Thanks Reactionary for the information. I really found your post today on flashpoint very informative.
It seems to me HHA continues to talk out of both sides of their mouth. They speak conflicting information...
1- we do not plan to saturate SE
2- we plan to spread it out through the city of Huntsville
3- 5 year plan spells out SE area specifically
4- He says for the time 'right now' we are not purchasing more apartments in SE.
However, the recent information you posted, it appears they do plan to purchase more in SE, its just defined as 'houses' instead of 'apartments'.
So question...
1- How is he defining SE? Southeast covers Jones Valley, Hampton Cove, and the Grissom Areas. So this could be in all the above areas.
2- How many housing projects can you build on the 2-1/2 acres they also purchased, that’s a lot of land for public housing or I mean more 'apartments'.
It just seems to me they have a plan to turn the SE Grissom area side into another inner city like the North areas. As for Hampton Cove, I would not think it can escape from such a plan. At best, who wants to come over and shop in SE once it becomes a new inner city area.
I think the entire thing is sad, they are on the path to basically making Huntsville an inner city environment and ruin all the communities attached to it. The biggest thing Hampton Cove has going wrong for them is the Four Mile post road over the mountain, the road makes it easy for the city to make busing and transportation accessible to public housing in their neighborhoods. It sure looks like the
federal gov. will be sending them plenty of money for such agendas.
Thanks again Reactionary, please keep us updated to your current findings on this one. My thoughts are the HHA will let things 'cool off' and then start buying up the property under the radar. Then people will look around one day and ask what happened to their schools and neighborhoods.
thx!
Huntsville City Council - 16 April 2009
Huntsville City Council - 16 April 2009 | flashpoint
Lundy said that many current residents of Chaffee were probably eligible for
public housing. He also said that HHA planned to buy about 20 to 25 single family
houses in South Huntsville.
HHA paid $3,000,000 for the Stone Manor property ($60,000 per unit but Stone
Manor also includes about 2 1/2 acres of undeveloped woodland).
++Note, I can see more federal money going to HHA for foreclosed homes in
Huntsville. Looks like this will be happening nationwide.
Foreclosed Homes For Public Housing
New Bedford heralds a housing plan which likely will be applied
nationwide -- convert foreclosed houses into affordable housing
for low-income families. Houses will be upgraded before families
03/20/2009 12:13 PM
NEW BEDFORD - Amid boarded-up and abandoned buildings in this Southeastern Massachusetts city,
government officials and housing advocates yesterday unveiled a program to reclaim foreclosed properties and turn them into affordable housing. Citizen's Housing and Planning Association Inc., a nonprofit housing agency, will operate a clearinghouse to help community organizations purchase foreclosed homes and upgrade them for
low- and moderate-income families.
Mass. plans to turn foreclosures into affordable housing - The Boston Globe
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