Harlem Housing Projects To Be Demolished!
By Jett Rubenstein / https://jettrubenstein.wordpress.com
July 8, 2016
I
am a Harlem resident originally from Boston. I have received some
disturbing news regarding my community, from a very reliable source that
an identified billionaire housing developer has recently
purchased three Harlem housing project developments from the City Of New
York ,which will displace thousands of low-income families.
• The Polo Grounds Houses located on Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 155th Street,
• the Alexander Hamilton Houses on Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard and also...
• the Harlem River Houses also located at Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Harlem.
These
housing complexes which houses approximately 6,000 low-income tenants
has been sold to a developer which will demolish the property and build
6,000 luxury condominium units ranging from 400,000-2.2 million dollars
in early 2017 which 10% of the units being offered to middle income
families with an average income of 58,000 a year through a special
lottery. According to my sources, current tenants will be given a
monthly voucher worth 1,000 dollars for rent and a small moving stipend
to cover their moving expenses, but most tenants will not be guaranteed
these vouchers according to a reliable source and many tenants will have
to go on their own to find other housing.
I
have contacted several housing agencies and the Mayors office regarding
this situation and neither agency will issue a comment regarding this
breaking news matter. Of course if I receive any additional news, I will
update new information to my blog.
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