Housing with two sides
Published: Fri, Sep. 19, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Fri, Sep. 19, 2008 06:04AM
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closeRegarding Ruth Sheehan's Sept. 12 column "Housing fight tells a story":
The Glenwood Brooklyn neighborhood has many apartments, modest single-family homes and a few grand renovations, but just a few. This neighborhood already has one CASA project house and is a working-class neighborhood.
CASA's proposal for George's Mews apartments is not a black and white issue. Both sides have valid arguments. The CASA folks deserve affordable housing, but the project may decrease property values. The size/scope of this project is much bigger than any CASA has done before. So nobody can really comment as to what may happen.
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And what about the current residents at the apartments? These folks may very well have similar incomes/ needs as the CASA folks. What happens to them?
Because we are a working-class neighborhood, we don't have the financial or political pull that other neighborhoods have. Can anyone even imagine a CASA project in Hayes Barton?
Sheehan is judging the entire neighborhood by the emotions of a few people. She also is taking the high road on an issue that has no effect on her.
Renee Mackey, Raleigh
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