Comments on: $26M, 42-unit affordable housing project, Sojourner Place at Park, moves ahead on downtown Baltimore’s West Side https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/23m-42-unit-affordable-housing-project-sojourner-place-at-park-moves-ahead-on-downtown-baltimores-west-side/ YOUR WORLD BENEATH THE SURFACE. Sun, 06 Oct 2024 23:35:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: April I. Smith https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/23m-42-unit-affordable-housing-project-sojourner-place-at-park-moves-ahead-on-downtown-baltimores-west-side/#comment-185905 Sun, 06 Oct 2024 23:35:05 +0000 https://baltimorefishbowl.com/?p=197320#comment-185905 Glad that Baltimore Heritage stepped in and turned this plan around. I hope that there is an iron clad contract that if the ‘shell of these historic 5& dime buildings is destroyed, the deal is off. So tired of the city giving developers free rein to destroy.

]]> By: Jim https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/23m-42-unit-affordable-housing-project-sojourner-place-at-park-moves-ahead-on-downtown-baltimores-west-side/#comment-185854 Fri, 04 Oct 2024 20:39:23 +0000 https://baltimorefishbowl.com/?p=197320#comment-185854 In reply to John.

The idea is not to provide affordable housing. The idea is to put as much money as possible into the pockets of the politicians supporters.

]]> By: John https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/23m-42-unit-affordable-housing-project-sojourner-place-at-park-moves-ahead-on-downtown-baltimores-west-side/#comment-185786 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:59:28 +0000 https://baltimorefishbowl.com/?p=197320#comment-185786 What a terrible waste of government resources. $600,000 per unit to build these units. There are Class B buildings in much better neighborhoods for families trading throughout the city for 1/6 or 1/4 of that price. Let’s go create 120 affordable housing units for the same price instead. Unfortunately everyone in LIHTC world sees the total waste of the entire program but no incentive to change while government continues to light the money on fire.

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