Comments on: 4-3: Council Rejects Rezoning for Reentry Home http://chosenfast.com/2007/04/05/4-3-council-rejects-rezoning-for-reentry-home/ news and info about homelessness and related issues in Greensboro, NC Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:39:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Burying Infested Bones In Greensboro at connecting*the*dots http://chosenfast.com/2007/04/05/4-3-council-rejects-rezoning-for-reentry-home/comment-page-1/#comment-11478 Burying Infested Bones In Greensboro at connecting*the*dots Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:25:14 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/04/05/4-3-council-rejects-rezoning-for-reentry-home/#comment-11478 [...] The problem for past and present town planners and gatekeepers, is that we’re now living in the information age — their circle the wagon rhetorical tactics of old cannot quell the voices of residents who want answers, whether it be about 11/3/79 or Willow Oaks or re-zoning a city district to force a successful rehabilitation and homeless program to close their doors. [...] [...] The problem for past and present town planners and gatekeepers, is that we’re now living in the information age — their circle the wagon rhetorical tactics of old cannot quell the voices of residents who want answers, whether it be about 11/3/79 or Willow Oaks or re-zoning a city district to force a successful rehabilitation and homeless program to close their doors. [...]

]]> By: Chosen Fast » Archive » Where Is The Place? http://chosenfast.com/2007/04/05/4-3-council-rejects-rezoning-for-reentry-home/comment-page-1/#comment-10873 Chosen Fast » Archive » Where Is The Place? Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:52:46 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/04/05/4-3-council-rejects-rezoning-for-reentry-home/#comment-10873 [...] My comments to David Wharton in this thread get to the heart of my concerns about a rezoning case this week. I thought it was worth repeating as a post: “This was obviously a controversial rezoning. And the decision concerns me, because our Task Force to End Homelessness will soon be releasing a Ten Year Plan that is built around permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless people, and those homes are supposed to be in the community, in neighborhoods. And chronically homeless people have a very high rate of substance abuse and mental illness. So where are they going to live? Where will the housing for them be? What neighborhood will welcome them? It just seems that even when you find a way to house homeless people, that someone will still say, ‘This isn’t the place.’ OK… so where IS the place?” [...] [...] My comments to David Wharton in this thread get to the heart of my concerns about a rezoning case this week. I thought it was worth repeating as a post: “This was obviously a controversial rezoning. And the decision concerns me, because our Task Force to End Homelessness will soon be releasing a Ten Year Plan that is built around permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless people, and those homes are supposed to be in the community, in neighborhoods. And chronically homeless people have a very high rate of substance abuse and mental illness. So where are they going to live? Where will the housing for them be? What neighborhood will welcome them? It just seems that even when you find a way to house homeless people, that someone will still say, ‘This isn’t the place.’ OK… so where IS the place?” [...]

]]> By: Cara Michele http://chosenfast.com/2007/04/05/4-3-council-rejects-rezoning-for-reentry-home/comment-page-1/#comment-10872 Cara Michele Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:43:01 +0000 http://chosenfast.com/2007/04/05/4-3-council-rejects-rezoning-for-reentry-home/#comment-10872 I was also impressed with the support this rezoning seemed to have with neighbors. And it's clear that Malachi House has been a good neighbor. Although the reentry house is owned by a staff member of Malachi House, and is not directly affiliated with Malachi House, there is certainly an indirect relationship, and Peterson testified that there had never been any incidents with the reentry house or the residents since it opened. This was obviously a controversial rezoning. And the decision concerns me, because our Task Force to End Homelessness will soon be releasing a Ten Year Plan that is built around permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless people, and those homes are supposed to be in the community, in neighborhoods. And chronically homeless people have a very high rate of substance abuse and mental illness. So where are they going to live? Where will the housing for them be? What neighborhood will welcome them? It just seems that even when you find a way to house homeless people, that someone will still say, "This isn't the place." OK... so where IS the place? I was also impressed with the support this rezoning seemed to have with neighbors. And it’s clear that Malachi House has been a good neighbor. Although the reentry house is owned by a staff member of Malachi House, and is not directly affiliated with Malachi House, there is certainly an indirect relationship, and Peterson testified that there had never been any incidents with the reentry house or the residents since it opened.

This was obviously a controversial rezoning. And the decision concerns me, because our Task Force to End Homelessness will soon be releasing a Ten Year Plan that is built around permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless people, and those homes are supposed to be in the community, in neighborhoods. And chronically homeless people have a very high rate of substance abuse and mental illness. So where are they going to live? Where will the housing for them be? What neighborhood will welcome them? It just seems that even when you find a way to house homeless people, that someone will still say, “This isn’t the place.” OK… so where IS the place?

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