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Sudetenland Tales
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More often than not, these "affordable" housing developments are given significant tax breaks and/or incentives in other forms on the taxpayer's dime. They also usually include a sunset clause, which standardly states that if the units are held as rentals by the developer, they do not have to meet any “affordable” conditions.
One might recall a time that doesn’t seem so long ago, when eminent domain was primarily used in instances of highway or railway construction. Now it's being used for homes and strip malls. You should not be forced to sell over another McDonalds intrusion. ....... Yes, we are aware that the US Supreme Court has decided that its perfectly okay to displace a family’s humble property with a higher appraised one to be built.
A landlord-tenant showdown in Borough Park has raised questions about housing rights, health needs and who gets to decide who stays and who goes.
Landlord Aneiello DeGiuda, a diabetic homeowner in a multi-family building, claimed climbing the stairs was too much for him. He wanted to move into the more accessible first floor unit occupied by his tenant, Kenyatta Blakely.