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14. The number of problems I have with this:

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Mon Jul 28, 2014, 03:56 PM

Jul 2014

ZERO.

- Chicago resident and homeowner.

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Poor Families Recieve 'Supervouchers' To Rent In City's Priciest Buildings (Chicago Gold Coast) [View all] big_dog Jul 2014 OP

Breaking News!!!! ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2014 #1

A few working people in luxury apartments means several more remain homeless pnwmom Jul 2014 #10

That's not true if CHA got a special allocation for this type of placement. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #21

This wasn't a developer set-aside, according to the article. pnwmom Jul 2014 #24

In 2010 CHA got permission to exceed the reimbursement cap in certain neighborhoods Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #29

Okay, so it's the Federal taxpayers who will pay for luxury apartments instead of pnwmom Jul 2014 #33

And you can bet they will use it too. zeemike Jul 2014 #34

I don't think we should do away with public assistance, but we should spend it wisely. pnwmom Jul 2014 #35

Well I would too. zeemike Jul 2014 #36

If the middle class apartment owners would take vouchers, there'd be no need for these. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #38

. The average rental in Chicago is less than $900. How would those renters feel pnwmom Jul 2014 #40

My prediction above came true. zeemike Jul 2014 #42

Yup. Progressives, especially well-off progressives, can be incredibly tone deaf. n/t pnwmom Jul 2014 #43

You can't please everyone. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #45

There isn't a good way to explain to most non-wealthy people why you should spend $9K pnwmom Jul 2014 #46

You're missing the point: the money wouldn't get six nice apartments Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #48

If by neighborhood you mean, the "other lake view apts. in Lake view", you may pnwmom Jul 2014 #49

Are there plenty of other neighborhoods with landlords just waiting to sign up HCV tenants? Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #50

The waiting list is also caused by lack of funds. So when they spend the money on luxury pnwmom Jul 2014 #51

Again, once and for all, there aren't enough units available period. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #55

We wouldn't need much subsidized housing if the minimum wage was $15 or more. pnwmom Jul 2014 #56

Who apart from the rich landlords jamzrockz Jul 2014 #53

Hold the phone, those were poor people I was living beside these past months? They seemed like Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #12

Or... Wait Wut Jul 2014 #2

or the whole family will be working 24hrs a day taking care of rich folks kids at sub minimum wage big_dog Jul 2014 #3

They probably aren't forced to live there. Wait Wut Jul 2014 #4

who knows in these types of situations big_dog Jul 2014 #5

The one was a new building. Wait Wut Jul 2014 #7

good points all, but should the Chicago Housing Authority be an employment coach as well? big_dog Jul 2014 #8

It isn't a perfect world. Wait Wut Jul 2014 #18

For the families who sit on the waiting list, while federal money is wasted on apartments with pnwmom Jul 2014 #13

The families are living in their own units, not in-laws. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #39

Or is this like the deal in New York where Sam1 Jul 2014 #6

Very similar, but Chicago seems to pay the rent directly whereas nyc Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #44

Why would they do that instead of using the $3K to put 2 families in $1500 a month apts? pnwmom Jul 2014 #9

the explanation was that there is no afforable housing left inside the City of Chicago big_dog Jul 2014 #11

The article only says there is a lack of affordable housing in Downtown and Lake View. pnwmom Jul 2014 #15

That's a lot of nonsense alcibiades_mystery Jul 2014 #17

there were jobs cutting meat right off Lake Shore on Sheridan big_dog Jul 2014 #19

There are plenty of job openings in Chicago right now alcibiades_mystery Jul 2014 #23

It's a twenty minute ride on the express bus that runs down Lakeshore. n/t whathehell Jul 2014 #30

i know, ive been on that bus many times big_dog Jul 2014 #41

As a former resident, that's them blowing smoke up your ass. closeupready Jul 2014 #28

Building owner may be somebodies "son-in-law." Sam1 Jul 2014 #54

The number of problems I have with this: alcibiades_mystery Jul 2014 #14

If you were one of the families on the long waiting list, pnwmom Jul 2014 #16

You know how rent-controlled apartments have always gone to the people who least need valerief Jul 2014 #20

i would give some of them to families of innocent kids who survived gun violence big_dog Jul 2014 #22

Yes, exactly, or people who want favors paid back. closeupready Jul 2014 #26

I'm sorry, but I think this is completely ridiculous. closeupready Jul 2014 #25

Meanwhile, 47,000 families to be purged from the Chicago Housing Authority list. pnwmom Jul 2014 #27

Just tell me they're not installing a "poor door" like they did in New York.. whathehell Jul 2014 #31

So what happened to all that property on the South Side . . . Brigid Jul 2014 #32

Damn Obama vouchers MiniMe Jul 2014 #37

This has Rahm-Stink all over it. n/t DeSwiss Jul 2014 #47

I want everyone to go and look up a HUD program called the Family Self Sufficency Program. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2014 #52

This being Chicago these apartments went to relatives and supporters AngryAmish Jul 2014 #57