Today, I discovered two different listings for
Spring Gate Apts. One is in
Florida and the other is in
Massachusetts. The phone number for
Spring Gate Apts. on
1500 Springate Drive in
Panama City, FL is (850) 763-6938.
The phone number listed for
Spring Gate Apts. on
Hannah Way and
Martha Drive in
Rockland, MA is (877) 844-3819. According to a
HUD document, the
Spring Gate in Massachusetts is where the subsidized mortgage will mature thru 2021.
What will become of
Rockland's Spring Gate Apartments in just nine more years? Will there be another
DHCD or
HUD billion dollar pot of gold waiting for new partners and corporate investors? Will the owners and management still secretly provide unfair housing for low-income tenants?
In 2021, perhaps '
Spring Gate' will change its name back to '
Rockland Place Apartments'. Another alternative might be 'Connolly's Cornerstoned Condominiums'. Maybe there will finally be genuine flowers planted at the '
Spring Gate' entrance sign by the time 2021 comes around. Real flowers would smell a whole lot better than those airbrushed ones displayed in those deceptive
Spring Gate Apartment advertisements.
As '
Spring Gate' residents anticipate their usual annual
"affordable unto perpetuity" rent increase for 2012, perhaps
William Connolly,
Neil Ellis,
MassHousing, and
HUD will finally provide them safe, decent housing. I don't believe housing is safe or decent when substance abusers and child pornographers are allowed to frequent the subsidized, multifamily housing complex. Do you? Whatever happened to those promised security cameras? Maybe they'll figure it out when the mortgage matures thru 2021.
*http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_35177.pdf
