V.L. Freeman wrote:
Oh those boarded houses are just a pain in the you know what. I wish that the city would think outside of the box for a change.WM: In a story last week in the Strib, Steve Brandt quoted MCDA's Earl Pettiford, I think, as saying that city-owned vacant/boardeds are almost all dealt with. Those remaining are in private hands. Some of those are also in probate court because the owner died intestate and it takes a long period of time for property to go through probate. The court has to find heirs to the person who died, etc. Then, if the heirs don't live here, they have a tricky time selling the property from wherever they are.
Last but not least, I think Minneapolis needs to look into Public Housing. The number would just surprise to you know that there have been some on public housing assistance for 10-15 years. As long as they are not being asked to leave, they will not be serious as to finding permanent housing or non assistance housing. I think this is one reason why the homeless population is so great, a back log in our public housing..WM: Public Housing is for those people who do not make enough money to afford to live in other types of housing. So long as the family makes less than that amount, they can live in public housing. For many that will not change since their earning power is so small. For others, the arrival of new babies changes the amount they can earn and still live in public housing. The drawback, which I watched on my block about a decade ago, was that if a family loses a child--child dies, for example, they will get moved out of their public housing because they no longer qualify for the size of house they had before the child died. That's a terribly wrenching thing to happen to a grieving family.
I've never much cared for HUDs notion that as soon as a family earns enough they have to leave. That makes it very tough for public housing to become a neighborhood because people aren't allowed to stay once they earn more than a certain amount. I think it's very defeating to the formation and maintenance of community.
WizardMarks, Central
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