I wrote: Supportive housing of the kind proposed and/or being implemented by Collaborative Village Initiative or Lydia House are good models to help with these issues.
Wizard Marks: I have to disagree with Mr. Luce about Collaborative Village under the aegis that the ends do not justify the means. Collaborative Village was plunked into Phillips against ordinance, against neighborhood. It is one of the more outstanding examples of poverty pimping in this area. My response: I'll be the first to acknowledge the heated and profound disagreement of people with the location of CVI and Lydia House, and those issues have been debated here ad nauseum at times. I'm hoping to avoid rehashing that issue. My overall point was the model of supportive housing, not the locale, and I'm not sure most folks disagree with the overall model provided by CVI: four anchor families in market rate units who are involved in various ways in helping 16 other families in the remaining units, plus supportive services. I guess now we'll have to see if CVI works where it is located or if, according to its opponents, it is a colossal failure waiting to happen. Gregory Luce St. Paul REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
