Public testimony: Reggie cites Lambert Houses displacement and 1,100 violations

We'll now hear from Annette.

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Annette?

Annette?

All right, we'll now hear from Reggie.

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Good afternoon.

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Okay.

I'm pretty much going to have to piggyback on pretty much what a lot of the representatives from the community has spoken on, especially that of Ms.

Hurley.

I would like to ask the...

the fillets to really vote no for the Sojourner Truth makes reason.

And the reason why is that because we have some obstacles already with FIP's condition.

When you talk about what they're doing in that particular area,

right then and there with Lambert houses.

They replaced over 740 units and put 1600 on it.

And yet out of that 700 units, they only occupy like 60% of those tenants or back into the units.

Those tenants that were there, those tenants that were there, they already have numerous complaints about the conditions and the quality of life there and in the building.

So here, Frips is getting ready to go over to MAPES and take over that building, and they have violation.

When you look at the city records for a fifth and a violation, they got over a thousand or eleven hundred violations.

Eleven hundred.

Now, that's got to be one of the top worst landlords in the city.

Well, we as I think things can be rezoned in that area.

Without.

Going from R7 to R8.

You can do some of the things that want to be done.

We want economic growth in that community and in this particular area.

We also want some

When you talk about affordable housing, we also want to see some affordable homeowners in there, co-ops.

FIPs can do that.

They can work with it.

They did that in the past.

Also, one more thing.

Thank you.

Your time expired.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you, Reggie.