GOOD affordable housing makes a good difference to children, individuals, families, and communities. However, BAD affordable housing makes a bad difference. And nowadays, it appears as though bad affordable housing is on the rise. Raising our children in affordable housing can probably best be compared to raising our children in a prison facility.
What makes bad housing? One example is when Management is allowed to be in non-compliance of lease agreements, rules, and regulations, then supports and excuses those residents who do the same.
In too many instances, children in government-financed and privately-owned affordable housing witness drug deals and violence on a regular basis. This could lead to an increase in problematic behavior, development difficulties, dissociation, and post-traumatic stress disorders. How is this good for society?
The 'new and improved' Rockland Place playground has turned into an underage pub. Drug deals continue to be witnessed in parking lots and hallways by visitors and residents on Hannah Way and Martha Drive in Rockland, Massachusetts. Property managers pretend to be either oblivious or concerned. Their safety concerns are shown only through typed text on distributed notices while they eagerly await another guaranteed rent increase approval by MassHousing or MHFA.
Despite repeated concerns for ongoing criminal activities and non-compliance on this tax-credited and subsidized property, owners have yet to install security cameras in each of their parking lots and along their single entrance near John Dunn Drive. Management continues to rent to ex-cons and to households in violation of occupancy agreements, rules, and regulations. Management may as well say, Oh, but of course you can keep your subsidized apartment when you've been arrested for attempting to break-in to another unit with knives! .... So what if you walk around the property with a gun or a bag of cocaine. .... And, when you slash someone with a sword, we'll just call you Mr. Slice and Dice!
So, most definitely, affordable housing makes a huge difference in a child's life. Children in affordable housing can hear and watch from bedroom windows, their fine upstanding role models stagger, fight, and deal drugs in courtyards, and maybe even see that it's okay to get arrested once in awhile. Children in affordable housing can, and have, awakened to the blood-curdling shrieks of bloodied and battered neighbors assaulting or assaulted with boulders, beer bottles, and baseball bats. Children who survive bad affordable housing can learn to feel hopeless and helpless, to shut up and shut down, to fall victim or to victimize. They can learn that crime pays and money matters most, because human beings certainly don't.
Affordable housing equals more tax credits and money for corporate affiliates to overprice unimportant renovations of new vinyl siding and dishwashers. It's a pay raise for wardens whose spoken words of concern contradict the typed text in notices: There are worse places to live. .... It's better than being homeless. .... Move if you don't like it! .... Just cuz I caused another fire, you didn't have to call the fire dept.! ..... We're working on it. ..... We can do whatever we want. ..... Oh, and, .... As long as I don't see it. http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.943349/k.E82F/Domestic_Grantmaking__Affordable_Housing__Grantmaking_Guidelines.htm
Boston College, Lynch School of Education - MacArthur Foundation
http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.4278471/k.515A/Affordable_Housing_News__Info_Search/apps/s/search.asp
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).
Monday, March 21, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Leisure Travel Club Located in HUD Housing
Rockland Place doing business as Spring Gate Apartments can be found at Hannah Way and Martha Drive in Rockland, Mass. Thanks to a number of corporate partners and affiliates, it continues to do a booming business, even with low to average compliance and inspection scores by HUD and MHFA.
Each of the 32 renovated buildings inside this apartment complex holds 5 to 6 units, totaling 204 units altogether. This Section 8 housing has an interesting mix of business listings with 1, 2, and 3 bedroom subsidized apartments. (See archives of other articles listing more businesses at this state and federal-financed multifamily housing complex.)
From a recent online Yellowbook listing, it appears Kevins Leisure Travel Club of 83 Hannah Way shares this subsidized housing complex with several low-income, elderly, and handicapped residents. Oh, and speaking of leisure travel, Spring Gate management sent around another warning notice that lug nuts are still being loosened on some of the residents' vehicles. Management advises you to check each of your 20 lug nuts each and every time before driving out of this affordable prison facility. And, though you risk years of retaliation, please don't forget to keep telling the careless wardens at Spring Gate Apts. whenever you notice any suspicious criminal activity on their premises. They care for their tenants' lives so much that there are still no security cameras in place on this nuisance property! -- promises, promises.
Kevins Leisure Travel Club is only a 'stone's throw away' from the infamous Rockland Self-Storage located at 141 Martha Drive. If you wonder the apartment number or want to know the hours or what any of the businesses charge for their products or services, try phoning the business. The number listed for Kevins Leisure Travel Club is (508) 577-4716. If you are unable to get through to that number, you could probably request the information from the Rockland Housing Authority at 781-878-4156 or call any of the the on-site Spring Gate property managers. Linda Hamilton and Janet Hamilton can usually be reached at 781-871-2324 or 871-2323 Monday-Friday 9-5 pm.
Each of the 32 renovated buildings inside this apartment complex holds 5 to 6 units, totaling 204 units altogether. This Section 8 housing has an interesting mix of business listings with 1, 2, and 3 bedroom subsidized apartments. (See archives of other articles listing more businesses at this state and federal-financed multifamily housing complex.)
From a recent online Yellowbook listing, it appears Kevins Leisure Travel Club of 83 Hannah Way shares this subsidized housing complex with several low-income, elderly, and handicapped residents. Oh, and speaking of leisure travel, Spring Gate management sent around another warning notice that lug nuts are still being loosened on some of the residents' vehicles. Management advises you to check each of your 20 lug nuts each and every time before driving out of this affordable prison facility. And, though you risk years of retaliation, please don't forget to keep telling the careless wardens at Spring Gate Apts. whenever you notice any suspicious criminal activity on their premises. They care for their tenants' lives so much that there are still no security cameras in place on this nuisance property! -- promises, promises.
Kevins Leisure Travel Club is only a 'stone's throw away' from the infamous Rockland Self-Storage located at 141 Martha Drive. If you wonder the apartment number or want to know the hours or what any of the businesses charge for their products or services, try phoning the business. The number listed for Kevins Leisure Travel Club is (508) 577-4716. If you are unable to get through to that number, you could probably request the information from the Rockland Housing Authority at 781-878-4156 or call any of the the on-site Spring Gate property managers. Linda Hamilton and Janet Hamilton can usually be reached at 781-871-2324 or 871-2323 Monday-Friday 9-5 pm.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
More Corruption
Joseph P. Lally Jr., a co-defendant in former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi's federal corruption case, will plead guilty Tuesday to conspiracy, extortion, and mail and wire fraud...... http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/03/dimasi_case_co-.html
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Voting
Considering what is allowed to go on at Rockland Place dba Spring Gate Apartments, managed by people from Cornerstone Corp. and First Hartford Realty, it's likely I won't be voting for the same politicians they support. *http://watchdog.net/contrib/06040/neil_h_ellis
Saturday, February 5, 2011
More Americans in poverty
New formula finds more Americans in poverty - The Boston Globe
Of course, this doesn't surprise most people. While the cost of living rises, and public servants spend extravagantly, senior citizens and other Americans are living at or below poverty level. While large failing corporations get bailed out of their financial crisis, the individual American citizen sees little, if any, relief.
*GOVERNMENT LISTINGS
http://neal.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15:helpful-links&catid=4:constituent-services&Itemid=13
Of course, this doesn't surprise most people. While the cost of living rises, and public servants spend extravagantly, senior citizens and other Americans are living at or below poverty level. While large failing corporations get bailed out of their financial crisis, the individual American citizen sees little, if any, relief.
*GOVERNMENT LISTINGS
http://neal.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15:helpful-links&catid=4:constituent-services&Itemid=13
Friday, February 4, 2011
Important Questions on the Towing of Vehicles
A notice was attached to the outside entrance doors of each building this past week. In summary, the notice reads that a company called Firehouse Towing will be towing vehicles for snow removal purposes and will also remove vehicles from 11pm thru 6am for residents denied a parking permit.
We certainly wouldn't want any conflicts of interest or kickbacks going on. Would we? I believe it would be reasonable for residents of Spring Gate to know the answers to all of these questions before anyone is allowed to touch their personal property, especially because low-income tenants' personal property was carelessly damaged by hired-hands during the renovations in 2006 and during other times also.
* NAHT
- Does the company 'Firehouse Towing' legitimately exist in 2011?
- Aren't tow companies required to be licensed and insured in the state of Massachusetts?
- Shouldn't 'Spring Gate' residents have a right to be informed of the tow company's legal name, license number, current address, and current insurance information?
We certainly wouldn't want any conflicts of interest or kickbacks going on. Would we? I believe it would be reasonable for residents of Spring Gate to know the answers to all of these questions before anyone is allowed to touch their personal property, especially because low-income tenants' personal property was carelessly damaged by hired-hands during the renovations in 2006 and during other times also.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
FORECAST FOR FAVORITISM
Today I noticed an advertisement for Spring Gate Apartments on the internet. It looks as though deceptive business practices and false advertisements aren't illegal any longer. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that numerous business partners and affiliates of Rockland Place pay campaign contributions, hire expensive lobbyists, and have strong ties to the Democratic party.
Price: $931, City: Rockland, Square feet: n/a - Location: 52 Hannah Way, Rockland, MA, 2370, USA - Come home to the quiet relaxation of Spring Gate Apartments. Private and luxurious, this is a haven with numerous amenities. Spring Gate Apartments is perfectly located near major freeways with access to downtown, shopping, medical facilities, and.......
Property Type: Apartment - Listing type: For rent
Listing status: Active - Bedroom: 1 - Bathroom: 1
As the ad claims, this HUD subsidized housing complex is truly a haven. As I've witnessed, it's a haven for crime; it's a haven for drugs; and it's a haven for fraud. I suppose the person or persons writing the Spring Gate Apartments ad believe 'quiet relaxation' to mean living under the duress of threats and physical assaults. Let's not forget all the beatings and the most recent 2011 blood bathings on the walls and floors of the laundry facility, inside and outside of 63 Hannah Way.... Ahhhh, quiet relaxation indeed!
So, what's so deceptive about the ad? Here's the truth about Spring Gate Apartments: It is still the same Rockland Place Apartments in Rockland, Mass. minus a few of the people who were concerned enough to have reported crime, abuse, deceptive business practices, and other violations which still continue today. Spring Gate Apartments is only 'private' to those households who allow violent loved ones, with police records, to reside in undersized units...(Of course, there are some tenants who remain overhoused too.) Management kindly accommodates select nuisance, drug-dealing, and violent households with employment, lease invisibilities, on-premise parking privileges, etc. while several legit households are denied the same leniencies. Sometimes Management even forbids a handicapped person access to the same common areas most other residents have!
Management's lease invisibilities not only provide refuge to those committing crimes, but also lowers genuine household income for Management's favored households. Some innocent and legit residents who leave Spring Gate Apts., leave due to the ongoing violence, retaliation, noise, and because they refuse to sign misdated and fraudulent documents Management insist they sign. These documents help owners collect more undeserving funds.
MassHousing backs up all of these deceptive business practices. And, it's become obvious to me and to others that HUD and some politicians also play a key role in supporting these unethical and even illegal practices at the 'new and improved' Spring Gate Apts. As a tenant here, just try to get a trial in front of a judge at the Brockton Housing Court. I'd be surprised if Management's unethical and illegal conduct were ever put on court record, especially when unrepresented persons are further tormented into unwanted mediation proceedings. The corruption and the good ol' boy network needs to stop.
The truth of it all is, Spring Gate Apartments is a prime example of unfair housing. Rockland Place dba Spring Gate is a cover-up for drug deals, violence, and fraud. It's a money machine for partners in crime, and a luxurious prison facility for those who've never committed a crime.
As far as safe, decent, and affordable housing goes, it just doesn't exist at the 'luxurious' Spring Gate Apartments. Sadly, those holding the power to resolve the serious difficulties in this unfair and chaotic living environment, won't. They 'chose not to get involved at this point in time' while others simply choose to run deceptive ads.
Price: $931, City: Rockland, Square feet: n/a - Location: 52 Hannah Way, Rockland, MA, 2370, USA - Come home to the quiet relaxation of Spring Gate Apartments. Private and luxurious, this is a haven with numerous amenities. Spring Gate Apartments is perfectly located near major freeways with access to downtown, shopping, medical facilities, and.......
Property Type: Apartment - Listing type: For rent
Listing status: Active - Bedroom: 1 - Bathroom: 1
As the ad claims, this HUD subsidized housing complex is truly a haven. As I've witnessed, it's a haven for crime; it's a haven for drugs; and it's a haven for fraud. I suppose the person or persons writing the Spring Gate Apartments ad believe 'quiet relaxation' to mean living under the duress of threats and physical assaults. Let's not forget all the beatings and the most recent 2011 blood bathings on the walls and floors of the laundry facility, inside and outside of 63 Hannah Way.... Ahhhh, quiet relaxation indeed!
So, what's so deceptive about the ad? Here's the truth about Spring Gate Apartments: It is still the same Rockland Place Apartments in Rockland, Mass. minus a few of the people who were concerned enough to have reported crime, abuse, deceptive business practices, and other violations which still continue today. Spring Gate Apartments is only 'private' to those households who allow violent loved ones, with police records, to reside in undersized units...(Of course, there are some tenants who remain overhoused too.) Management kindly accommodates select nuisance, drug-dealing, and violent households with employment, lease invisibilities, on-premise parking privileges, etc. while several legit households are denied the same leniencies. Sometimes Management even forbids a handicapped person access to the same common areas most other residents have!
Management's lease invisibilities not only provide refuge to those committing crimes, but also lowers genuine household income for Management's favored households. Some innocent and legit residents who leave Spring Gate Apts., leave due to the ongoing violence, retaliation, noise, and because they refuse to sign misdated and fraudulent documents Management insist they sign. These documents help owners collect more undeserving funds.
MassHousing backs up all of these deceptive business practices. And, it's become obvious to me and to others that HUD and some politicians also play a key role in supporting these unethical and even illegal practices at the 'new and improved' Spring Gate Apts. As a tenant here, just try to get a trial in front of a judge at the Brockton Housing Court. I'd be surprised if Management's unethical and illegal conduct were ever put on court record, especially when unrepresented persons are further tormented into unwanted mediation proceedings. The corruption and the good ol' boy network needs to stop.
The truth of it all is, Spring Gate Apartments is a prime example of unfair housing. Rockland Place dba Spring Gate is a cover-up for drug deals, violence, and fraud. It's a money machine for partners in crime, and a luxurious prison facility for those who've never committed a crime.
As far as safe, decent, and affordable housing goes, it just doesn't exist at the 'luxurious' Spring Gate Apartments. Sadly, those holding the power to resolve the serious difficulties in this unfair and chaotic living environment, won't. They 'chose not to get involved at this point in time' while others simply choose to run deceptive ads.
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