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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just can’t get my head around the fact that DC is using the Saratoga for housing homeless people.  MANY middle class Ward 3 residents would love to be able to afford to live in a building that nice.  What about the rest of us?[/quote]

Maybe fewer would like to live in The Saratoga these days. That a man with decades of violent felonies and dv would have an electronic key, despite not being a resident, is chilling. That he shot someone just outside at 3 on a Saturday afternoon is becoming the new normal.

Those who do not want to move especially with current interest rates, frame this as a "renters problem." Without stakeholders with clout and large numbers of nearby residents, both renters and homeowners, there is no chance of influencing DC policy. A lot of voucher holders move out of Saratoga, Brandywine and Connecticut House fairly quickly I'm told, they know better than to minimize the safety issues. [/quote]

It’d be great if these units could be subsidized to house teachers, nurses, firefighters and law enforcement. People who are critical to our city and who can’t always afford to live here.

The thing that concerns me about the voucher program is that it actually creates an incentive to become homeless. [/quote]

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