One note:
Bill Cullen writes:
1) Jim Graham is right. Help low income families purchase houses. Their
investment will help them escape poverty and give them emotional
investment
in the neighborhood. It will cost less than $158,828.
Unfortunately (for me professionally), Bill is
] Is Rental Property the Issue?
Dave Stack is correct that I was thinking primarily of adults with my
comments. Children are a different situation and deserve additional
attention, especially because they have essentially no control over the
environment they live in.
From what I've seen, the biggest
David was more correct than he thinks. He now has the MCDA subsidy at
$41,473. But his original figure was much more correct for the total
subsidy per unit. What David forgot was to check the total subsidy of
taxpayer dollars. Lets see now, we also have Empowerment Zone money,
Hennepin County
While I would agree that the most important influence for a child growing up
is that of a stable, nurturing family, I think it's also important to
realize that one of the larger issues facing impoverished families is the
constant struggle to just survive, whether they're receiving government
on those facts when in reality I was not.)
From: Dennis Plante [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Is Rental Property the Issue?
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:04:04 -0500
While I would agree that the most important influence for a child growing
up
After reading the post that suggests tax dollars go to subsidizing renters
in more affluent neighborhoods, I'm not sure how this alone solves anything?
As far as I can see, the problems in Jordan or Hawthorne have little to do
with the percentage of properties that are rental vs. homeowner
Mark Snyder writes:
After reading the post that suggests tax dollars go to subsidizing renters
in more affluent neighborhoods, I'm not sure how this alone solves
anything?
Mark is correct, this alone does not solve anything, but it begins to be
part of a solution. The one clear thing is that
Mark Snyder wrote:
They're still poor. Even with subsidized housing, they're still unable
to afford many of life's necessities. Are they supposed to suddenly develop
job skills because they're no longer surrounded by drug dealers and trash on
the streets? If they're minorities, are they
Dave Stack is correct that I was thinking primarily of adults with my
comments. Children are a different situation and deserve additional
attention, especially because they have essentially no control over the
environment they live in.
From what I've seen, the biggest obstacle facing children in
Mark Snyder wrote:
From what I've seen, the biggest obstacle facing children in poor families
in Minneapolis are unstable living situations that cause them to move
frequently and also change schools frequently, often leading to their
falling behind.
WM: Both deconcentration and homeownership
Mark Snyder writes:
From what I've seen, the biggest obstacle facing children in poor families
in Minneapolis are unstable living situations that cause them to move
frequently and also change schools frequently, often leading to their
falling behind. If direct housing assistance to families,
Mark Snyder said:
So how do you sell folks on these ideas? The numbers alone won't do it.
You'll need to come up with an argument that is good enough to overcome the
cynical reactions, the emotional responses and the NIMBY syndrome.
Bill Cullen Responds:
The answer is two fold:
1) Jim Graham
Bill Cullen Responds:Is rental property density or concentration of poverty the problem?There are many neighborhoods that have a high concentration of rentalproperty and do not have the problems of North Mpls. I am unable to findrental property density information by neighborhood. Maybe someone
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