<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi, hope y’all are well. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I represented Burch Ave. at INC decades ago and was on the city council in the 90’s. <br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">I’m wondering if there’s anyone in INC who might find this campaign below of interest? (Text and attachment).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And is it possible I could bring this up at your October meeting?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks ! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Frank Hyman</div><div class="">919-824-2239</div><div class=""><a href="http://bluecollarcomeback.com/8.html" class="">www.bluecollarcomeback.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">More Affordable Housing &<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Better Quality of Life at<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">No Cost to Durham Government<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Problem:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Affordable houses and apartments for working class families are becoming scarcer in Durham. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Part of that scarcity is created by about 2000 of Duke’s undergraduate students, who occupy several hundred affordable units in the transit-friendly neighborhoods of Durham. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">This problem is aggravated by the fact that a portion of these undergrads are bad actors—late night noise, trash, blocking driveways etc.--who reduce the quality of life of their neighbors. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Solution:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Duke University builds undergrad housing on the now almost empty Central Campus. The present master plan has no goal for that campus. When that housing becomes available, Duke requires all future undergrads to reside on campus as a contingency of acceptance. Presently, all freshman are already required to live on campus. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Result:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">The quality of life in all near-Duke neighborhoods improves. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Several hundred houses, apartments and fixer-uppers become available for Durham’s working families. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Costs: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Local government would bear no cost, yet hundreds of housing units would become available. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Duke’s cost for new undergrad housing would be covered by the grants, loans and family money that already covers the rent money that these 2000-ish undergrads already pay for off-campus housing. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">How Winnable is This Campaign:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Can you imagine Duke successfully objecting that there’s some academic or economic benefit when their undergraduates displace Durham’s working families from affordable housing? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Best Time to Start This Campaign:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;">Right now.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><br class=""></span></p><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>