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Secretary Skinner: An Open Letter to the Washington Post About the Home Investment Partnership Program
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Last Sunday’s story about HUD’s Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) by Debbie Cenziper, undermines a classic and successful program that provides, safe, decent and affordable housing to thousands of low and moderate income Americans. The reporter missed the big picture. Those projects that the reporter designates as “stalled” represent only a tiny percentage of all [...]
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Update: Setting the Record Straight: What the Washington Post Got Wrong About the HOME Program
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The HOME program provides federal block grants to state and local governments and is designed to produce affordable housing exclusively for low-income families. Local jurisdictions select and supervise individual contractors to build affordable housing. The May 15 Washington Post article contains concerning examples of problems at a small number of HOME projects. HUD takes its [...]
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Delete those messages from `no-name` cowards
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I don’t know about anyone else, but when someone sends me something that is slanderous or vengeful by e-mail, I simply hit “delete.” If I receive a letter that is not signed but is threatening me or my place of business, I report it to the Police, and let law enforcement take care of it. [...]
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Town Council Meeting Minutes – April 7, 2011
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The April 7, 2011 Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Norman P. Pinder, Jr., in the second floor meeting room of the Liberty Building, 107 North Liberty Street. The following members and staff were present: Norman P. Pinder, Jr., President; Timothy E. McCluskey, Vice President; Frank C. Ogens, Member; [...]
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Workforce Housing in Centreville
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Below are current the (as of 5/18/2010) listings of houses for sale in Centreville under $200,000. I left out the known "fix-’er-uppers" In case you are wondering where the down payment will come from, Queen Anne’s County has a critical workforce program (CWP). for teachers, law enforcement officers and EMTs employed by the County or [...]
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Centreville Taxpayers Association Bulletin #9
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May 17, 2011 (CTA is incorporated as a citizen?focused non?profit entity to disseminate and share information that impacts the quality of life, stability and prosperity of our community. Members of the Steering Committee are: Liz Draper Brice, Fred McNeil, Mary Roby, Sarah Berlin, Michael Olson, Donald Braden and Dick Smith.) LET US RECOGNIZE GOOD WORKS [...]
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Another windfall for a seller
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Developer Steven Madeoy sealed more than one controversial land deal in 2006. In addition to his dealings in the District of Columbia, Madeoy also owned an aging, 10-unit apartment building in Silver Spring near two schools and a liquor store. He had bought the property in 2004 for $1 million. Two years later, Madeoy told [...]
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Speculators score, District loses in affordable-housing deal
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It sure looked like a good deal at the time. A nonprofit developer promised to spend millions renovating three rotting apartment complexes in some of the most blighted neighborhoods of Southeast Washington. It would be one of the largest redevelopment projects in years east of the Anacostia River, helping dozens of low-income renters suffering through [...]
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A trail of stalled or abandoned HUD projects
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The federal government’s largest housing construction program for the poor has squandered hundreds of millions of dollars on stalled or abandoned projects and routinely failed to crack down on derelict developers or the local housing agencies that funded them. Nationwide, nearly 700 projects awarded $400 million have been idling for years, a Washington Post investigation [...]
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Carefully consider before allowing `affordable housing` project
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I have worked in public schools where some of the population lived in “affordable housing projects.” On a typical school day a handful of students would come to school crying or full or rage because of the things they have to wake up to on a daily basis in their neighborhoods: gunfire, prostitution, physical altercations [...]
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Findings of Fact re: Designation of Parcels of Spring Street to R-3 PRA
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On May 6, 2010, the Town Council of Centreville held a public hearing on the Application of Michael J. Bozek, Inc. (the” Applicant”) to establish a planned redevelopment area overlay zoning classification on two adjacent parcels of property located on the east side of Spring Street and identified on the tax maps for Queen Anne’s [...]
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SHA modifies speed limits in Centreville along Rt. 213 to 25 MPH from “bridge to bridge”
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As you all know, the Town Council has been engaging with SHA to lower the speed limits on Rt. 213 from ‘bridge to bridge’ and I’m sure you’d like to know that SHA has now modified them per our request. Details can be found here: http://timmccluskey.blogspot.com/2011/05/rt-213-is-now-25-mph-from-bridge-to.html
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Snake Oil
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Centreville Taxpayers Association Bulletin #8
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[Editor's Comments. The link to the low-income housing presentation from the citizen's meeting is: http://cgc.centreville-md.net/Housing/Presentation20110425rev4.pdf Although Queen Anne's County has few section-8 vouchers remaining, voucher holders from other jurisdictions can move to these proposed projects. Or the voucher holders can be literally bused in as was done in Crisfield. Developments should pay for themselves and [...]
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Town Council Meeting – May 5, 2011
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7:00 p.m. Liberty Building – 107 Liberty Street Commissioners Meeting Room SUBJECT TO CHANGE – Always check the Town Website for the latest I. Convene – Council President McCluskey II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings a. April 7, 2011 (Regular Meeting) b. April 7, 2011 (Public Hearing Ordinance 02-2011) c. [...]
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Town Council Closed Session – May 5, 2011
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On-line Petition Opposing Low-income Housing Projects in Centreville
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The petition, located at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/centreville_low_income_housing, asks for the Town Council and the County Commissioners to rescind their support and/or concessions for the proposed low-income housing projects. Here is a link to a short presentation about various issues associated with low-income housing if you need more convincing.
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Tax-Exempt Houses in Centreville
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Click on the links in the table below to find out more about the valuable services provided by organizations that own these tax-exempt houses. Location Owner Assessed Value E Water St Crossroads Community $299,100 Banjo Ln Crossroads Community $181,600 Centreville Rd Crossroads Community $244,600 Holly St Crossroads Community $194,633 Happy Lady Ln Crossroads Community $210,700 [...]
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Crisfield Strategic Revitalization Plan – Utilization of the Lands of the Crisfield Housing Authority
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OBJECTIVES Infill and redevelopment of the Housing Authority property. Relocation of Housing Authority residences into the neighborhood units. More efficient and effective utilization of waterfront property. Restored natural functions where possible. The Crisfield Housing Authority (CHA) operates a large public housing project that was built between the 1960s and the 1980s to provide housing for [...]
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Town asks County for Tax Differential
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In addition to continuing the tax set-off payment from the County to the Town for providing services to the County, the Town has requested the County provide a tax differential (a reduced tax rate) for Town residents for those services that they do not receive from the County. Details of the request are below and [...]
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