tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post6178209204896702206..comments2024-03-19T16:56:38.565-04:00Comments on Damn Arbor: Affordable housing in Ann ArborUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-17494891968028447302013-05-31T08:06:47.495-04:002013-05-31T08:06:47.495-04:00I agree with all of you here guys! Thanks for the ...I agree with all of you here guys! Thanks for the thought!home inspection louisvillehttp://www.louisvillehomeinspections.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-32924890167579952202013-02-01T21:22:57.132-05:002013-02-01T21:22:57.132-05:00I don't think society should have an obligatio...I don't think society should have an obligation to pay for brand new housing for "young professionals" downtown. Being young and starting out means you get paid less, you own less, and you have to work to establish yourself. You may not own a car. Eventually you work your way up and can afford nicer things.<br /><br />New construction will never host cheaper housing than what is already found in existing buildings a few blocks or so away from downtown.<br /><br />The 2007 Washtenaw County Housing Affordability Needs Assessment recommended that no new affordable units be built in the college tracts near campus because they just get sucked up by students. Students have safety nets that low-wage earners don't.<br /><br />The article also passes on the typical Concentrate myths about the neighborhoods around downtown, but that's to be expected since they are a rag-for-hire, sponsored by MSHDA, SPARK, and others that represent the pro-development lobby. <br /><br />If you ask me, the neighborhoods around downtown make fine housing for all types of people and all types of family groups. If the University would stop over-enrolling students and allow the high rises to pull students out of the student ghettos more of these neighborhoods would open up. Then, the University, City, and major private employers could create a program to help those with lower incomes to buy the old houses and fix them up--either as single family units or apartments/condos. THAT is where you will find affordable housing closer to downtown--not in new construction--especially high rises. Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-7035052477893018672013-01-31T11:40:10.091-05:002013-01-31T11:40:10.091-05:00It's not just younger working professionals. I...It's not just younger working professionals. I'm 43, have been working here for years, and I can barely afford to rent. "Options NOT geared to students with wealthy parents" would be a nice start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-4183932730081775032013-01-30T15:08:44.577-05:002013-01-30T15:08:44.577-05:00Options geared towards younger working professiona...Options geared towards younger working professionals would be a good start. To avoid living in student housing again, young people who are working downtown are living outside of A2. I know of people renting in Saline and Ypsi because it's cheaper, but they would all love to live here and be able to take the bus and walk to work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com