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It is crazy that our tax dollars go to house people in such a tiny little City such as Alexandria.

They need to end the generational poverty.  I know people whine about the illegals but 9 times out of 10 in the City the illegals and legal immigrants are living in cheap, old market rate apartments.  They pull full rent for crappy properties but in the long run that will be better for their kids who will learn to rely on themselves and not govt housing.

I looked at some City docs and they had a poll of residents a public housing community meeting. 26% had lived in public housing for 20+ years!!! That's crazy.[/quote]

20 years is hardly multi generational, and that suggests 3/4 were in public housing for less time than that.

I also do not see the connection between the size of the City (which is over 150,000 and growing) and the presence of public housing.   Alexandria has had a community of poor african americans since the end of slavery (and some were ex-slaves who had already lived in Alexandria)  The notion that all should be pushed out of the City seems unduly harsh, IMO.

Conversion to vouchers would simply add to the demand for the limited stock of older and cheaper market rate apts, or would push people out of the City.   Given that Alexandria has a lower percentage of poor than DC does, and that percentage is going to drop with the redevelopment of the  Beauregard area (and with new construction elsewhere in the City) I cannot see pushing more people out as a priority for housing policy.   [/quote]

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