Comments on: Think D.C. Affordable Housing is Bullshit?

By: Devon Wei

Devon Wei — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:17:46 +0000

That is truly advantageous post. With thanks for all your determination to offer these kinds of helpful information here.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:05:10 +0000

I agree with some of the comments, however there was one post by "Sean" that I found disturbing. Stereotyping a "24 year old single male" in your building by their clothing definitely says a lot about you. How do you know that this person is not a volunteer firefighter? Have you gotten to know this person? Just because a person wears a suit and tie does categorize into "onsulting or works on the hill" For all you know this person can be earning $20k a year.

By: joe blow

joe blow — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:40:39 +0000

If Barry wants to make housing affordable, then do it for all, or not at all. What's this
$700k cap all about? What about the sorry sucker that's above that cap, and could save their home with this plan....huh? Strings attached, and the poor get richer, and the rich get poorer in spite of us paying through our noses for the lazy assed less fortunate whom leach off the system. Fuck you Barry, I did not vote for you, and now I know why! Go to hell mr one term fluke, and stay there you lying slick talking son of a bitch!!!

By: Sela

Sela — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:46:25 +0000

I should note that-like a lot of other residents-I am not from here, and that my mother was not given special assistance from the District of Columbia.

By: JackAsk

JackAsk — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:17:15 +0000

How many people live in rent controlled buildings in the District currently? You guys all make the absurd claims that because a tiny fraction of the City budget and policies exist to help low and moderate income people live in the City, that the Government's all of sudden gone to socialism/communism. I guess you since you don't know what the definition is and can't explain it clearly enough, then it's ok for your position. What a load of crock. If we had to live without some constraints to rental pricing, who would have really been able to afford living in the District from 2004-2008? If even mom and pop developer/investor had their way, they would have charged astronomical fees for rents in the City, but they couldn't (for the most part) and who benefited from it, not just the po folks, but the rest of the City residents...

By: Al

Al — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:36:35 +0000

Hey stop picking on us GSA types!

By: Typical DC BS

Typical DC BS — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:53:39 +0000

By the way, let's not forget the purely socialistic aspect of rent control in DC. How many cities (I can only think of DC and NY) have rent control? If that's not a pure definition of socialism / communism as applied to real estate, I don't know what is. Nice that the government gets to decide what you charge for rent increases, rather than the market.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:40:16 +0000

There is a 24 year old single male named Aron Kebrab who lives at City Vista who purchased an affordable housing unit for roughly $150K. I don't know what he does for a living or what he makes I often see him in the hallway in a suit and tie. I'd guess he is in consulting or works on the hill. Don't let people tell you all these affordable housing units are going to families or firefighters, etc...

By: Go to PG

Go to PG — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:05:24 +0000

@AskJack - I'd prefer they move to PG County.

By: JackAsk

JackAsk — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:22:39 +0000

Ok Jason, this is all and well for you to make the statements from where you are, but let's say you were to be put into a financial reality similar to one of those 200k. Now, apply the laws of Darwinism to your life and see where the fruck you would end up. You don't understand these programs but assume subsidies equates to socialism. Well, if that's the freaking logic, then our entire banking system and major financial institutions are now socialized. So why don't you try to walk into a Chevy Chase and see if they share with you. Affordable housing and the programs associated with it in the District represents only 3 percent of our City's total budget. 3 percent. Then we have ass-clowns like you coming in and claiming, without any facts to back up your statements, that we're a socialist City because of these programs. A lot of these families don't really want to live one of these fancy new condos with a ton of amenities; they simply do not have the financial resources or economic mobility to keep pace with a rapidly gentrified City. So a resident who has lived in Thomas Circle for 30 years must now relocate to someplace in Southeast because some yuppie thinks offering a helping hand is too much for the City to handle. You won't be singing this tune if you were in their situation buddy...