From: Russell Neal
To: [email protected]
Subject: Agenda Item 3, June 18
Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 12:54:14 PM
What we call "affordable housing" is in fact "subsidized housing." That is what we should call it.
Subsidized housing suffers from all the perverse incentives of any other market intervention.
It makes "being needy" how you get things rather than working and saving
to get things.
It
means the person in Apartment A pays extra rent so the person in identical Apartment B can pay less rent.
This creates resentment and tears at the social fabric.
We should remember that we, in part, create the housing problem in the first place by establishing minimum standards for housing not related to health and safety.
This creates a
floor on housing cost and thus a minimum price many cannot afford.
Affordable housing
would be low cost, no frills housing, including single room dormitory housing.
The market
would provide such housing if we allowed it.
I suggest both calling subsidized housing subsidized housing and allowing true low cost housing to be built.
Russ Neal
Huntington Beach
6/18/2024
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From: qw
To: [email protected]
Subject: Public Comment Items 3 & 7, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 2:56:50 AM
Public Comment Items 3 & 7, Tuesday,
June 18, 2024
I'm in opposition to item 3. 23-977 - 7225
Edinger Avenue. Quite frankly, I'm not a
fan of this project. I have concerns & I
refuse to list them all off at this time. It says
13 "moderate income" units. Should
the city be aiming for 25, or 50 in a specific
city planning location? In terms of this
location, I'd absolutely like to see a large
community farm instead. I urge a denial or
redesign of the project. I am disappointed
in this continuing theme from this city
council organization. A Powerpoint is not
enough.
I'm in opposition to item 7. 24-452 - For-
profit outsourcing of Huntington Central
Library. According to the USDJ website it
is illegal to HELP TO LEGITIMATE AND
ILLICIT BUSINESSMEN, JOB BUYING
AND POLICY BUYING. I believe that this
item goes far beyond legal outsourcing &
into book industry buying. The city council
should instead reject the city budget until it
is correctly deliberated. I urge a
unanimous vote of Option A: Reject the
proposal for Managed Library Services for
the Huntington Beach Public Library.
I request major inquiries of the legal
dealings of these two items being in
accordance with federal & state agencies -
Ben