Community (income Based) Housing

[Silver.]

We have been on a waitlist for income based housing for about 18 months. S/o wanted to call and check on it. I am not so sure anymore :/ (we have an app in at the two buildings here in town, the are nice condo's, but there are what I consider a lot of them in both of the buildings, town size is about 3k people)
I have only lived in a place with other condo's once in my life, that was hell because of the city I lived in. Right now I live in a duplex, the biggest apartment style living I have had was a triplex.
My last house (the triplex), I had the worst, inconsiderate neighbors, not just in my building, but the ones next to me. Here is relatively quiet, just expensive.
So other than the fact we would be able to put up money living in income based, what is it like? Are there any other benefits? Is there going to be drama? Fighting? Drugs? Loud kids? (I have a 12 year old daughter, but she's quiet. It's not that I don't like children, I also have a ton of nieces/great nieces, I just can't stand the yelling, the running like elephants on the floor etc, that comes with kids).
So, what are all y'all's thoughts on income based housing?

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Is there going to be drama? Fighting? Loud kids?

Probably as with any apartment/condo complex where you share walls.

So, what are all y'all's thoughts on income based housing?

Its not bad. I havent lived in one but i was considering one thats very close to my job. They are sliding scale but dont take you if your entire household income is over a certian amount and with my dad's income it is. But i toured the complex and its way nicer and much more quiet then my current apartment complex where im on the line of the ghetto. It also has way less crime as its going away from the ghetto.

So income housing doesnt always equate to bad.

 

[Silver.]

@lostforgottensoul
the one closest to me, had a complete reno a few years back before I lived in this town. Before the reno there were always people hanging around outside, *shifty like*, it's not that way anymore
the other one is geared more for disabled people (we both are), but there are always people outside
I think when I see people hanging around buildings, my mind goes to drugs and harassment, probably from when I lived in a drug infested building long ago. Thank you for your input x

 

[Snowflake]

There is income based apartments and there are apartments that are paid for by social services. I think all housing has issues, good and bad. I have lived in income based housing and it was a great place....quiet. However, I do a lot of visits in apartment complexes that paid for by social services and those I would never live in. You can always call the local police department to ask how the area and place is...if any problems.

 

[Silver.]

You can always call the local police department to ask how the area and place is...if any problems.

That is such a good idea! We have 3 police officers in town and they are so nice, I bet they would know if they have to go out there often etc. I didn't even think of that (and we are meeting with one next week with the school guidance counselor as this is mini's first year in this school. I can slip it into the conversation. (maybe?) thank you x

 

[lostforgottensoul]

I think when I see people hanging around buildings, my mind goes to drugs and harassment, probably from when I lived in a drug infested building long ago.

Probably. Remember that lots of people dont always mean drugs. There are a lot of drugs in my apartment but a neighbor directly in front of my door entertains all of the time. He brings a HUGE smoker that you pull behind a car and are loud and stuff and he's not a drug dealer like i first thought.

Theres a shit ton of loud kids here but they also took down the play area to put up a TINY fensed in area thats supposed to be a "dog park" but its smaller than most small backyards so no one uses it and they stopped the soccer games they were playing in now the field where the play area was so now the kids are simply bored.

 

[Deleted member 541]

In my area those places are horrible. Cops all the time, fighting, drugs, screaming and yelling. I couldn't do it. But I'm on the waiting list for SENIOR housing. I think the old folks would be a lot quieter....

Wish you luck in whatever you decide to do....

 

[Friday]

It totally depends. There's income restricted housing here that's mostly college students, mostly young families starting out, mostly immigrants, mostly bangers and thugs, mostly addicts, mostly blue collar workers, mostly single parents, mostly artists... It's not by state design that groups of similarly classed people are living together... There are several dozen housing projects scattered across the greater city area and people have to apply for each one they want to be considered at, and then get on the wait list (usually a few years long). So it's no accident that people tend to apply to the ones they feel aren't awful / are full of people mostly like them / are in a neighborhood they are comfortable with.

 

[Silver.]

I am in small town America. Back in CT it was a whole different story and I never would have considered it (and didn't need it back then).
But that doesn't mean our town is free from sketchy people either. I think one building, while having a sordid past and being redone, has more merit than the one with the people hanging outside. I guess it wouldn't hurt for him to call and check on our application. I don't like the thought of moving again (as we just moved out of our last place after 12 years), but it seems the luxury of a duplex outside of town might not outweigh the cost effectiveness of income based.
Thank you for all of your input, I appreciate it x

 

[Neverthesame]

The houses just down the road from me are that sort of housing. It can be hit or miss.

Sometimes it's really shitty people, who milk the system, with loud parties and police cars every weekend, furniture on the lawn, yelling, screaming and just being all around scumbags. The upside is, they don't usually even pay what little they are charged in rent. So they get evicted and replaced within 3 months. Usually by someone better.

Mostly though it's loud kids and or yappy dogs. Both of which I don't mind too badly.

The latest from across the alley were the loud kids. They were... unique. Lol
The story is in the spoiler there if you don't mind a bit of a read.

Spoiler: My Slow Decent Into Pediatric Madness

You come home a late shift, almost trip over a mysterious package some dickhead has thrown over your fence. Immediately go inside, don your flack jacket, torch and knife. Go outside and ensure that it really is just a piece of trash, and not something worse. (turned out to be a dirty diaper.)

That's pretty f*cking gross, but not dangerous, I don't know what I was expecting. I'm not even a combat vet, or a peacetime vet for that matter.

Anyone else go overboard about silly stuff like this?

Mind you, this is the first time I've had anything like this lobbed over my fence, but still...

Least I didn't wear my helmet... Lol only during hail storms.

Hope the kid that soiled it doesn't have dysentery or something. Sigh... It's been a long day.

Well...

Another late shift done... Another diaper.
Really? Seriously what the f*ck?

I hate it when I am being paranoid, I really f*cking hate it when I'm not. Do I seriously have to camp out in the f*cking yard now?

Shit like this makes me wonder if I really have anger problems. For f*cks sakes. The f*ck did I do?

I am sorry I missed out on this discussion, as some very excellent points were made. But this whole situation has been doing my head in.

Until last week.

I figured out what was going on, who was lobbing dirty diapers over my fence, and why.

So, I am actually somewhat embarrassed to mention the lengths I went to, in effort to catch the diaper mortar person.
But, here goes.

After the last comment I left on this thread. I waited for the next weekend, between the hours of 2100-0000hrs (the time frame I believed was when the person was doing this). Donning an old green BDU, I did up some camo paint for my face, went out and hid in the yard. (yeah... I know...)

The first night was a bust, besides the fact that it was raining (that was pleasant, I like rain. I also dressed for it, so I was warm and dry despite being out in it for over an hour), a rather pesky police helicopter was doing regular patrols overhead.

Note on the police chopper: I know the thing is useful, that despite the rain the front mounted FLIR makes it ideal for reconnaissance above the cloud base, that it prevents crime, they bought the quietest one available, etc, etc. While what I was doing wasn't illegal. It probably would look rather suspicious. My intent was strictly surveillance, I was unarmed. But I can't convey that to a helicopter from the ground. Not to mention they were likely scaring off the person who I was trying to catch in the act. So for this reason, it was a pain in my ass.

I also didn't want to have to explain to a ground unit why I was done up like a commando in my backyard... Lol. So I had to keep breaking cover to get under something solid. After an hour or so of this I gave up.

Few days later, I was back at it again. Nothing. Damn.

I waited for another week, in that time I didn't get another diaper. I began thinking that maybe I had been seen, spooked the person, or they were just bored of it. Either way, I was ok with that.

The following week, I get another diaper. DAMMIT! Only this time it came during the day... Steam was was coming out my ears now.

Couple days later, another one. Totally different time of day again. I am seriously f*cked off now. As were the upstairs people, (I have a basement suite).

Upstairs guy, has a theory. The person who lives across the back lane, has a couple of small children. The only problem with the theory was that we couldn't think of any reason why this guy would have taken a set against us. Nor did he seem unfriendly or hostile. Just a guy, wife and kids.

Couple days later, happened again. Upstairs people have had enough. I was at work. This is what they told me.

Upstairs people (older couple), went across the way to the neighbours place, knocked on the door, explained what has been happening and if they knew why it was happening.

Neighbour guy, calls his 4 year old son to the door. Apparently the little boys help-with-his-sibling-job, was to take his little sister's diaper out to the rubbish bin behind their house (in the alley), then put it in the bin. Whenever the parents changed the baby.

For some reason (in logic that probably only makes sense to a 4 year old). He found it easier to keep walking, past his bin. Then chuck the diaper over my fence. LMAO!!

I guess the little guy, starting crying his eyes out, was scolded by his parents, who profusely apologised for what was happening. Problem solved.

I am staggered. I was foiled by a 4 year old boy. All the stress, freaking out, trying to figure out who and why this was happening.

I actually hid out in the f*cking rain, in camo paint. Oh my God! Lmao.

A little boy! BWA! HAHA! :wideeyed::roflmao::hilarious:

I will be laughing about this one for a while.

Kids these days, I tell ya'.

You know your paranoid when... :facepalm::p

 

[Silver.]

:roflmao::roflmao: I am laughing so hard at diaper-gate (even though it wasn't probably fun to deal with)
these apartments don't allow dogs (but I think if you have a therapy dog, they can't discriminate but I couldn't deal with that if it was a barker.)
I wouldn't want to move into the complex and then have to move again at the end of the lease because I hated it. That's not stable living.
I think overall it sounds like it's not worth living there in the end because of people. (lol @ people though)
thank you x

 

[Deleted member 12723]

@Silver I was lucky to move into an apartment where the owner and manager are very diligent on outing troublemakers. I like them both and have a great deal of respect for them. They have always been quick to help me out on so many issues. I live in a bad part of town but feel pretty safe here as I was told that this was a family community and it is. It is multiculteral which I like just fine. Everyone is pretty calm and friendly and go about living their private lives like I do. I think it was a miracle that I got this apartment, but I would find out if the owner and the manager were good people.