Submitted by otter_spud t3_ye2buh in Connecticut
Frequent_Jelly_4138 t1_itwfxdz wrote
Reply to comment by ThePermafrost in How can we incentivize real discussions around solutions to home affordability in CT? by otter_spud
Say it louder for the people in the back. I have no idea where this idea started but for some reason people feel entitled to live wherever they want. That has never been and should never be the case. Some areas and states even will never be affordable. Just move elsewhere
Kolzig33189 t1_itx0mxr wrote
It’s not just a matter of affordability (not discounting that, it’s obviously a factor), but also if the area has the infrastructure necessary for lower income people.
Like how Glastonbury is building a huge section 8 apartment complex on the corner of Hebron Ave and Manchester Rd. There are no bus stops within miles of that area, the closest supermarket is probably 10 miles away in downtown (lower income/section 8 recipients in no way could afford highland park markets ridiculous prices, most middle class people can’t even), and besides the aforementioned HPM small plaza basically across the street that has a restaurant and maybe a package store, there are no businesses/employment opportunities within miles.
If each person living there has a vehicle, it’s less of a problem. But a lot of section 8 recipients don’t have vehicles and rely on public transportation which again doesn’t exist in the area. So I look at that location and wonder how exactly it’s supposed to logically work.
HealthyDirection659 t1_itxt0xr wrote
The apt complex in Glastonbury is not section 8. Its not even possible to get a section 8 voucher in CT since the program has been closed to new reciepients since 2014. The complex will accept a few applicants that make 30-50% of the towns median salary and call it "affordable." But even at those rates poor people won't be able to afford the apts.
Kolzig33189 t1_itxtlp7 wrote
I don’t live in Glastonbury so maybe things changed but that was a huge deal in the town when they were voting on it, and the specific vote I remember it being section 8 housing specific for at least 50% of the building…did that change post vote?
I find that really hard to believe there hasn’t been a single voucher given in CT in 8 years. Do you have a source for that?
HealthyDirection659 t1_ity9gpq wrote
Section 8 is a housing voucher program administered by the Fed Govt. Has nothing to do with state or local Govts. There is no purposefully built section 8 housing at least in CT that I know of. Whatever you heard about section 8 at this Glastonbury complex is incorrect. https://portal.ct.gov/DOH/DOH/Additional-program-pages/How-to-Apply-for-RAP-and-Section-8
Kolzig33189 t1_ityzq7q wrote
That doesn’t answer my question of asking for a link to show no section 8 vouchers have been given in CT for 8 years. I’m well aware it’s a federal org (HUD) and not affiliated with state government, but that doesn’t have anything to do with what I said.
HealthyDirection659 t1_itzlhoh wrote
Click the link i provided then scrol down. All the info you need is there. Program has been closed since july 1 2014.
Kolzig33189 t1_itzm0ij wrote
The link is for a state program (UniteCT) that hasn’t functioned since 2014 and if I’m reading it correctly stopped accepting new applicants sometime in 2007.
I know several families in CT who have been granted section 8 vouchers within the past 10 months or so. Yes they had longer waits than I’m comfortable with the system having but they didn’t apply pre-2014.
Saying none have been given in CT in 8 years remains a ridiculous statement.
HealthyDirection659 t1_itzmynm wrote
You can believe what you want. That web page cant be more clear.
Kolzig33189 t1_itzqpvs wrote
Again the website you provided has nothing to do with section 8; it’s a site for a state only program called UniteCT. If you search that program, it’s for emergency situations and provided about 12 months of rental assistance when it was active.
As you said earlier, section 8 under HUD is a federal program and does not have time limits for voucher recipients, only income limits. They are not the same programs in any way.
If I told you Big Y has apples in stock and you argue and say “no, they don’t have any oranges” how is that helpful or relevant?
Whaddaulookinat t1_itxcmz6 wrote
And wealthy towns have the right to use the parts of a state power it likes and illegally ignore the responsibilities of that exact law? Jesus fuck that's a grim mindset
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