At $422,333 per unit who in their right mind thinks this is affordable housing? Affordable to whom, certainly not to Portland’s taxpayers?
The thing about these numbers is that they don’t account for significantly large costs for the government Staff and Agencies creating these expensive apartments, expenses that can mount into many millions of dollars for each separate apartment building, nor for the cost to taxpayers to run the public housing in perpetuity, something local government has failed at time and time again due to DEI policies and the lack of management skills in many who have been hired under these flawed requirements. Does Columbia Manor, the destruction of which added significantly to the decline of our centralized African American community, and the horrendous crime and living conditions in outer SE Portland, ring any bells?
For $400,00 we could “GIVE” a nice house to the 206 individuals and families who will inhabit this new apartment complex, or, for $32,000,000 I can build 600 brand new houses in a series of parklike settings that will rent for <$900/month, pay back the original investment in 3+years, and allow residents to own their home at the end of 10 years of successful renting. All of these 600 units will be built in less than one year as long as our local governments live up to their many Emergency Declarations to solve the housing, drug, mental illness, and crime crisis that we have seen do nothing but grow in desperation since 2016!
My proposed housing parks will be vehicle free, with all parking restricted to the perimeter of each development, shielded by native vegetation from the housing units and landscaped common areas. Housing developments like my proposed plan have already proven very successful for “MANY DECADES!” in the Sunshine States of the Southern portion of our country.
Get the Politicians out of the way and let’s get people housed so they can enjoy their lives and create the bonds of community that are essential for human happiness. We can do this over and over again until every Oregonian has adequate housing, a chance to build currently non existent generational wealth, and the wrap around services to help them manage their problems and to restore their emotional health. We can do what the government cannot!
American-Venezuelan here. "Latine" indeed. Carmen Rubio is the Latina commissioner who disrespects the Spanish language spoken by almost 500 million people. She panders to progressive white gringo elites and their gender neuroses over real Latinos who want nothing to do with Frankenwords like "Latinx" or "Latine." Your hangups about gender are not ours. We have had it with progressives and their constant catering to the fringe of the fringe.
I do not support collective racial claims to Portland neighborhoods. That's racist. So were the racially segregated meetings Albina Vision Trust held a number of years ago that were plainly documented on the organization's web site. Every resident of Portland should have the right to live wherever they wish so long as they can afford it. Deliberately creating black enclaves is odious redlining in reverse. I hope the attempt to grab Albina for blacks gets Portland sued.
And no, not everybody has the right to live in Portland. I would love to live on the waterfront in Vancouver, B.C., in a condo overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge or in a co-op with a view of Central Park. Well, I can't. I don't have enough money to live there. If people who are gainfully employed can't afford to live in Portland, they can leave. As a taxpayer, I am not going to subsidize any housing except the minimum required for the most impoverished people.
At $422,333 per unit who in their right mind thinks this is affordable housing? Affordable to whom, certainly not to Portland’s taxpayers?
The thing about these numbers is that they don’t account for significantly large costs for the government Staff and Agencies creating these expensive apartments, expenses that can mount into many millions of dollars for each separate apartment building, nor for the cost to taxpayers to run the public housing in perpetuity, something local government has failed at time and time again due to DEI policies and the lack of management skills in many who have been hired under these flawed requirements. Does Columbia Manor, the destruction of which added significantly to the decline of our centralized African American community, and the horrendous crime and living conditions in outer SE Portland, ring any bells?
For $400,00 we could “GIVE” a nice house to the 206 individuals and families who will inhabit this new apartment complex, or, for $32,000,000 I can build 600 brand new houses in a series of parklike settings that will rent for <$900/month, pay back the original investment in 3+years, and allow residents to own their home at the end of 10 years of successful renting. All of these 600 units will be built in less than one year as long as our local governments live up to their many Emergency Declarations to solve the housing, drug, mental illness, and crime crisis that we have seen do nothing but grow in desperation since 2016!
My proposed housing parks will be vehicle free, with all parking restricted to the perimeter of each development, shielded by native vegetation from the housing units and landscaped common areas. Housing developments like my proposed plan have already proven very successful for “MANY DECADES!” in the Sunshine States of the Southern portion of our country.
Get the Politicians out of the way and let’s get people housed so they can enjoy their lives and create the bonds of community that are essential for human happiness. We can do this over and over again until every Oregonian has adequate housing, a chance to build currently non existent generational wealth, and the wrap around services to help them manage their problems and to restore their emotional health. We can do what the government cannot!
American-Venezuelan here. "Latine" indeed. Carmen Rubio is the Latina commissioner who disrespects the Spanish language spoken by almost 500 million people. She panders to progressive white gringo elites and their gender neuroses over real Latinos who want nothing to do with Frankenwords like "Latinx" or "Latine." Your hangups about gender are not ours. We have had it with progressives and their constant catering to the fringe of the fringe.
I do not support collective racial claims to Portland neighborhoods. That's racist. So were the racially segregated meetings Albina Vision Trust held a number of years ago that were plainly documented on the organization's web site. Every resident of Portland should have the right to live wherever they wish so long as they can afford it. Deliberately creating black enclaves is odious redlining in reverse. I hope the attempt to grab Albina for blacks gets Portland sued.
And no, not everybody has the right to live in Portland. I would love to live on the waterfront in Vancouver, B.C., in a condo overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge or in a co-op with a view of Central Park. Well, I can't. I don't have enough money to live there. If people who are gainfully employed can't afford to live in Portland, they can leave. As a taxpayer, I am not going to subsidize any housing except the minimum required for the most impoverished people.
Vote for a better Latino! Gonzalez for mayor!!!!
Carmen,
I understand this proposal you are supporting will allow 4 story box apartments ANYWHERE in the central Eastside. Is that correct?
When I click on share, I get a message that this is a bad request. You do want us to share this good news, yes? fix the share button asap!!
How is $422,333 per unit "good news"? Yikes.