February 09, 2009

Community Information Session

One of my tenants received a hand-out today for a meeting at the South Worcester Neighborhood Center. I own a three decker that abuts the former City Builders site and the future home of a single building that will house 25 low -income tenants.

Here is the content of the letter:

To have a discussion about the Southgate Housing Development
Monday February 9th at 5:30PM


What exactly is there to discuss? It is a done deal and no matter what the abutters want makes no difference. In these tough economic times, when we need to cut back, we somehow have $7,000,000 for this project. Jahn, the average cost per unit works out to $280,000.

It should have read:

Final Presentation of Plans for Southgate
25 apartment rentals all for low to mod income housing in one building
No home ownership opportunities as originally promised
No Townhouses as originally promised
No Daycare Center as originally promised

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