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Old 03-25-2010, 02:43 PM
 
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What is the real reason they dont want the "low income" apartments. most low incomes folks are old or college student age folks. So lets be honest is it race, more than income or social status? I only wonder.
There are many low income families too - but sometimes low income complexes are planned as seniors only.

It is not legal to build housing complexes that only allow singles and couples, but it is legal to build seniors-only complexes.

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another reason I stay away from there...
I know Katy has some "nice" areas....
some Master Race, ahem! I mean Master planned communities...
I don't know if the actual city of Katy (which filed the resolution opposing the apartment complex) has any master planned communities within its borders. AFAIK the more exclusive master planned communities tend to be south of I-10 outside of the city of Katy. This complex, which borders and it outside of Katy, is barely south of I-10.

 
Old 03-25-2010, 02:58 PM
 
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There are many low income families too - but sometimes low income complexes are planned as seniors only.

It is not legal to build housing complexes that only allow singles and couples, but it is legal to build seniors-only complexes.

It seems no one has stated this fact before. Everyone just assumed what the property would be used for, and the type of people that would move into it.
 
Old 03-25-2010, 03:00 PM
 
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It seems no one has stated this fact before. Everyone just assumed what the property would be used for, and the type of people that would move into it.
So the question is - is the proposed complex a senior only complex?

I do not see it described as such in the news, but if it is seniors only then one does not have to worry about school congestion and other factors.
 
Old 03-25-2010, 03:28 PM
 
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So the question is - is the proposed complex a senior only complex?
well that doesnt mean a good thing either. old people on welfare attracts a lot of "dependents"
 
Old 03-25-2010, 03:33 PM
 
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I'm sure they would have mentioned it if it was a senior low-incme complex. It just sounds like a normal Section 8 complex to me.
 
Old 03-25-2010, 06:54 PM
 
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....Low-income complex potential 'slum area'? | Ultimate Katy (http://www.ultimatekaty.com/node/4035#comments - broken link)

"WP West Development Enterprises wants to build a 200-unit public housing complex on 13 acres at the intersection of Katy Fort Bend Road and Grand Harbor Drive."
Not good.
 
Old 03-25-2010, 06:57 PM
 
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Defeats the purpose of living in a good neighborhood.

Section 8 = High crime, dirty folks, high noise level, unorganized, etc
 
Old 03-25-2010, 06:59 PM
 
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There is one on Park Row Blvd and N Fry Road.
 
Old 03-25-2010, 07:00 PM
 
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Low income housing belongs in Greenspoint.
 
Old 03-25-2010, 07:09 PM
 
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Most of Katy isn't "rich." If they were, they'd be sending their kids to private schools and/or living in River Oaks or Memorial Villages.
I can understand the concern; families move out there for the good public schools, and it's unfortunate that when too much multi-family and/or super-cheap housing goes up, the schools often decline.

There's a big aversion to this sort of thing in middle-upper class areas where a large attraction is the schools. No one wants to follow the path of Sharpstown or Alief, understandably. Can you blame them?
so let me get this straight: poor children move into the area and the schools become bad? i thought good schools were made up of excellent programs and great administrators and educators. not the demographics of the students

and kids from low-income households don't deserve good schools
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