{"id":950,"date":"2014-12-20T00:39:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T00:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.mtopp.org\/?p=950"},"modified":"2021-01-22T00:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T00:50:58","slug":"affordable-but-not-affordable-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/2014\/12\/20\/affordable-but-not-affordable-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable, But Not Affordable To Us!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Affordability<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Everyone is talking about what is affordable<\/strong> and how misleading<\/strong> this term is in regards to providing housing<\/strong> that everyone<\/strong> in the community can afford<\/strong>. The first point is to start with real numbers<\/strong> instead of the legal misleading jargon<\/strong> they give about percentage.\u00a0 Then we will work from there.<\/p>\n

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Currently the new housing developments will be made up of 50% luxury<\/strong>, 30 percent affordable and 20% low income<\/strong>. According to the Mayor’s Five Borough \u2013 Ten Year Plan on page 19<\/p>\n

Low Income is $41,951<\/strong>– 67,120.\u00a0 According to the Census Tract our<\/strong> Medium Income is $39,254.\u00a0 <\/strong>http:\/\/factfinder2.census.gov\/faces\/tableservices\/jsf\/pages\/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_09_5YR_B19013&prodType=table<\/a><\/p>\n

Thus anyone who\u2019s total house hold income is less than $41,951<\/strong> would automatically be eliminated<\/strong> from any calculations<\/strong> that are done.<\/p>\n

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It is like saying there are people from age 1 to 20<\/strong>, but when I want to do any calculations for these people I will only use people<\/strong> who are from 10 to 20<\/strong>. This will automatically eliminate<\/strong> all the people from 1-9,<\/strong> because they are not within the calculations<\/strong>!\u00a0 This is important<\/strong> to understand and this is why when we hear the rent amount<\/strong> for these so called affordable or low income housing units. We say we can\u2019t afford that<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Another point is that if our medium income<\/strong> is below<\/strong> the low income<\/strong> category almost half<\/strong> of the people living in our community will not<\/strong> be able to afford <\/strong>the low income rents<\/strong> let alone the affordable ones. Thus the formulas<\/strong> are made to remove the lowest class out<\/strong>.\u00a0 In our case, almost 50% of us<\/strong> will be removed and to invite 50% new residents<\/strong> into the community with the Luxury category<\/strong>.\u00a0 That is displacement<\/strong>!!!\u00a0 With our money<\/strong>!!!<\/p>\n

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Our best solution<\/strong> is not<\/strong> to invite more luxury development <\/strong>into our community, because it will displace people, and to Preserve<\/strong> the affordable <\/strong>units that we currently can afford<\/strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thus No Residential on Empire Blvd!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

No Luxury Developments on Empire Blvd!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preserve Our Affordable housing!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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