Non-profit raising density and crime on the block?

[Anonymous]

I wonder if these non-profits really are beneficial to everyone in an area or just a steady source of income for people in charge. More importantly how these companies effect area's quality of life and housing values?

For example, H Street Community Development Corporation seem to own quite a few properties in our area and its scary for homeowners and investors to have such properties on the street as they can plop dozens of units on a small lot with subsidized apartments and instantly increase density and crime to double or triple. How can tax payers keep these companies from taking over their neighborhoods?

[Anonymous]

There has to be some laws to limit number of units on a lot or on a street.

[Anonymous]

What neighborhood are you talking about? I live near H Street and I am, frankly, very confused by this post. Maybe I'm missing something on the HSCDC website, but the properties that they own have mostly either already been developed and sold, or they are scattered throughout the city. Should I really be concerned that they might redevelop the AutoZone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if these non-profits really are beneficial to everyone in an area or just a steady source of income for people in charge. More importantly how these companies effect area's quality of life and housing values?

For example, H Street Community Development Corporation seem to own quite a few properties in our area and its scary for homeowners and investors to have such properties on the street as they can plop dozens of units on a small lot with subsidized apartments and instantly increase density and crime to double or triple. How can tax payers keep these companies from taking over their neighborhoods?

The non-profit industrial complex only serves to enrich the politically connected using tax money.

[Anonymous]

They can only build what they zoning allows. H street already has a huge amount of density, additional affordable units is not contributing to crime. You would be surprised that most crime if from youth coming from MD and going to places where there are a lot of easy “targets” on the street. Like H street

[Anonymous]

I don't know what nonprofit you are talking about, but there are studies that show just the presence of non-profit organizations are associated with less crime.

https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/Community-and-the-Crime-Decline-The-Causal-Effect-of-Local-Nonprofits-on-Violent-Crime.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if these non-profits really are beneficial to everyone in an area or just a steady source of income for people in charge. More importantly how these companies effect area's quality of life and housing values?

For example, H Street Community Development Corporation seem to own quite a few properties in our area and its scary for homeowners and investors to have such properties on the street as they can plop dozens of units on a small lot with subsidized apartments and instantly increase density and crime to double or triple. How can tax payers keep these companies from taking over their neighborhoods?

Are you on drugs? That's enough conjecture to kill a horse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if these non-profits really are beneficial to everyone in an area or just a steady source of income for people in charge. More importantly how these companies effect area's quality of life and housing values?

For example, H Street Community Development Corporation seem to own quite a few properties in our area and its scary for homeowners and investors to have such properties on the street as they can plop dozens of units on a small lot with subsidized apartments and instantly increase density and crime to double or triple. How can tax payers keep these companies from taking over their neighborhoods?

Are you on drugs? That's enough conjecture to kill a horse.

OP must have picked up that rainbow fentanyl for free somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Density doesn't lead to more crime?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Density doesn't lead to more crime?

Concentrated poverty leads to more crime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Density doesn't lead to more crime?

Concentrated poverty leads to more crime.

Which is why SROs, ahem, I mean supportive housing is such a smart idea for affordable housing. /sarcasm