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Maldonian t1_j32fj1t wrote

Reply to comment by kathryn13 in Homeless man accused of stabbing 2 outside Manchester shelter held without bail by Chappy_Sinclair_

It’s one thing to have housing that’s “reserved for extremely low income residents,” but how will the residents pay for their housing?

Unless you’re proposing that you and I should cover the cost, or government should force the property owner to rent it out at a loss?

In any event, should there be a time limit on “transitional housing?” If so, what would the time limit be?

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kathryn13 t1_j32gx97 wrote

Learn more at the Manchester Housing and Redevelopment Authority page.

The NH Housing page.

The Southern NH Services page.

Lincoln Avenue Capital - who are building the majority of the low income housing units in the city.

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Maldonian t1_j32oy7k wrote

Thank you for the links.

The first one has it right on their front page that you and I are paying for their services through our federal taxes. Congratulations for their honesty.

The second and third, if you click around, you'll eventually stumble upon mentions of federal funding too. Not as good as being on the main page, but at least the information is there.

The fourth one, though, wow. Beautiful website that answers almost zero questions. (And no link to actually see any of their available units.) If they've managed to make housing cost less by reducing their costs (like the way Walmart and Costco do business), they should say so. If they're doing it through taxpayer subsidies, they should say so. But they say neither.

Looking through their impact report, they do mention getting money from the Amazon Housing Equity Fund. It's noble that Amazon is donating their own money to a cause they like, but sadly, they're doing it in a racially discriminatory fashion, according to their own web page.

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