Comments on: Olympic Village Public Open House http://www.miss604.com/2010/05/olympic-village-public-open-house.html Vancouver Blog Miss604 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:20:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wen http://www.miss604.com/2010/05/olympic-village-public-open-house.html#comment-22949 Wen Sat, 15 May 2010 02:49:31 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=23343#comment-22949 Do you know if we are given a chance to take a photo with medals? Do you know if we are given a chance to take a photo with medals?

]]> By: Koji http://www.miss604.com/2010/05/olympic-village-public-open-house.html#comment-22948 Koji Sat, 15 May 2010 02:34:49 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=23343#comment-22948 I am not against social housing, I support it. The building I live in has a social housing component (as all new buildings downtown are required to). I am against social housing built on the most expensive land, in a waterfront community, with tens of thousands of dollars in additional expenses poured in to it each unit to make them LEED Platinum, which helps make it 3x as expensive as other social housing developments downtown, with a final cost of more than many non-social housing units in the city. I believe it simply does not make sense economically, and sends the wrong message, and could have, presumably helped at least 2x as many people if the funds were used appropriately elsewhere. If your goal is to help people, this falls far short of what could have been accomplished, by funds that will never be provided in such numbers ever again. It is politically unpopular and risque to say there should be no social housing in this location, but clearly, at this price, there should be no social housing in this particular development. It is a far worse use of public funds than to help fund another component that will be paid back in full, with interest, and that was my point =) I am not against social housing, I support it. The building I live in has a social housing component (as all new buildings downtown are required to). I am against social housing built on the most expensive land, in a waterfront community, with tens of thousands of dollars in additional expenses poured in to it each unit to make them LEED Platinum, which helps make it 3x as expensive as other social housing developments downtown, with a final cost of more than many non-social housing units in the city. I believe it simply does not make sense economically, and sends the wrong message, and could have, presumably helped at least 2x as many people if the funds were used appropriately elsewhere. If your goal is to help people, this falls far short of what could have been accomplished, by funds that will never be provided in such numbers ever again.

It is politically unpopular and risque to say there should be no social housing in this location, but clearly, at this price, there should be no social housing in this particular development. It is a far worse use of public funds than to help fund another component that will be paid back in full, with interest, and that was my point =)

]]> By: Dimi http://www.miss604.com/2010/05/olympic-village-public-open-house.html#comment-22933 Dimi Fri, 14 May 2010 23:34:42 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=23343#comment-22933 Koji you mean "normal" social housing unit as in shoddily constructed and out of the way so that we do not see the people who actually use it. Are you one of those aspirants who still bemoans the fact that False Creek has social housing on it? Do you suggest we surrender the whole city to the plutocrats, the trust-fund babies, the foreign capital, and the real-estate moguls? Do the firefighters and teachers that serve your community and your kids have to commute from Surrey or maybe Mission so that you can enjoy the waterfront without their inconvenient presence? What a disgrace. Koji you mean “normal” social housing unit as in shoddily constructed and out of the way so that we do not see the people who actually use it. Are you one of those aspirants who still bemoans the fact that False Creek has social housing on it? Do you suggest we surrender the whole city to the plutocrats, the trust-fund babies, the foreign capital, and the real-estate moguls? Do the firefighters and teachers that serve your community and your kids have to commute from Surrey or maybe Mission so that you can enjoy the waterfront without their inconvenient presence? What a disgrace.

]]> By: Koji http://www.miss604.com/2010/05/olympic-village-public-open-house.html#comment-22925 Koji Fri, 14 May 2010 22:03:08 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=23343#comment-22925 @Steven I would be more upset at the exorbitantly priced social housing that is 3x the average cost of a normal social housing unit, which you will always be paying for, than the fact that people will be buying, and paying back with interest, something your tax dollars went to. @Steven I would be more upset at the exorbitantly priced social housing that is 3x the average cost of a normal social housing unit, which you will always be paying for, than the fact that people will be buying, and paying back with interest, something your tax dollars went to.

]]> By: alex http://www.miss604.com/2010/05/olympic-village-public-open-house.html#comment-22811 alex Thu, 13 May 2010 20:28:24 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=23343#comment-22811 is that close to chinatown? is that close to chinatown?

]]> By: steven Schwartz http://www.miss604.com/2010/05/olympic-village-public-open-house.html#comment-22808 steven Schwartz Thu, 13 May 2010 19:33:26 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=23343#comment-22808 Cool, I can visit my tax dollars, you usually do not get to see your money after you give it away. And a chance to see how my tax money is giving rich people a place to live. Cool, I can visit my tax dollars, you usually do not get to see your money after you give it away. And a chance to see how my tax money is giving rich people a place to live.

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