From sng-discuss@communityforum.net Sat Apr 27 03:57:06 2002
From: sng-discuss@communityforum.net (sng-discuss@communityforum.net)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 22:57:06 -0500
Subject: [Sng-discuss] Afordable housing in Seward
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4/26/02
I am dissatisfied with the status of afordable housing (specifically for =
apartment dwellers) in the
Seward neighborhood. If apartment buildings are not going to be =
maintained in a healthy manner,
and if management does not take any responsibility for their buildings, =
especially after hours,
then, I believe, those buildings should either be sold or torn down. =
Our disabled citizens,
many who have worked for years at sub-standard jobs, do not need to live =
in apartment buildings
with mice, cockroaches and be told there is no money to make necessary =
repairs in their
individual apartments. =20
=20
I am open to suggestions about how to deal with these kinds of problems =
and I am growing quite
weary from hearing some people say: "you can't fight the government." =
(referring to those individuals with subsidized apartments.)
Last night I heard on the news that the McKnight Foundation opened up =
more money for renovating
existing buildings and building more new afordable housing. Does =
anybody know if any of the apartment
buildings in Seward will benefit from this award? If I had the =
knowledge, time, and expertise, I'd be pounding on every door to get =
grants and monetary awards for the Seward neighborhood. =20
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I am dissatisfied with the status of =
afordable=20
housing (specifically for apartment dwellers) in the
Seward neighborhood. If apartment =
buildings=20
are not going to be maintained in a healthy manner,
and if management does not take any =
responsibility=20
for their buildings, especially after hours,
then, I believe, those buildings should =
either be=20
sold or torn down. Our disabled citizens,
many who have worked for years at =
sub-standard=20
jobs, do not need to live in apartment buildings
with mice, cockroaches and be told =
there is no=20
money to make necessary repairs in their
individual apartments. =
I am open to suggestions about how to =
deal with=20
these kinds of problems and I am growing quite
weary from hearing some people say: =
"you can't=20
fight the government." =
(referring to those=20
individuals with subsidized apartments.)
Last night I heard on the news that the =
McKnight=20
Foundation opened up more money for renovating
existing buildings and building more =
new afordable=20
housing. Does anybody know if any of the apartment
buildings in Seward will benefit from =
this=20
award? If I had the knowledge, time, and expertise, I'd be =
pounding on=20
every door to get grants and monetary =
awards for=20
the Seward neighborhood.
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