In a message dated 4/30/02 9:20:46 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< > You have got to be kidding me. The question isn't affordable luxury apartments...it is affordable decent housing that isn't in an area with regular gunshots (Keith says, Our City leaders deny some neighborhoods' safety, do not blame most landlords). In many cases affordable is just because the landlords don't bother to make repairs until the housing inspector forces them to (Keith-sometimes). My rent went up 13% the first of the year (Keith- taxes up, insurance up, city water/sewer/rubbish up/ way over thirteen percent.), despite the fact that to be able to safely walk out of my apartment buildings front or rear entrance, my fiancee had to shovel and salt (no we are NOT the caretakers)(Keith-but caretaker is cheating you and the landlord). I have a one foot hole in the plaster of my ceiling in the kitchen and most of the glass in the windows was cracked when I moved in 6 years ago (Keith-former tenant's abuse of home/compounded by landlord neglect) and has never been repaired. The last two times my hallway was vacuumed was when we did it despite the onsite caretaker who receives a rent reduction to do so (Keith-caretaker theft again). This winter for one whole week we had to walk up the stairs in darkness because the caretaker (Keith- caretaker theft again) could not be bothered to replace the light bulbs in the hall way. Why don't I move you may wonder? Because on the whole, this building is safer and nicer than the other affordable housing I have lived in and the landlord is not totally indifferent (Keith-translation; it is a good deal at this time in many ways, mainly price and location). He screens the tenants here for the most part and we don't have drug dealers etc. (Keith-Thanks for all your honest observations, though I disagree with your conclusions. It is not easy to be vigilant. It takes huge amounts of time away from doing landlordly maintenance, repairs, and improvements to play cop, baby-sitter, and social service agency. Duties thrust on property owners by bad city/county policies.) (SNIP) Keith says: Do not blame your landlord or Craig for your complaints below, please. (SNIP) City living is more expensive? Well, where do you want us to live...we are the cab drivers, the nurses aides, the coffee servers, the fast food workers the file clerks that the rest of you count on to work for minimum or slightly more than minimum wages. If we move to where? The country? where do you think we would park to be your clerk? The suburbs? Yeah I have to say that I haven't noticed any cheaper housing options there either. Your response seems a bit ivory tower there don't you think? Kate Carey Phillips (soon to be Ventura Village) >> (parenthesis comments by Keith Reitman NearNorth) _______________________________________ 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
