Comments on: Public housing residents fight back http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/public-housing-residents-fight-back/ Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:08:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bonitis http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/public-housing-residents-fight-back/comment-page-1/#comment-83529 bonitis Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:43:43 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/public-housing-residents-fight-back/#comment-83529 "Jones claimed, that the housing authority’s decision to give the displaced residents federal vouchers for reduced rent “will steer displaced residents into impoverished and racially segregated neighborhoods" as opposed to the diverse and thriving housing projects? “Jones claimed, that the housing authority’s decision to give the displaced residents federal vouchers for reduced rent “will steer displaced residents into impoverished and racially segregated neighborhoods”

as opposed to the diverse and thriving housing projects?

]]> By: Brett @ Reclaim Your Republic http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/public-housing-residents-fight-back/comment-page-1/#comment-83526 Brett @ Reclaim Your Republic Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:21:48 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/public-housing-residents-fight-back/#comment-83526 As someone who sees no further need for more urban condos and mixed-use developments in Atlanta, all I can say is... Good riddance. My questions to Hightower and Wright are: what have THEY done to better their circumstances? What efforts have THEY made to not be subject to such a decision? Until THEY and the 1200 residents they represent with their complaint make strides toward a sense of personal responsibility, rather than riding the wave of taxpayer-subsidized housing they have taken from us by force of the government, there is no reason to support, feel sorry for, or listen. As someone who sees no further need for more urban condos and mixed-use developments in Atlanta, all I can say is…
Good riddance. My questions to Hightower and Wright are: what have THEY done to better their circumstances? What efforts have THEY made to not be subject to such a decision?

Until THEY and the 1200 residents they represent with their complaint make strides toward a sense of personal responsibility, rather than riding the wave of taxpayer-subsidized housing they have taken from us by force of the government, there is no reason to support, feel sorry for, or listen.

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