took down lots > of marginal--and some not-so-marginal--housing, only to find > that people refused to go to Lakeville, Minnetonka, Edina, > St. Cloud? good grief. > Pamela Taylor: > I don't believe my life was better living in the > suburbs. And why shouldn't people want to live near > their friends? You can't tell me that you don't like > living near your friends. [TB] It wasn�t that long ago that Minneapolis had a large amount of public, affordable, subsidized housing located where people could live �near their friends�. The NAACP and a list of others sued the City and another list of others demanding that these residents be dispersed. If you don�t want to be dispersed, why file the lawsuit? Why not object during the legal process? Then they�re many of us who might live somewhere else if we had the money to do it. Wizard is correct in that the policy if the soon to be former administration has eliminated a large amount of housing in the city. Also way to many lots owned by the City, MCDA, Henn County on which homes should be allowed to be built. Terrell Brown Loring Park _______________________________________ 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
