tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14091116.post114356047072155660..comments2023-07-28T07:07:48.002-04:00Comments on The Community Alliance Blog: Tell Me, Where Will The Children Live?The Community Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05874256614338547604noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14091116.post-1144260728922258602006-04-05T14:12:00.000-04:002006-04-05T14:12:00.000-04:00This "affordable housing" debate is a joke - "full...This "affordable housing" debate is a joke - "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing". <BR/><BR/>Couples making 80K/year combined still can't afford housing on long island yet they don't qualify for these programs. Current homeowners have the "NIMBY" attitude and don't want any affordable housing because their property values "will go down". Couples making 80K a year will bring your values down? I'm not talking about section 8 housing here, just something to give people a reason to plant roots without having to spend %60 of their income just to put a roof over their heads!<BR/><BR/>The whole debate makes me sick. Long Island is going to be nothing but a land of gentry for the ultra rich, the lucky baby boomers who suck off the teet of NYState with their fat pensions, and the few remaining underclass who serve them... "I got mine...screw you"<BR/><BR/>This "affordable housing" debate is just election year pandering to people who ultimately don't even vote anyway (young people). My feeling is real group they are targeting is the senior community - who already has affordable housing - the house they bought 30 years ago and STAR capped property taxes. They will qualify for most of these programs.<BR/><BR/>I keep reading seniors complaining that they can't afford to live here - sell your million dollar house and move! It's what I'm going to have to do. Why should my generation have to continue to subsidize the people who have benefitted so greatly from the politicians in New York State and the Federal Government?Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969338326630567601noreply@blogger.com