tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post490567982932006208..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: Tonight: Another NIMBY Town HallClarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-58282066395841724062017-04-07T09:43:29.312-04:002017-04-07T09:43:29.312-04:00Getting real here. You can't decree a housing ...<i>Getting real here. You can't decree a housing shortage by restricting supply. You can't rectify affordable housing crisis without building below-market housing. You can't help the homeless without rental subsidies.</i><br /><br />For a guy who visited Cuba and saw for himself what happens when the government sets the terms for, well, everything, you oughta realize these commie ideas don't work in the real world. <br /><br />Meanwhile, there are about 1,000 acres of vacant land -- restricted land -- out there at the end of Flatbush Ave. Good old Floyd Bennett Field, suitable grounds for low-cost housing. However, it seems there's no will to wrestle it out of the grip of the federal government. On the other hand, maybe Trump the deal-maker would see the advantages of turning it over to NY City? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-86129643108513852002017-04-06T16:07:02.141-04:002017-04-06T16:07:02.141-04:00Correction, Tim. The shelter is replacing the luxu...Correction, Tim. The shelter is replacing the luxury housing just built. There will be no market rate tenants in the 267 Rogers, the new building on the site of the former church.<br /><br />DHS initially named 265 Rogers as the address of the shelter, but it's actually 267. So that huge, fancy new building? Shelter.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792646871333738725noreply@blogger.com