GHETTO APPROVED FINANCING

In reality, Bill H.R. 4868 will NOT preserve SAFE, DECENT, affordable housing for low-income residents in HUD-financed housing.  What makes me say this?    Because, what doesn't exist, CAN NOT be preserved!   For the most part, this Bill would PRESERVE and further FINANCE ghetto lifestyles.  Too many multifamily properties serve as havens for criminal activities.  It will preserve the victimization of innocent residents who continue suffering at the hands of politically-connected, corporate landlords who habitually act in illegal ways.  Yes, this type of corporate landlord really does exist!
        One  example of unsafe and indecent HUD-financed housing is within the deceptive business practices at Rockland Place dba Spring Gate Apts. which is run by some anonymous individuals buried within various partnerships, hiding within conglomerate investment firms, with numerous attorneys and political campaign financiers.  Could this be who Barney Frank is really trying to help with this Bill?  For every worded benefit is a loophole or a lawmaker who looks the other way when conglomerate corporations violate individuals, sometimes for 10-years and longer.  How dare our federal government continue to finance criminal acts against innocent citizens under the HUD programs!
     It's my guess that House Financial Services Committee Chairman, Barney Frank(D-MA), is probably more concerned about PRESERVING his job.  To read more about this Bill, click here: http://financialservices.house.gov/press/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=586

Unsafe and Indecent Housing

      Violence and drug sales take place on many MHFA and HUD financed properties, maybe because it takes at least 4+ years to install promised security cameras on their nuisance properties. Whether you call it Spring Gate or Rockland Place, addicts and resellers still know where to buy the stuff.  This 204-unit Rockland multifamily complex remains without security cameras and still has no police substation! (Click on image.)
     Another serious incident took place at Spring Gate Apartments on July 20, 2010.  People insist a gun was fired around 7:30 pm at the PLAYGROUND;  yet, there was no mention of this shooting in any newspaper article.  There was also no mention of which residents were involved. Rockland Police and an Abington ambulance remained in the area for over an hour.
            Two Rockland males were arrested after allegedly robbing someone at gunpoint during a drug deal at the HUD subsidized Rockland Place, located on Hannah Way and Martha Drive, Rockland, MA.   To read more on this news story, visit the following link.... http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/x550419436/Rockland-brothers-accused-of-armed-robbery-during-drug-deal
     Why are crimes by certain apartment dwellers usually minimized and swept under the government-funded carpets? Why do government agencies, Rockland Place hedge fund partners and management offer false hope and security to vulnerable Spring Gate residents when more funds are to be had?  They PRETEND to want resolve to ongoing crime issues by using the same cycle of inadequate procedures. All the while, corporate partners collect higher rents and tax credits, and political campaigns receive larger 'contributions'.  Somehow, quality-of-life for concerned and vulnerable low-income citizens gets lost in the shuffle.  In private, officials answer legitimately concerned residents with snide comments like, 'there are worse places to live', AND, 'you can always move if you don't like it'.

Illegal Profits in Subsidized Housing

This seems to be an accurate video except I see no mention of corruption being involved in the downfall of subsidized properties.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxfC2N_av78&feature=related

Corrupt Politician List

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2009 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians. http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/dec/judicial-watch-announces-list-washington-s-ten-most-wanted-corrupt-politicians-2009

Here's one in Massachusetts.
Wilkerson - Boston.com Local Search

Favors in Government Financed Housing

"It's all about politics," one of the current corporate partners at Rockland Place Apartments dba SpringGate and former executive at Winn, Mr. William M. Connolly, once stated.  This statement was made during a meeting with Rockland Place residents after adding more Rockland Place partnership names to the subsidized housing complex in Rockland, Mass.
     I always wondered what that particular statement meant, but after reading of campaign contributions and special interests, witnessing serious breaches and legal violations allowed on this subsidized property in Rockland, and after following some interesting articles in The Boston Globe, I think I understand.  It's sad and tragic how greed and corruption have taken priority over doing what's ethical and just.
      Former Massachusetts state senator Dianne Wilkerson admitted to a federal judge that she took $23,500 in bribes, saying later that she had pleaded guilty to attempted extortion charges .......
Former Senator Dianne Wilkerson and other officials named in corruption probe .....
*http://search.boston.com/local/Search.do?s.sm.query=Wilkerson&s.tab=

**http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2009/02/05/developer_defends_giving_wilkerson_money/?page=full