tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post1510611868344646532..comments2024-01-29T21:57:46.033+00:00Comments on Sociology in My Neighborhood: DC Ward Six: Priced out of Public HousingJohanna Bockmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-65814320479422969382012-07-24T13:25:36.274+01:002012-07-24T13:25:36.274+01:00Thanks, 7/23 Anonymous, for you comments. I finall...Thanks, 7/23 Anonymous, for you comments. I finally made a response: http://sociologyinmyneighborhood.blogspot.com/2012/07/struggle-to-get-back-response.htmlJohanna Bockmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-38686655483130068102012-07-23T16:09:14.115+01:002012-07-23T16:09:14.115+01:00I find the video’s nostalgia for the de facto raci...I find the video’s nostalgia for the de facto racial segregation of the old Capper Carrollsburg to be very troubling. Efforts to make the neighborhood economically and racially diverse have been laudable and successful. Living next door to people of different backgrounds, or being invited to getting-to-know-you receptions with them, might push us out of our comfort zones, but we’ll all be better neighbors and citizens for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-53845243091161052012012-02-03T06:21:37.005+00:002012-02-03T06:21:37.005+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Cp Bagshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03040171967117901341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-1715727173183048892012-01-03T18:48:36.066+00:002012-01-03T18:48:36.066+00:00I forgot to mention that althoguht I wasn't el...I forgot to mention that althoguht I wasn't eligible to pay "only" 550k, he would have been happy to sell me one of the full priced homes!<br /><br />So lower income = no price break?Tom A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10417553647538474302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-66875431551543619402012-01-03T16:20:06.642+00:002012-01-03T16:20:06.642+00:00Thanks for this. I checked out the 'workforce...Thanks for this. I checked out the 'workforce' housing as it was being built, not realizing that I needed to make 80k to be "workforce" enough. I never felt so poor at a salary of 76k!<br /><br />I'd argue that there IS no middle class housing in most areas of DC.Tom A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10417553647538474302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-30689875042574871062011-11-24T15:31:45.101+00:002011-11-24T15:31:45.101+00:00Readers who read good blogs are addicted for uniqu...Readers who read good blogs are addicted for unique content always. Content can be in any form and this blog is really coming up with not good content but great content.<br />Regards: <a href="http://www.snhtradecentre.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Storage Heaters</a>Villeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13994842711070446985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-70416221458582910732011-09-27T12:56:47.610+01:002011-09-27T12:56:47.610+01:00This information has helped me a lot to know more ...This information has helped me a lot to know more about the prices for the housing and their qualities.miami beach apartmentshttp://www.miamibeachapartments.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-46080689620218548362011-02-22T20:47:10.313+00:002011-02-22T20:47:10.313+00:00If extreme concentrations of poverty makes poverty...If extreme concentrations of poverty makes poverty appear problematic then I'm in favor of extreme concentrations of poverty: poverty is problematic and nobody should be able to ignore it. Dispersing poverty makes it easier for people who aren't poor to ignore, but this should not be confused with the question of what is best for people who happen to be poor. That is a question that poor people themselves should be allowed to answer.Andrew Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281653860146240750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-23150917924361115332011-02-22T20:41:24.640+00:002011-02-22T20:41:24.640+00:00If any of you live in the boundaries of ANC6D I ho...If any of you live in the boundaries of ANC6D I hope you'll come to our Community Summit on Sat. March 5, 10am - 2pm.<br />Register at <br />http://americaspeaks.org/se-swcommunity/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03563512888586499466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-43614196942577959752011-02-22T03:38:53.323+00:002011-02-22T03:38:53.323+00:00Potomac Gardens is not mixed income. Just because...Potomac Gardens is not mixed income. Just because it is in a normal city neighborhood does not make it mixed income. Cabrini Green was only steps from Chicago's Gold Coast, but that didn't make it any less of a horrid concentration of poverty. <br /><br />Roy is quite right. Public Housing in the US has largely failed because it failed to maintain housing for the middle class. Any housing (public or private) that only concentrates poverty in a single location is bound to fail. Extreme concentrations of poverty are bound to be problematic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-33734634290336527732011-02-22T00:30:21.195+00:002011-02-22T00:30:21.195+00:00To see the NY Times income map, under Sociology To...To see the NY Times income map, under Sociology Tools choose the NY Times Race Map, then click on View more Maps and choose Median Income or other option.Johanna Bockmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-64534325897113584872011-02-22T00:28:44.605+00:002011-02-22T00:28:44.605+00:00Potomac Gardens is located in a mixed-income neigh...Potomac Gardens is located in a mixed-income neighborhood (see the NY Times income map).Johanna Bockmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-7530881713778647162011-02-21T22:21:06.643+00:002011-02-21T22:21:06.643+00:00But wasn't the original idea of public housing...But wasn't the original idea of public housing to be for mixed incomes, rather than a dumping ground for low income people?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444493599116497177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-40701895679548722022011-02-21T21:05:13.231+00:002011-02-21T21:05:13.231+00:00The response starting with "I think your syno...The response starting with "I think your synopsis misses the main point" correctly understands the issues highlighted in the posting. I am going to get some numbers on this, but it is highly likely that no one in Potomac Gardens makes $41,000. In addition, 144 of the units have seniors living in them. When public housing is razed, all the residents are moved out. They thus lose the community they have built there and increase their chances of homelessness especially because there are so few vacant apartments available in DC (especially those affordable to those on extremely limited incomes).Johanna Bockmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-29936483739996658432011-02-21T20:59:11.598+00:002011-02-21T20:59:11.598+00:00Another response on a local listserv:
Here's ...Another response on a local listserv:<br /><br />Here's a link to the JDLAND.COM site about Capitol Quarter, which includes tons of background info, pictures, etc:<br />http://www.jdland.com/dc/capper.cfm?tab=no2Johanna Bockmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-58178748990891123922011-02-21T20:58:21.167+00:002011-02-21T20:58:21.167+00:00Response on a local listserv:
I think your synop...Response on a local listserv: <br /><br />I think your synopsis misses the main point of Johanna's writeup, which is encapsulated by this quote: "There are very few units for those who make less than $41,000." My take on the article is that the public housing development, while certainly "nice", caters primarily to middle-class or lower-middle-class tenants, leaving those who need help most out in the cold. What percentage of the families living in Potomac Gardens make more than $41,000 per year? If Potomac Gardens was bulldozed to make way for a similar project, it seems to me<br />that we would "clean up" the neighborhood by making a lot of good folks homeless.Johanna Bockmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148895566137990424.post-35902376664733174182011-02-21T20:57:15.675+00:002011-02-21T20:57:15.675+00:00From a local listserv:
Johanna’s blog tells us th...From a local listserv: <br />Johanna’s blog tells us that to date 339 public housing units have been recreated on the Capper-Carrollsburg site, which is south of the freeway in the vicinity of Sixth and Seventh Streets. In the future 368 additional units will be constructed. <br /><br />Collecting data from a variety of governmental source, the blog explains the 339 units now in use are occupied by 162 seniors, in the senior building; 138 individuals/families with a working head of household, in 400 M St.; and 39 individuals or families, in Capitol Quarter. Good for them. It’s a nice development.<br /><br />Moreover, I’ve never seen a single post here reporting somebody was robbed by a felon who escaped into the Capper-Carrollsburg complex. I’ve never seen a single post about somebody who was attacked and beaten for no apparent reason by somebody who ran off in the direction of the Capper-Carrollsburg complex. And I’ve never seen any reports of teenagers from the Capper-Carrollsburg complex hurling racial epithets at pedestrians in the neighborhood or throwing rocks at houses.<br /><br />Apparently HUD’s Hope VI program has invented a better mousetrap. Hey Tommy! How about we bulldoze Potomac Gardens and replace it with something like the Capper-Carrollsburg complex? That kind of urban renewal might actually benefit the neighborhood.Johanna Bockmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212564448840979369noreply@blogger.com