Barbara Lickness wrote: > Since, many private landlords don't want to > participate in section 8 anymore, then MPHA can own > the properties and operate them through their > scattered site program. Perhaps, the Mayors affordable > housing task force should look into this possibility. > The structure is already in place to do this so it's > one solution that could be launched quite rapidly.
[GDL] This is actually one of the stated proposed strategies of Mayor Rybak's 90-day plan. His administration has proposed, as a way to get more genuinely affordable units on the market, that the city borrow against MPHA properties and use the borrowed funds to purchase properties in the city, thus opening them up to Section 8 vouchers. Tom Streitz, formerly of Legal Aid but now Deputy Director of MPHA, is heading up this part of the plan. I think Keith Reitman spoke at the January 5 Housing Summit about/against this, saying that MPHA's entry into the market in purchasing properties may actually heat up the market further. Gregory Luce North Phillips (work) North Phillips Press is a publication of Project 504, a housing related neighborhood organization based in the Phillips neighborhood. _______________________________________ 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
