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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope they make a mental health screening before accepting possible tenants.

The Housing First policy applied by the DCHA has been a disaster. It has destroyed the peaceful living of so many communities around DC because they populated those communities with people with severe mental issues.[/quote]

Destroyed? Highly doubtful. I'd much rather see them housed than living in tents on the street.[/quote]

I guess you has been living in a bubble. There are so many cases of people with mental issues assaulting condo's staff or residents. There other cases with people with criminal records (sexual offenders, pedophiles, etc.) living in condos where there are children. Nobody wants to have a sexual offender neighbor specially if you have children. There are mental facilities for those kind of people.

What is the problem with screening people for mental health issues or criminal record before inserting them in a community?

I have no problem with Affordable housing, but the way that is has been implemented by the DCHA is a disaster.

Here are some examples of many:

[b]"D.C. housed the homeless in upscale apartments. It hasn’t gone as planned."[/b]
https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/be19wp/dc_housed_the_homeless_in_upscale_apartments_it/?rdt=50224

[b]"Apartment updates: Police calls rise, case managers remain absent, and tenant leaders continue to press for change"[/b]
https://www.foresthillsconnection.com/home-front/apartment-updates-police-calls-rise-case-managers-remain-absent-and-tenant-leaders-continue-to-press-for-change/

[b]"MPD referred three Van Ness apartment buildings to DC AG’s “nuisance” property office"[/b]
"https://www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/mpd-referred-three-van-ness-apartment-buildings-to-dc-ags-nuisance-property-office/

[b]"Residents and landlords speak at an apartment-focused Council hearing on crime"[/b]
https://www.foresthillsconnection.com/home-front/residents-and-landlords-speak-at-an-apartment-focused-council-hearing-on-crime/[/quote]

This.  My elderly aunt moved out of one of those buildings because life became unbearable with constant noise and pot smoking in public places from the people who do not behave in civil ways and violate the rules of the community.  She moved to a garden apartment in a suburban area outside of Beltway, not ideal, but they have respectful people around and don't have to deal with degeneracy.  People with addictions and mental health issues do not belong in the residential communities with children, elderly and anyone who just wants safety and peaceful living.  They shouldn't be dumping degenerates in the midst of the nice residential communities.  People who need rehabilitation are not going to get it this way either, they need to be sent to other facilities where it can happen.

[b]The way it's been done in DC is another example of suicidal empathy.  [/b]Help for lower income people who do work or live off SS/disability and just want the same thing (Peace and safety) and access to better amenities but cannot afford it is different than dumping a bunch of tent inhabitants (with addictions and mental illness needing treatment) or drug/criminal element from the hood (acting out their thug fantasies and smoking weed everywhere) into the buildings and in the midst of the residential areas full of people who have a different set of rules.[/quote]

No, it's pushed by idiots like Frumin and the poster above who don;t have to suffer under these policies. They get to feel good about themselves while others take the brunt of the results.[/quote]

The irony is that the people who take the brunt of these results are the low income people, or fixed income people living in rent control units.  These people are pushed out because of degenerate behavior of some of the new neighbors, and they don't have many housing options.  They have to move to less convenient or lower quality housing.  [/quote]

I used to live in a building on Conn Ave and it had a mix of residents including single parents, elderly, etc.  Rent was very affordable and it was zoned for a good school in DC.  None of those living there could afford a SFH in thr neighborhood but apartments allowed to live in a safe neighborhood.  Those are the people who are hurt by these policies.  It is sad.[/quote]
Yep, this was my aunt's family, she was a single mom of modest income and raised her 2 kids there, wanted to live in peace but had to be pushed out in her old age. This is how you destroy working class communities.  Bring enough of degeneracy and reinforce it with soft on crime policies.

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