Affordable Housing
News: Opposition Demands Affordable Housing
The Queens Congregation United for Action in New York met last night to propose its alternative plan to the Mayor’s development plan for Willets Point. The group strongly opposes the Mayor’s plan, mainly because of the issue of affordable housing.
From the post at Urbanite:
The plan calls for reserving one-third of housing for people with incomes of $25,000 or less and one-third for people with moderate income. Another third would remain at market price, according to the plan.
In addition, the group is asking that the Iron Triangle businesses that depend on proximity to one another be relocated in clusters and given a range of options. They also want fair compensation for the workers’ relocation.
Urbanite also notes that several council members were scheduled to attend the meeting: Helen Sears, Eric Gioia, Hiram Monserrate, and Thomas White, Jr.
Getting so hung up on affordable housing boggles my mind. I understand the desire to have some middle-income housing in the area, but I can’t understand for the life of me why anyone would want to create such a large amount of housing for those with incomes under $25,000. It doesn’t make sense.
In a brand new neighborhood with new businesses and state of the art facilities, I’m not sure why city residents would want to build projects. I’m definitely disappointed in the council members who are still following the opposition of this plan.
And the suggestion about relocating the businesses in groups is absolutely insane. That’s the whole reason why Willets Point is a wasteland: lots and lots and lots of businesses that can’t even manage to keep their sidewalks clean or use car parts that weren’t stolen, some of them right from the Shea Stadium parking lot. Give me a break. Breaking up these businesses is probably the best thing that could possibly happen.
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