[Durham INC] instead of plywood on windows...

[Pat Carstensen]

I don't know about giving houses to non-profits in general, but giving them to Habitat probably means the people who move in may be poor now, but they have the purpose and the work ethic to be getting themselves out of poverty and generally will be a good role model to folks around them about what can be accomplished. So it may not be the same immediate diversity as you would get with gentrification, but it's better than someone buying with the goal of profiting from Section 8.
Regards, pat 

Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 06:53:12 -0500
From: Ken at kengasch.com
To: list at durham-inc.org
Subject: Re: [Durham INC] instead of plywood on windows...

How does putting more disadvantaged, poor folk in a disadvantaged, poor neighborhood help those folk and the neighborhood?  How does that bring opportunity to the neighborhood?  How does that increase the socioeconomic diversity of the person's social network? 

respectfully,Ken Gasch
REALTOR®/Broker
Seagroves Realty
www.KenGasch.com
C: 919.475.8866
F: 866.229.4267




On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Lorisa Seibel <Lorisa at dahc.org> wrote:

Ken,I have the same question as Julie.  Please reply to both of us.
How has the City policy to give properties to non-profits hurt a neighborhood?
As far as I know, the City has only just recently used this policy to give a few properties to Habitat.
Thanks.Lorisa
On Mar 5, 2011, at 12:33 AM, Free Spirit wrote:


How?
 
Julie Omohundro
Durham, North Carolina
freespirit0623 at earthlink.net
 
From: inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org] On Behalf Of Ken Gasch

Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 8:49 PM
To: Melissa's yahoo
Cc: inc listserv
Subject: Re: [Durham INC] instead of plywood on windows...
 
Let them eat cake?  
This brings me to another point. While well meaning, the city's policy of giving properties to non-profits hurts and area's ability to pull itself up by its boot straps. 


 
Ken Gasch
REALTOR®/Broker
Seagroves Realty
www.KenGasch.com
C: 919.475.8866
F: 866.229.4267



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