Anonymous wrote:To the family renting the basement to the housekeeper, I support you.

To the person trying to keep her school lilly white, fuck you.

What if all these parents became foster parents? And then legally took in and housed minority students? And then your white school was overrun with minorities?

What leg would you stand on then? We all know you don't actually care about zoning violations.

Move to Arkansas & home school your children so I never have to worry about my children mixing with you.

-white, affluent, foster parent.

Anonymous wrote:To the family renting the basement to the housekeeper, I support you.

To the person trying to keep her school lilly white, fuck you.

What if all these parents became foster parents? And then legally took in and housed minority students? And then your white school was overrun with minorities?

What leg would you stand on then? We all know you don't actually care about zoning violations.

Move to Arkansas & home school your children so I never have to worry about my children mixing with you.

-white, affluent, foster parent.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I admittedly have no experience with Section 8 as either a landlord or a tenant, but I wonder if this thread has not latched on to, and highlighted, the most egregious and exaggerated examples, and then made generalizations about these outliers. I recall reading a newspaper article, several years back, about a town which was showing hostility to its Section 8 tenants, based on attitudes like the ones demonstrated in previous posts. In that case, the Section 8 tenant was a young African American, single mother in her early 30s, with three children, who was studying to be a nurse and working at a local hospital.

So what?

Do you think that magically makes her more responsible or understanding of home maintenance issues than a married couple working in low wage jobs?

She is going to be burdened in the same exact way all other Section 8 tenants are. She has 3 kids, a full time job, and is going to school in a demanding program. How much time do you think she has to devote to housework and general household maintenance? I promise it's very little as I am a single mom of just one kid working full time.

The outliers in the situation are those section 8 tenants who were previously home owners or upper middle class who fell on hard times.

Anonymous wrote:To the family renting the basement to the housekeeper, I support you.

To the person trying to keep her school lilly white, fuck you.

What if all these parents became foster parents? And then legally took in and housed minority students? And then your white school was overrun with minorities?

What leg would you stand on then? We all know you don't actually care about zoning violations.

Move to Arkansas & home school your children so I never have to worry about my children mixing with you.

-white, affluent, foster parent.

Anonymous wrote:I admittedly have no experience with Section 8 as either a landlord or a tenant, but I wonder if this thread has not latched on to, and highlighted, the most egregious and exaggerated examples, and then made generalizations about these outliers. I recall reading a newspaper article, several years back, about a town which was showing hostility to its Section 8 tenants, based on attitudes like the ones demonstrated in previous posts. In that case, the Section 8 tenant was a young African American, single mother in her early 30s, with three children, who was studying to be a nurse and working at a local hospital.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Mclean. Now every time we go to a classmate's giant house, I'm going to be soooo curious about whether there is a secret family living in the basement.

Your post made me laugh. I am the previous McLean poster, and I should point out that my postings on this thread have purposely obscured or changed some pertinent details to protect all parties concerned. For example, when I refer to the size of my house, I have used a square footage that is either somewhat larger or somewhat smaller, so that the house is not readily identifiable. I have similarly used details about street and setting that are slightly or somewhat different. Importantly, I have altered some information about the ethnicity, family size, employment, and other details of all concerned so that no one is easily identifiable. I may be of European origin, or Asian, or Latino, or African American, and the family we are helping may likewise be European, Asian, Latino, or African American. They may have one child, or perhaps four. The parent may be a cleaning lady or someone who works for a business.

I do not want people like the poster above to find those single-child families living in 7500+ sq. ft. houses, who have Latina cleaning ladies, and think that this posting is about them.

Surrre you obscured details. Sure. Guess you thought your post about how you let a family live in your basement was going to get you the humanitarian of the year award and when that backfired...well...suddenly you've obscured details.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Mclean. Now every time we go to a classmate's giant house, I'm going to be soooo curious about whether there is a secret family living in the basement.

Your post made me laugh. I am the previous McLean poster, and I should point out that my postings on this thread have purposely obscured or changed some pertinent details to protect all parties concerned. For example, when I refer to the size of my house, I have used a square footage that is either somewhat larger or somewhat smaller, so that the house is not readily identifiable. I have similarly used details about street and setting that are slightly or somewhat different. Importantly, I have altered some information about the ethnicity, family size, employment, and other details of all concerned so that no one is easily identifiable. I may be of European origin, or Asian, or Latino, or African American, and the family we are helping may likewise be European, Asian, Latino, or African American. They may have one child, or perhaps four. The parent may be a cleaning lady or someone who works for a business.

I do not want people like the poster above to find those single-child families living in 7500+ sq. ft. houses, who have Latina cleaning ladies, and think that this posting is about them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many area people break the law. Some test the limits on their tax returns, others fail to pay nanny taxes, some people keep backyard animals, or have unpermitted work done on their houses, some people routinely drive 5-15 mph over the posted speed limits. I am sure that we can come up with a myriad of examples, but I generally am of the attitude of live and let live.

As an aside, cannot children attend local schools if they come back to their grandparent or an after-school caretaker who lives in the school district? I remember way-back-when there was a woman who worked at a McLean-area child care or school precisely so that her teenage daughters could come to her place of work after school and attend MHS.

No, this only works for children who need child care, not teenagers.

Still wondering if the Mclean mom is OK with breaking the law. She had so much to say earlier about what a kind, generous person she is.

Anonymous wrote:We live in Mclean. Now every time we go to a classmate's giant house, I'm going to be soooo curious about whether there is a secret family living in the basement.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many area people break the law. Some test the limits on their tax returns, others fail to pay nanny taxes, some people keep backyard animals, or have unpermitted work done on their houses, some people routinely drive 5-15 mph over the posted speed limits. I am sure that we can come up with a myriad of examples, but I generally am of the attitude of live and let live.

As an aside, cannot children attend local schools if they come back to their grandparent or an after-school caretaker who lives in the school district? I remember way-back-when there was a woman who worked at a McLean-area child care or school precisely so that her teenage daughters could come to her place of work after school and attend MHS.

No, this only works for children who need child care, not teenagers.

Still wondering if the Mclean mom is OK with breaking the law. She had so much to say earlier about what a kind, generous person she is.