tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post3418655476713073359..comments2024-01-11T04:26:33.475-05:00Comments on Drifting Through The Grift: Ruthless Is Not An Insultgriftdrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509712527908530572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-9195996522667564972009-06-25T12:03:18.939-04:002009-06-25T12:03:18.939-04:00The timing turns out to be bad for this too. At a ...The timing turns out to be bad for this too. At a time when many people are losing their jobs and their homes, thousands of former public housing residents are in the market looking for rental units that will take a voucher. And there aren't enough units for everybody. The AHA isn't even accepting applications to get on the voucher waiting list. <br /><br />The phrase on the AHA website says a lot: "Housing Choice provides portable assistance. By following the proper guidelines, families can move to any other city that has a comparable Housing Choice program."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13874835375028164943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-60260743773000710822009-06-22T19:10:01.349-04:002009-06-22T19:10:01.349-04:00I wish the media would stop quoting Anita Beaty. M...I wish the media would stop quoting Anita Beaty. Most people in the anti-homelessness community consider her to be an extremist, and non-representative of the general opinion.delicateflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04801971840313216173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-10052528869577060442009-06-22T12:23:30.210-04:002009-06-22T12:23:30.210-04:00I remember growing up, accompanying my father (a D...I remember growing up, accompanying my father (a DFACS investigator on welfare fraud and child abuse) on trips to these projects, and I honestly could not believe how these people lived. Seemed to me almost like the modern equivalent of concentration camps, though the barbed wire fences may have been more psychological than physical. Glad to hear they're going the way of the dodo...Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500122809701349503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-65453885264709790822009-06-22T11:57:39.432-04:002009-06-22T11:57:39.432-04:00Shirley Hightower is a little crazy. I wish someo...Shirley Hightower is a little crazy. I wish someone would print her ramblings about the Atlanta Police being aliens. That's my favorite of her tropes. <br /><br />That said, it isn't clear where the people from the projects are going. There was a plan to rely on Section 8 but the vouchers requested don't add up to the population moved. Additionally, it is unknown what neighborhoods and cities end up providing that housing, if it is provided at all. <br /><br />The idea was to provide short-term housing, not generational people storage. We should have a safety net, but it's not there for decades. I am not sure I would clap when they were demolished, but it is time for the projects to end.Stefan Turkheimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12625926380801046414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-71570771614568206192009-06-22T11:53:21.180-04:002009-06-22T11:53:21.180-04:00Wow, just read that original post. I get so irrita...Wow, just read that original post. I get so irritated with any discussion of this topic after Reagan <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_queen" rel="nofollow">hoisted that racist welfare queen imagery upon it</a>. It made the real limitations of the system impossible to discuss because you always had to spend 10 minutes explaining to people why that was bullshit. That also happens to be most peoples' attention spans for such discussions, so you don't get to the part about concentrated poverty.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12384169549434844980noreply@blogger.com