Unless property managers, owners, HUD, MassHousing, and DHCD are able and willing to run them safely, decently, and properly, please do NOT build or finance anymore subsidized housing complexes! People who threaten others, and who commit crimes against others, especially violent ones, belong in prison facilities, and NOT living in housing complexes with innocent citizens. While a resident at Rockland Place dba Spring Gate Apts. in Rockland, Massachusetts, I can attest to the fact that agencies, owners, and managements aid much of the criminal behavior on such properties. And why do authorities place Level 3 sex offenders (those likely to offend again), inside elderly housing complexes such as Chestnut Glenn Apts. in Abington, Mass.?
Suggested Reading Materials include:
* Jennifer Mann. (2011, March 28). Local housing authorities run with little oversight. The Patriot Ledger,8. Retrieved April 13, 2011, from Massachusetts Newsstand. (Document ID: 2307334131).
* Jennifer Mann. (2011, March 28). Keeping our seniors safe :Changes were made to cut crime in public housing buildings for seniors, but some say not enough was done. The Patriot Ledger,1. Retrieved April 13, 2011, from Massachusetts Newsstand. (Document ID: 2307334161).
* Michele Morgan Bolton. (2010, February 11). Ex-Dedham official says firing was retaliation :Dedham; Elder head, chair had prior run-in. Boston Globe,p. GS.4. Retrieved April 13, 2011, from Massachusetts Newsstand. (Document ID: 1959953921).
Freedom can not ring in an oppressive society. This blog reflects thoughts, personal experiences, + several notes of interest on 'affordable' housing. What do you think of gov't financing nuisance properties? Rockland Place continues doing business as SPRING GATE APARTMENTS along Martha Drive + Hannah Way in Rockland, Mass. (shady business).
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This is really awful and nothing new. My Aunt was in such housing in Pawtucket RI and told us all the time about drunks and drug addicts she had to ride the elevator with. The uring smell in there was strong because the drunks would relieve themselves in the elevators. She finally moved to elderly housing that was run by the catholic order of Sisters of the Poor. That was much better.
--Paulet
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