Middletown Forum : HUD requested a meeting http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : City Manager : HUD requested a meeting Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:44:52 +0000 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:19:15 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3233 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ HUD requested a meeting : Anyone driven through the section... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=22705&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#22705 Author: angelababy
Subject: 3233
Posted: Oct 27 2010 at 2:19am

Anyone driven through the section 8 neighborhoods lately ? Violations galore !!!!]]> Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:19:15 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=22705&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#22705 HUD requested a meeting : Nelson Self wrote:Warm &... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=21060&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#21060 Author: Storm Ahead
Subject: 3233
Posted: Aug 27 2010 at 1:14pm

Originally posted by Nelson Self Nelson Self wrote:

Warm & Fuzzy -
 
The application for $2.144 Million in NSP-1 funds was sent by City staff to the HUD Columbus Field Office in November 2008.  One of the principal project activities involved the City's plans to acquire, rehab and resell twenty (20) vacant, foreclosed homes.
 
The most recent July 30, 2010 progress report from City staff shows that only eight (8) properties have been acquired over the past sixteen (16) months.  It also notes that less than only $900,000 of the $2,144,000+ NSP-1 funds have been spent to date.
 
In response to your question, the following eight (8) residential properties had been acquired through July 30, 2010.  They are:
 
2605 Elmo
1016 Gage
2210 Arlington
221 Harrison
915 Malvern
100 Red Bud
3523 Jewell
1104 Fourteenth
 
The most expensive of these properties (acquisition and rehab) are located in Ward 3.  One is nearly $230,000 in project expenditures!  I call this an arrogant and extravagant use of our Federal tax dollars.
 
Soooooo Mr. Self, what is the fair market value of the home that $230,000 is being spent on? Is that money recovered and able to be used again for future projects or is it spent and gone forever? Teach me sir.
]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:14:53 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=21060&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#21060 HUD requested a meeting : Thank you Mr. Self. I appreciate... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20958&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20958 Author: warmandfuzzy
Subject: 3233
Posted: Aug 22 2010 at 5:27pm

Thank you Mr. Self. I appreciate your response to my question.]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:27:12 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20958&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20958 HUD requested a meeting : Warm & Fuzzy - The application... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20955&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20955 Author: Nelson Self
Subject: 3233
Posted: Aug 22 2010 at 3:10pm

Warm & Fuzzy -
 
The application for $2.144 Million in NSP-1 funds was sent by City staff to the HUD Columbus Field Office in November 2008.  One of the principal project activities involved the City's plans to acquire, rehab and resell twenty (20) vacant, foreclosed homes.
 
The most recent July 30, 2010 progress report from City staff shows that only eight (8) properties have been acquired over the past sixteen (16) months.  It also notes that less than only $900,000 of the $2,144,000+ NSP-1 funds have been spent to date.
 
In response to your question, the following eight (8) residential properties had been acquired through July 30, 2010.  They are:
 
2605 Elmo
1016 Gage
2210 Arlington
221 Harrison
915 Malvern
100 Red Bud
3523 Jewell
1104 Fourteenth
 
The most expensive of these properties (acquisition and rehab) are located in Ward 3.  One is nearly $230,000 in project expenditures!  I call this an arrogant and extravagant use of our Federal tax dollars.
]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:10:27 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20955&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20955 HUD requested a meeting : Nelson Self wrote:Neighborhood... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20953&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20953 Author: warmandfuzzy
Subject: 3233
Posted: Aug 22 2010 at 12:54pm

Originally posted by Nelson Self Nelson Self wrote:

Neighborhood Revitalization Department Staff -
 
In the words of HUD, how can you properly address critical neighborhood housing and Section 8 problems when you:  a)  siphon off hundreds of thousands of NSP-1 dollars for downtown commercial pet projects; b) extravagantly wasting valuable NSP-1 dollars for Ward 3 vacant, foreclosed residential purchase/rehab/resale boondoggles costing up to $230,000.
 
Thanks so much Miss Vivian for your investigative reporting.  Your information is proving that many past posts made by some of us over the past 15 months are right on target.
Just curious Mr.Self, What ward 3 property would you be referring to in the statement above?

Thanks!
]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:54:03 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20953&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20953 HUD requested a meeting : Thanks Vivian I misinterpreted... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20952&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20952 Author: Hermes
Subject: 3233
Posted: Aug 22 2010 at 12:15pm

Thanks Vivian I misinterpreted that Middeltown was in the top 200 performing agencies as meaning they were doing a good job.
 
I would assume that since the city has "redirected" funds that they do not feel comfortable about enforcing or following up on code violations since the dollars are no longer available to help home owners. Would this be a correct or incorrect assumption ? 
]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:15:37 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20952&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20952 HUD requested a meeting : Middletown needs open, honest... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20951&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20951 Author: Nelson Self
Subject: 3233
Posted: Aug 22 2010 at 10:06am

Middletown needs open, honest and effective government.]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:06:21 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20951&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20951 HUD requested a meeting : Transparent and accountable government... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20950&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20950 Author: Nelson Self
Subject: 3233
Posted: Aug 22 2010 at 10:00am

Transparent and accountable government is needed in Middletown.]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:00:05 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20950&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20950 HUD requested a meeting : HermesHUD has not stated that... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20949&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20949 Author: Vivian Moon
Subject: 3233
Posted: Aug 22 2010 at 9:51am

Hermes
HUD has not stated that Middletown is doing a fine job with Section 8.
It is not the Section 8 housing units that are the majority of the code violations in Middletown.

HUD Response Letter to the City of Middletown
Dated: July 16, 2010
Pages 4-5

      The housing and neighborhood conditions identified in the City’s analysis are real. Blaming the voucher program for these conditions however, is, in the words of former HUD Secretary Dr. Robert C. Weaver referring to claims about the public housing program, “like blaming the doctor for the disease.” The City has several tools available to address its obsolete housing stock and concentration of poverty. A well administered housing choice voucher program in conjunction with a targeted Neighborhood Stabilization Program and Community Development Block Grant funding can certainly help revitalize neighborhoods and help the City meet its long term goals. The Department has many resources to assist the City in meeting its goals to work with City staff to develop and design programs that are consistent with HUD rules and regulations and in the best interest of the City.

]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:51:19 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20949&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20949 HUD requested a meeting : Transparent and accountable municipalgovernment... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20948&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20948 Author: Nelson Self
Subject: 3233
Posted: Aug 22 2010 at 9:47am

Transparent and accountable municipal government is desperately needed here!]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:47:54 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3233&PID=20948&title=hud-requested-a-meeting#20948