Comments on: When affordable housing gets expensive http://uptownflavor.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/ Serving Harlem Cultural Flavor Since 2006 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: anon http://uptownflavor.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10255 anon Thu, 31 May 2007 23:12:02 +0000 http://uptownflavor.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10255 I read that to be a multi family townhouse, owners apt and tenant apartments. Historically multi family is a vehicle for home ownership in New York. I read that to be a multi family townhouse, owners apt and tenant apartments.

Historically multi family is a vehicle for home ownership in New York.

]]> By: ac http://uptownflavor.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10227 ac Thu, 31 May 2007 22:03:15 +0000 http://uptownflavor.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10227 yup looks like you are right. i guess im just jealous---i cant even afford a jacked up townhouse with leaks! yup looks like you are right. i guess im just jealous—i cant even afford a jacked up townhouse with leaks!

]]> By: Hugo http://uptownflavor.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10222 Hugo Thu, 31 May 2007 21:57:06 +0000 http://uptownflavor.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10222 ac, i think it's a townhouse and he rents out the other floor(s) ac, i think it’s a townhouse and he rents out the other floor(s)

]]> By: nuyobian http://uptownflavor.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10172 nuyobian Thu, 31 May 2007 19:23:27 +0000 http://uptownflavor.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10172 Most of these folks live in one part of the townhouse and rent out the other (says so in the article right above the quote cited by 3pm Most of these folks live in one part of the townhouse and rent out the other (says so in the article right above the quote cited by 3pm

]]> By: ac http://uptownflavor.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10114 ac Thu, 31 May 2007 16:11:54 +0000 http://uptownflavor.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10114 "One of my tenants refused to pay me for three months because of water penetration," he has tenants living there that werent paying him rent because of the issues...so that means he doesnt live there but his tenants do, right? maybe im misunderstanding? “One of my tenants refused to pay me for three months because of water penetration,”

he has tenants living there that werent paying him rent because of the issues…so that means he doesnt live there but his tenants do, right? maybe im misunderstanding?

]]> By: Reader12345 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10102 Reader12345 Thu, 31 May 2007 15:34:28 +0000 http://uptownflavor.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-10102 Wait, where did it say that he doesn't live there? I didn't see that in the article that was linked. Wait, where did it say that he doesn’t live there? I didn’t see that in the article that was linked.

]]> By: ac http://uptownflavor.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-9721 ac Wed, 30 May 2007 19:00:25 +0000 http://uptownflavor.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-9721 to me the most shocking thing in that article, (which is not in the part uptown excerpted, but in the full article) is that this guy doesnt even live there. he rents the place out!!! hard to feel sorry for the mini real estate magnate. to me the most shocking thing in that article, (which is not in the part uptown excerpted, but in the full article) is that this guy doesnt even live there. he rents the place out!!!

hard to feel sorry for the mini real estate magnate.

]]> By: Hugo http://uptownflavor.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-9675 Hugo Wed, 30 May 2007 16:53:14 +0000 http://uptownflavor.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/when-affordable-housing-is-expensive/#comment-9675 That is truly scary. One can't help but wonder if those people who are receiving "affordable" prices on housing via subsidizing, etc are getting shafted. I remember looking at some of the "subsidized" apartments at one of these luxury condos in harlem. They were labeled Tier II apt's. Curiosity got the best of me and I snuck into one of the "regular" Teir I apartments on another corridor. It had much nicer amenities like stainless steal washer/dryer, marble wall tiles in the bathroom and stuff like that. And that didn't phase me. I understand why they do these things. I mean what person in their right mind is going to pay market rate for an exactly identical apt going for $300,000 less on the same floor. So the developers use these tactics. But I couldn't help but wonder...what other differences might exist between the subsidized units and market rate ones in terms of quality work put in. And this is just pure hypothesizing. Could the cheaper units (which are still expensive for the working class)have been put together by cheaper contractors, with subpar materials, etc. It's not too much of a stretch given the above article. And in the end...the recipients of "affordable" housing end up paying for it anyway. That is truly scary. One can’t help but wonder if those people who are receiving “affordable” prices on housing via subsidizing, etc are getting shafted. I remember looking at some of the “subsidized” apartments at one of these luxury condos in harlem. They were labeled Tier II apt’s. Curiosity got the best of me and I snuck into one of the “regular” Teir I apartments on another corridor. It had much nicer amenities like stainless steal washer/dryer, marble wall tiles in the bathroom and stuff like that. And that didn’t phase me. I understand why they do these things. I mean what person in their right mind is going to pay market rate for an exactly identical apt going for $300,000 less on the same floor. So the developers use these tactics. But I couldn’t help but wonder…what other differences might exist between the subsidized units and market rate ones in terms of quality work put in. And this is just pure hypothesizing. Could the cheaper units (which are still expensive for the working class)have been put together by cheaper contractors, with subpar materials, etc. It’s not too much of a stretch given the above article. And in the end…the recipients of “affordable” housing end up paying for it anyway.

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