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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know everyone is going to get fixated on the prospect of poor people moving into wealthy neighborhoods, but someone should ask how exactly this plan is going to result in affordable housing. It seems vague how that's going to work. Simply building more units is not going to change prices. (Yes, yes, yes, increasing supply puts downward pressure on prices. But lower prices attract more demand, which pushes prices back up). [/quote]

She's planning on giving vouchers to low income District residents, which they can then use to compensate the landlords of large buildings in Wards 2 and 3. My guess is that the city will aggressively police and fine buildings that try to avoid accepting voucher holding residents.

With the debacle of Segwick Gardens, I think landlords may be hesitant to swap out those small number of below market long term tenants for tenants who are needing wrap-around services (but come armed with a reliable voucher from the city).

The City Council needs to start providing meaningful checks and balances against this Mayor. I pray that Racine primaries Bowser in the next Mayor race; we need a rational leader, not a bomb thrower.[/quote]

Is she going to give them vouchers for food and services too?  Everything is priced according to zip code around here. Food is more expensive, gas is more expensive, parking is more expensive, even Uber ups the rates in these neighborhoods, and let's not even talk about service providers. Child care is scarce and way, way, way more expensive. Also no public preK3 and preK4 is hard to get into. There is no Walmart, and so on. There are many reasons people can't afford these neighborhoods. It's not just about housing costs.

Being close to a grocery store you can't afford to shop in is no different than being in a food desert. She's going to need to address that too.[/quote]

The above market voucher amount goes directly to the landlord who pockets it all.  The voucher tenant does not get extra.

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