----- Original Message ----- From: "Dyna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:27 AM Subject: [Mpls] Polluted by racism: Bassett Creek and a short history of the Northside...
snip... I heard promises that 25% of the units in Heritage Park would be set aside for low income folks. Now their talking 10%, and for seniors only. Must be figuring that the seniors will leave sooner and their units converted to market rate thereafter. > > Despite all this subsidy Heritage Park has been a hard sell. And then > the oil started oozing up from the bog... ...snip Just to clarify. Twenty-five percent of the Heritage Park units ARE set aside for public housing residents (making less than 30 percent AMI). It's happening now and will continue to happen. In fact there is a federal judge overseeing this project to make sure it is happening. Furthermore, Heritage Park has not been "a hard sell." The units are being leased up as soon as they are ready for occupancy with waiting lists in the hundreds. Also in response to other comments, Heritage Park is in fact a mixed-income community with persons paying market rate rents living literally next door to public housing residents. There is no such thing as a section being set aside for the "african-american community" to do so would be against numerous federal and state fair housing laws. Dean Carlson East Harriet, Ward 10 TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
