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re: Dozens evicted from low-income units at American Can complex
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:30 pm to Hangit
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:30 pm to Hangit
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The taxpayer got screwed twice. You know another word for tax payer? Bill payer.
So. For clarity. In your view. The lower rents should have never existed in the first place?
Not arguing. Just seeking clarity.
This post was edited on 12/20/16 at 7:31 pm
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Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:30 pm to 4cubbies
My money was taken from me to build some apartments, and then it was taken from me so that people could pay the rent, and now they want me to give them some more money? What should my reaction be?
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:32 pm to 4cubbies
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it used to be you could get a $400-, $450-, $500-a-month apartment
Things change.
It sucks that they have to leave, but at the same time, the property's owners have fulfilled their obligation.
I'm assuming this occurrence was listed in the least they signed. Did the tenants not read what they signed?
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:34 pm to 4cubbies
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I'm sure it's just that easy for a disabled persons to move. I'm sure they have a vehicle and a driver at hand willing to move their stuff to the East or LaPlace or wherever there is affordable rent.
How many disabled vets have you volunteered to help move since you discovered this news?
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:35 pm to 4cubbies
They are all disabled veterans?
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:36 pm to 4cubbies
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The article didn't make that clear. I'm not sure if they knew there was an expiration date on the price of their rent, especially after living their for several years
Oh my god, pull your head out of your patootie. They got plenty of warning. If they did not, then they were not legally evicted and would have a cause for legal action, and every lawyer in New Orleans (or nearby, ahem) would be all over it.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:36 pm to 4cubbies
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uld probably just euthanize the disabled vets mentioned in the article.
Dishonest.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:38 pm to texashorn
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Oh my god, pull your head out of your patootie. They got plenty of warning. If
Yeah. There's basically a zero percent chance this was a surprise
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:39 pm to Hangit
You need to research how and why economic development bonds are issued to convert a run down/abandoned urban property into property tax paying real estate again.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:39 pm to ShortyRob
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So. For clarity. In your view. The lower rents should have never existed in the first place?
If the market dictated that the rents should be low then they should. If the market decided that a one bedroom was worth $20k per month, that is what it is.
Boning the taxpayer on the front and back side is the welfare mentality we need to get away from. The lazy are entitled to nothing. The disabled need help but don't necessarily get to live in Bocage.
A $7.50 an hour job is $1300 a month. Maybe a second income is needed to earn that nicer place.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:42 pm to Hangit
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If the market dictated that the rents should be low then they should. If the market decided that a one bedroom was worth $20k per month, that is what it is.
OK. Agreed.
Honestly. I have no issue though with helping people who are TRULY needy.
Speaking to this case specifically though, regardless of the quality of the deal made, the company held up their end of a fifteen year bargain.
So. There's really nothing to gripe about
This post was edited on 12/20/16 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:45 pm to ShortyRob
quote:I think there is a gripe with the government and the unsurprising consequences of their artifical constraints and withdrawal of the constraints.
So. There's really nothing to gripe about
Frankly, I can empathize with the displaced residents and the owner.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:46 pm to ShortyRob
I am speaking off the top of my head, but a similar thing has happened in Austin. The old airport was repurposed into "mixed housing," and all the liberals thought it was the cat's meow. That was the place to live. Now, the government tax subsidies (I think it was a property tax reduction) are GONE, or about to go (that was a LOT of money that even the liberals in Austin couldn't forego -- socialism is very expensive).
Anyway, the Austin liberals with houses in Mueller (the old airport) are pissed like all get out that their property taxes are now going up. That is rich!
Anyway, the Austin liberals with houses in Mueller (the old airport) are pissed like all get out that their property taxes are now going up. That is rich!
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:47 pm to 4cubbies
I lived in a nice apartment in NOLA East and got my car stolen. I live in a shitty apartment on St. Charles now because it's what I can afford. I get that it sucks their apartment went away, but on what planet is living in a particular city a right?
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:50 pm to ShortyRob
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Honestly. I have no issue though with helping people who are TRULY needy.
I am OK with that.
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Speaking to this case specifically though, regardless of the quality of the deal made, the company held up their end of a fifteen year bargain.
A deal was made with a private entity to allow them to profit at taxpayer expense, by allowing others not to pay tax on money earned.
At the same time, the taxpayers who were paying taxes were forced to pay rent subsidies for bums, so that a for profit company could profit.
Of course they loved this deal. They made bank, financing their profit off the backs of taxpayers.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:52 pm to Hangit
The quote I always go back to is "It's easy to be generous with other people's dollars."
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:53 pm to Jcorye1
Is the apartment on St. Charles cheaper than the one in the East? Just curious.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:55 pm to LSURussian
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You need to research how and why economic development bonds are issued to convert a run down/abandoned urban property into property tax paying real estate again
It is obviously profitable. If there is profit to be made, private enterprise will step in and make it. This is another thing that the government needs to stay out of.
How did dwellings get built before subsidies and sweetheart deals?
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:56 pm to Hangit
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At the same time, the taxpayers who were paying taxes were forced to pay rent subsidies for bums, so that a for profit company could profit.
How? The rent subsidies came through their SSI?
It seems like American Can charged them lower rent, not that American Can received government money in rent subsidies for those apartments.
Posted on 12/20/16 at 7:56 pm to 4cubbies
This all could have been avoided if the government had not subsidized the housing in the first place.
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