On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 21:18:27 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

Ken writes:
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Looks like we may have opportunity to help our fellow man.ÂÂ* Just got out
of jail?ÂÂ* You get a new house. Managed to sneak across the border?ÂÂ* You
get a new house.ÂÂ* Earn a good living and pay taxes?ÂÂ* Sorry, find your
own house.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/20...deal-framework


Omar's $1.2 Trillion 'Homes for All Act' Heralded as Ambitious Addition
to Green New Deal Framework
The 10-year plan to build millions of sustainable, affordable housing
units is called "a new mile marker in the progressive left's efforts to
stake out a national housing agenda."

According to a fact sheet (pdf) from Omar's office, the legislation
"establishes a new vision of how 21st Century public and affordable
housing should look and operate" by requiring that all new housing units
built with the allocated funds:

Remain permanently affordable;
Be integrated, to the best possible extent with public transit and
vehicle alternatives like walking and biking, while allowing for
flexibility to accommodate the needs and resources of rural,
metropolitan, and Tribal areas;
Be designed, built, and operated to the highest possible environmental
standard, with a focus on minimizing energy costs and achieving carbon
neutrality;
Prohibit any discrimination against residents based on sexual
orientation, gender, criminal history, or immigration status;
Be located in communities that are in compliance with the Affirmatively
Furthering Fair Housing rule in order to ensure fair and equal access;
And provide residents with free, voluntary wrap-around services that
help address the needs of those experiencing chronic homelessness or
housing instability€€�like access to healthcare, employment, or education
assistance, childcare, financial literacy class, and other
community-based support services.

I think this has already been tried. It was called Cabrini-Green. How
did that work out??

Most of them worked quite well initially when there were a mix of high, middle and
low income residents. It wasn't until all the highs and middles moved out
that things deteriorated.


Yeah, nobody wants to live with dope fiends, hookers and thugs. These
days, people who can afford it, live behind gates in a HOA, deed
restricted community or they have acreage, miles from the fetid city.
I suppose next, you are going to deny that more than half of the
homeless have drug, alcohol or mental problems.
Do you want that next to your house? I didn't think so.