Sharon Boyd, Editor/Publisher |
DallasArena.com Your alternative to The Dallas Managed News Darryl Baker
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Hello, Ms. Morales.
There is a proposal being considered by the City
of Dallas for creating more dense new low income housing in the Wynnewood
section of Oak Cliff.
As a long time resident here, I can assure you
that we have MORE THAN OUR SHARE of low income housing in Oak Cliff. What
we do not have is a balance that includes HIGH INCOME housing. That market
has consistently skipped over us, gone to the southern suburbs and taken
with it the retail and job growth development that is sorely needed here.
If you have not seen this area in person, I
would welcome you to do so. I will be glad to take you on a personal
tour of the immediate five mile area around this propose site to prove to
you that the proposed low income housing is NOT NEEDED and would be a true
detriment to our area.
Please let your bosses know that this proposal
is a BAD IDEA and that most of the current residents here feel that we have
reached our MAXIMUM saturation point of low end housing. The more
appropriate location for this type of development would be in the northern
or southern suburbs with the entry level and low paying jobs that many lower
income residents must commute to each day. Placing their housing closer to
their jobs is the logical and right thing to do.
Also, making Oak Cliff a "dumping ground" for
low cost and subsidized housing is a wrong thing to do. We have more than
our fair share. It is time that the surrounding communities did their part
in absorbing this part of the population that they feel free to exploit but
not help.
PLEASE feel free to contact me at any time.
Darryl Baker
Dallas TX 75233
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