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Originally Posted by arkhitektor
It probably sounds heartless, but beggars can't be choosers....
We shouldn't be building subsidized housing in prime locations downtown. A one-bedroom unit at Emigration Ct. is $980 month and a similar subsidized unit at Lib. Citywalk is $250. That's a pretty big disparity and if someone has to compromise on location becuase of price, it should be the person who is getting 80% of their rent paid by the gov't. and not a middle-class market rate renter.
At least in my case, that's the main reason there aren't more families living downtown, it makes little sense to pay a high premium for housing when you can get so much more in the 'burbs becuase most of the new housing downtown is tailored to people who can afford a very expensive condo or are so poor that they get subsidized rent.
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I agree. Do we really need subsidized housing? It seems there's no shortage of cheap places to rent ...and you get what you pay for. Developments like 'Liberty' just end up being ghetto places anyway because of the income restriction. Let the free market rule and there will be high, medium, and low-end options.
But at the very least the city should be more careful when allowing so many cheap properties to get built.
Regarding mixed-income level housing ...it sounds good in theory, but is there demand? Will people willing to pay $1000/unit want to live with those who pay $250, and vice versa?
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