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Delridge is the only supportive housing site in Seattle that is located in a “food desert” | A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project
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A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project. A good project in the wrong place. Delridge is the only supportive housing site in Seattle that is located in a “food desert”. Thanks to Delridge neighbor Karrie Kohlhaas who has spent the time doing the research into the site that DESC should have done. She points out the contradiction between what DESC Director Bill Hobson says they look for in a site and what Delridge actually is if you take the time to get to know it. Would it be a better use ...
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What is the source for the information about portable housing vouchers? | A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project
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A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project. A good project in the wrong place. What is the source for the information about portable housing vouchers? To: ocean bee@hotmail.com. Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:46:43 -0700. Subject: RE: Voucher Program – Data Inquiry. There are 302 Tenant Based Voucher holders who live in Census Tract 107 (6.2%). There are 183 Project Based Vouchers in Census Tract 107 (7.2%). Of the Tenant Based Voucher holders:. 42% received Social Security or SSI. I did receive...
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Open Letters to Public Officials | A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project
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A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project. A good project in the wrong place. Open Letters to Public Officials. In the interest of getting as much information out for review as possible, I encourage you to email me or copy me on your letters. To public officials and I will publish them here. I will also try to document any responses we receive. Open Letter to the Washington State Housing Finance Commission:. Date: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:17 PM. To: steve.walker@wshfc.org. Cc: jean.godde...
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Did the Office of Housing answer my question? I don’t think so… | A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project
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A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project. A good project in the wrong place. DESC project for Delridge does not appear to meet the intent of the Seattle Office of Housing siting policies. Is the Office of Housing really KNOWINGLY concentrating extreme poverty in one area of Delridge? New documents show this may be true →. Did the Office of Housing answer my question? I don’t think so…. October 29, 2011. The Office of Housing has reiterated their policy in response to the last post. DESC d...
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Background | A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project
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A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project. A good project in the wrong place. 8212; Describes the source of census data behind this analysis. 8212; An overview of incomes for this area of Delridge. 8212; Delridge compared to four other recent supportive housing sites. 8212; Delridge is one of very few “food deserts” in Seattle, and there are no other supportive housing sites located in a food desert. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Email (Address never made public).
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DESC project for Delridge does not appear to meet the intent of the Seattle Office of Housing siting policies | A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project
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A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project. A good project in the wrong place. Did the Office of Housing answer my question? I don’t think so… →. DESC project for Delridge does not appear to meet the intent of the Seattle Office of Housing siting policies. October 26, 2011. 75 DESC units brings the total of extremely low-income units to over 25%? This certainly appears to be in excess of the Office of Housing limit of 20%. 316% of the 1,977 households earn below $20,000. Comprise 39.1% ...
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Are there households not counted? Significant numbers of households in distress | A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project
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A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project. A good project in the wrong place. Are there households not counted? Significant numbers of households in distress. The census data shows that over half of all households earning less than $20,000 are in distress, spending more than 35% of their income on rent. Residents of subsidized housing should not be in this kind of distress, which leads me to believe that there are significant numbers of households below 30% AMI that are not included. Censu...
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Census data confirms that Delridge has more extremely poor households than any DESC neighborhood site yet | A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project
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A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project. A good project in the wrong place. Is the Office of Housing really KNOWINGLY concentrating extreme poverty in one area of Delridge? New documents show this may be true. Further evidence of extreme financial distress in Delridge →. Census data confirms that Delridge has more extremely poor households than any DESC neighborhood site yet. November 6, 2011. And lack of neighborhood amenities. Maybe, but I have yet to see evidence of it. I would like t...
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Low Income Households | A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project
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A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project. A good project in the wrong place. There is a very high number of extremely low income households (below 30% of the Area Median Income):. 175% of household are earning below $10,000. 316% of households are earning below $20,000*. Additionally, 53.6% of households are earning below $40,000, which might place many of them within the very low income category (below 50% of the Area Median Income), depending on household size. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Extremely low income households: Exceeds the 20% policy guidelines | A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project
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A Concerned Delridge Neighbor Questions the DESC Project. A good project in the wrong place. Extremely low income households: Exceeds the 20% policy guidelines. The most useful information I examined in the census data was the information that correlated the size of unit with gross rent. From this, it was possible to determine how many households would fall within the 30% AMI rents, as published by the Office of Housing. Of 20% for total number of extremely low income subsidized units within an area.