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There is no sham bigger than affordable housing. While ordinary folks have certain notions about what is a "housing" and what is "affordable" in government worl

by tn13 11y ago

There is no sham bigger than affordable housing. While ordinary folks have certain notions about what is a "housing" and what is "affordable" in government world these are terms that a defined in ways we cant comprehend. Town admin demolished homeless shelter in Sunnyvale to build affordable housing. So many homeless people then had to find shelter in the parks. My friends who make north of 100K a year are in affordable housing units across the city. Staying in $700 p.m. for 2 bedroom apartments with utilities paid. The trick was to show "evidence of being" poor. In short more needy people on street while the better off people live even better.

PantaloonFlames 11y ago
This is the problem with government aid programs. The more money there is, the more distorted it gets. At least that's the way it seems. It seems that it's very difficult to effectively administer a large-scale aid program. They all end up corrupting the market - like this NYC story, or like your story. It erodes the confidence in government and results in people like Donald Trump getting broad support.
- newjersey 11y ago
  Please don't try to take a short cut like this. The way to cut wasteful and harmful government spending is to cut wasteful and harmful government spending. Cutting government income or budget with the hope of it making a dent in wasteful spending is incredible stupid today as it was when Reagan proposed that we "starve the beast". There are no short cuts. We can't cut income and automatically assume bad spending will be the only thing that hurts. Indeed, we can't be sure if spending we consider bad will hurt at all. I think even Trump understand this idea.
  - tn13 11y ago
    Cutting government funding is the best way to make government agencies compete for resources. The gigantic debt is what keeping current government from single payer healthcare or free college or waging more needless wars. That is a good thing.
Spooky23 11y ago
That's a ridiculous assertion. This story has nothing to do with affordable housing, it's about "big charity" acting to advance the agenda of the Executive Director instead of the mission and the normal corruption associated with scumbag slumlords. The story has some issues in other areas as well. The lady featured qualifies for public assistance, has children and is homeless 5 years later? There is more to that story.
linkregister 11y ago
Elsewhere in the bay area, affordable housing has income caps for a household. It appears either that Sunnyvale is an aberration for have few restrictions or these caps are routinely circumvented. Thanks for the information.
- bhickey 11y ago
  The income limit in Sunnyvale for a single person is just a hair under $60k. http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/Portals/0/Sunnyvale/CDD/Housing/BMR%20Income%20Limits.pdf http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/Portals/0/Sunnyvale/CDD/Housing/BMR%...
- tn13 11y ago
  Those income caps are a sham. You can always pay a poor man to apply and then stay with that poor person. Also X can add Y to his agreement and X can later leave.

by tn13 11y ago

PantaloonFlames 11y ago

This is the problem with government aid programs. The more money there is, the more distorted it gets. At least that's the way it seems. It seems that it's very difficult to effectively administer a large-scale aid program. They all end up corrupting the market - like this NYC story, or like your story. It erodes the confidence in government and results in people like Donald Trump getting broad support.

newjersey 11y ago
Please don't try to take a short cut like this. The way to cut wasteful and harmful government spending is to cut wasteful and harmful government spending. Cutting government income or budget with the hope of it making a dent in wasteful spending is incredible stupid today as it was when Reagan proposed that we "starve the beast". There are no short cuts. We can't cut income and automatically assume bad spending will be the only thing that hurts. Indeed, we can't be sure if spending we consider bad will hurt at all. I think even Trump understand this idea.
- tn13 11y ago
  Cutting government funding is the best way to make government agencies compete for resources. The gigantic debt is what keeping current government from single payer healthcare or free college or waging more needless wars. That is a good thing.

Spooky23 11y ago

That's a ridiculous assertion. This story has nothing to do with affordable housing, it's about "big charity" acting to advance the agenda of the Executive Director instead of the mission and the normal corruption associated with scumbag slumlords. The story has some issues in other areas as well. The lady featured qualifies for public assistance, has children and is homeless 5 years later? There is more to that story.

linkregister 11y ago

Elsewhere in the bay area, affordable housing has income caps for a household. It appears either that Sunnyvale is an aberration for have few restrictions or these caps are routinely circumvented. Thanks for the information.

bhickey 11y ago
The income limit in Sunnyvale for a single person is just a hair under $60k. http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/Portals/0/Sunnyvale/CDD/Housing/BMR%20Income%20Limits.pdf http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/Portals/0/Sunnyvale/CDD/Housing/BMR%...
tn13 11y ago
Those income caps are a sham. You can always pay a poor man to apply and then stay with that poor person. Also X can add Y to his agreement and X can later leave.