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Gormy Cuss

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55. Again, once and for all, there aren't enough units available period.

Tue Jul 29, 2014, 09:20 PM

Jul 2014

The only way the waiting lists will be shortened significantly is to increase the number of rentals. Increasing the dollars per rental would help some (and if these Lake Shore drive placements are successful that's some ammo for increasing voucher caps) but the main problem is and always has been convincing enough owners to participate in the program and abide by its rules for habitability standards.

IMO expecting the private market to fill the affordable housing gap is wrong-headed. We need large scale, government-backed production of subsidized rental housing. After public housing construction waned, HUD sponsored such privately owned, publicly subsidized rental under programs such as section 236. That approach again would help fill the gap.

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Poor Families Recieve 'Supervouchers' To Rent In City's Priciest Buildings (Chicago Gold Coast) [View all] big_dog Jul 2014 OP

Breaking News!!!! ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2014 #1

A few working people in luxury apartments means several more remain homeless pnwmom Jul 2014 #10

That's not true if CHA got a special allocation for this type of placement. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #21

This wasn't a developer set-aside, according to the article. pnwmom Jul 2014 #24

In 2010 CHA got permission to exceed the reimbursement cap in certain neighborhoods Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #29

Okay, so it's the Federal taxpayers who will pay for luxury apartments instead of pnwmom Jul 2014 #33

And you can bet they will use it too. zeemike Jul 2014 #34

I don't think we should do away with public assistance, but we should spend it wisely. pnwmom Jul 2014 #35

Well I would too. zeemike Jul 2014 #36

If the middle class apartment owners would take vouchers, there'd be no need for these. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #38

. The average rental in Chicago is less than $900. How would those renters feel pnwmom Jul 2014 #40

My prediction above came true. zeemike Jul 2014 #42

Yup. Progressives, especially well-off progressives, can be incredibly tone deaf. n/t pnwmom Jul 2014 #43

You can't please everyone. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #45

There isn't a good way to explain to most non-wealthy people why you should spend $9K pnwmom Jul 2014 #46

You're missing the point: the money wouldn't get six nice apartments Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #48

If by neighborhood you mean, the "other lake view apts. in Lake view", you may pnwmom Jul 2014 #49

Are there plenty of other neighborhoods with landlords just waiting to sign up HCV tenants? Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #50

The waiting list is also caused by lack of funds. So when they spend the money on luxury pnwmom Jul 2014 #51

Again, once and for all, there aren't enough units available period. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #55

We wouldn't need much subsidized housing if the minimum wage was $15 or more. pnwmom Jul 2014 #56

Who apart from the rich landlords jamzrockz Jul 2014 #53

Hold the phone, those were poor people I was living beside these past months? They seemed like Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #12

Or... Wait Wut Jul 2014 #2

or the whole family will be working 24hrs a day taking care of rich folks kids at sub minimum wage big_dog Jul 2014 #3

They probably aren't forced to live there. Wait Wut Jul 2014 #4

who knows in these types of situations big_dog Jul 2014 #5

The one was a new building. Wait Wut Jul 2014 #7

good points all, but should the Chicago Housing Authority be an employment coach as well? big_dog Jul 2014 #8

It isn't a perfect world. Wait Wut Jul 2014 #18

For the families who sit on the waiting list, while federal money is wasted on apartments with pnwmom Jul 2014 #13

The families are living in their own units, not in-laws. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #39

Or is this like the deal in New York where Sam1 Jul 2014 #6

Very similar, but Chicago seems to pay the rent directly whereas nyc Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #44

Why would they do that instead of using the $3K to put 2 families in $1500 a month apts? pnwmom Jul 2014 #9

the explanation was that there is no afforable housing left inside the City of Chicago big_dog Jul 2014 #11

The article only says there is a lack of affordable housing in Downtown and Lake View. pnwmom Jul 2014 #15

That's a lot of nonsense alcibiades_mystery Jul 2014 #17

there were jobs cutting meat right off Lake Shore on Sheridan big_dog Jul 2014 #19

There are plenty of job openings in Chicago right now alcibiades_mystery Jul 2014 #23

It's a twenty minute ride on the express bus that runs down Lakeshore. n/t whathehell Jul 2014 #30

i know, ive been on that bus many times big_dog Jul 2014 #41

As a former resident, that's them blowing smoke up your ass. closeupready Jul 2014 #28

Building owner may be somebodies "son-in-law." Sam1 Jul 2014 #54

The number of problems I have with this: alcibiades_mystery Jul 2014 #14

If you were one of the families on the long waiting list, pnwmom Jul 2014 #16

You know how rent-controlled apartments have always gone to the people who least need valerief Jul 2014 #20

i would give some of them to families of innocent kids who survived gun violence big_dog Jul 2014 #22

Yes, exactly, or people who want favors paid back. closeupready Jul 2014 #26

I'm sorry, but I think this is completely ridiculous. closeupready Jul 2014 #25

Meanwhile, 47,000 families to be purged from the Chicago Housing Authority list. pnwmom Jul 2014 #27

Just tell me they're not installing a "poor door" like they did in New York.. whathehell Jul 2014 #31

So what happened to all that property on the South Side . . . Brigid Jul 2014 #32

Damn Obama vouchers MiniMe Jul 2014 #37

This has Rahm-Stink all over it. n/t DeSwiss Jul 2014 #47

I want everyone to go and look up a HUD program called the Family Self Sufficency Program. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2014 #52

This being Chicago these apartments went to relatives and supporters AngryAmish Jul 2014 #57