Comments on: Two Tales of One City http://www.good.is/post/two_tales_of_one_city/ GOOD Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:13:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ryfly http://www.good.is/post/two_tales_of_one_city/comment-page-1/#comment-7584 ryfly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.good.is/two_tales_of_one_city#comment-7584 Great article. I live in one of the new condos across the street and have been documenting the transformation of the neighborhood over the past few years. From my point of view, it's a win-win for the people that do live in these new mixed income communities. I am great friends with the family that lives in my building and I believe they will have more opportunity and quility of life because of thier new homes. I understand the loss of community they feel, but like this article points out, public housing was never intended to be permanent housing for anyone, only a stepping stone.<br><br /> Anyway, here is my website where I have been posting my observations.<br><br /> http://www.cabrini-green.com/ Great article. I live in one of the new condos across the street and have been documenting the transformation of the neighborhood over the past few years. From my point of view, it’s a win-win for the people that do live in these new mixed income communities. I am great friends with the family that lives in my building and I believe they will have more opportunity and quility of life because of thier new homes. I understand the loss of community they feel, but like this article points out, public housing was never intended to be permanent housing for anyone, only a stepping stone.

Anyway, here is my website where I have been posting my observations.

http://www.cabrini-green.com/

]]> By: lloydcrew http://www.good.is/post/two_tales_of_one_city/comment-page-1/#comment-7589 lloydcrew Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.good.is/two_tales_of_one_city#comment-7589 mixed income is a definite improvement - and Chicago is betting the farm that they can make it work. The untold story - however - is the enormous (10's of millions of dollars per year) federal investment in housing that Chicago is giving up to try and make it work. Thousands of units of project based housing assistance have been converted to tenant based project assistance. That tenant based assistance dies a silent death of attrition - the housing assistance is slowly diminished (through natural attrition) and not replaced. Ten years from now we will look back and see Chicago as the city that said no to federal housing assistance - and will that be a triumph - or a tragedy ? mixed income is a definite improvement – and Chicago is betting the farm that they can make it work. The untold story – however – is the enormous (10’s of millions of dollars per year) federal investment in housing that Chicago is giving up to try and make it work. Thousands of units of project based housing assistance have been converted to tenant based project assistance. That tenant based assistance dies a silent death of attrition – the housing assistance is slowly diminished (through natural attrition) and not replaced. Ten years from now we will look back and see Chicago as the city that said no to federal housing assistance – and will that be a triumph – or a tragedy ?

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