Not in Orangetown’s back yard
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- September
- 15
You hope that things change, but a rejection of an affordable housing law in Orangetown was pretty much to be expected.
That’s been the prevailing sentiment in town for decades and nothing seems to change it much, not even when there’s what might be expected to be a more sympathetic Democratic majority on the Town Board.
But affordable housing has been a rough sell for a long time. Senior housing projects, which have also encountered considerable opposition from time to time, are hardly affordable and efforts to provide affordable housing for volunteers hasn’t been a quick ride, either.
For too many in Orangetown and elsewhere, affordable housing translates into low-rent, city housing project images and the red flags go up.
But all of Rockland needs truly affordable housing — and yes, it needs to be rental and it needs to be multifamily — or we’re going to keep driving away our college grads starting out on careers and seniors who no longer need the home where they raised their families.
Rejecting the need simply rejects too many people who want to remain in the county they’ve called home.
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on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 at 2:28 pm by Bob Baird.
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