When you're talking income for a disabled person, you're usually talking social security disability. The amount you get depends on your lifetime (thus far) wages. I'm not sure of the average, but my observation is the amount a person gets is usually under $1000/month, mostly around $800-900/month. A $600 rent for a 1-bedroom would be unaffordable to a person with this kind of income.
I don't know if the issue is really affordable housing or that these payment programs are not realistic. Nobody "expects" to end up disabled, and as the writer said, you can burn through your savings quickly. Barbara Nelson Burnsville John Cevette wrote: > As a block leader on Pillsbury Avenue in Whittier I have been impressed > with the number of vacancies on my street. One 18 apt. well-kept > pleasant building is 2020 Pillsbury Avenue, owned by Anderson Management > and supervised by on-site manager Karl Armson, also a co-block leader on > Pillsbury. One and two bedroom apartments are available currently from > $600s. Not to plug a particular building, anyone interested in > affordable housing ($365 to $800), should take a walk south from > Franklin to 28th along Pillsbury to find many vacancies advertised via > lawn signs. > > John Cevette > Whittier > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] Why I can't move to Mpls > > 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 > > _______________________________________ > 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 -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility." - Albert Einstein, Physicist _______________________________________ 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
