Last Wednesday the Chicago Northwest Side Press wrote an article "Senior Housing Proposed for Passionist Site". The Passionist Monastery at 5700 N. Harlem has been up for sale for a few years. The Senior Suites Chicago Corporation will be presenting their proposal at the 41st Ward Zoning Advisory Meeting on November 2, 2011 at 6:30pm in the Olympia Park Fieldhouse, 6566 N. Avondale.
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We have an overabundance of housing for seniors already in the 41st ward, and now seniors can get section eight housing vouchers and move anywhere in the city. The vouchers pay for a portion or all of the monthly rent to ANY landlord. We have an abundance of empty condo's all over too, that can be rented to seniors. Why doesn't the city buy the land and turn it into a park. That area sorely needs a park. Could be an indoor ice arena or many other things. If nothing else, tear it down, just to have more green space.
ReplyDeleteChances are, the place will be developed and sit empty in this economy.
Resurrection Senior housing is right down the street. How much senior housing do we need?
ReplyDeleteMost seniors I know from the neighborhood, retired to warmer climates. Who wants to retire and stay in freezing cold Chicago when you don't have to?
ReplyDeleteI would imagine some seniors wouldn't mind if it's section 8. Then again what kind of element would that bring into this neighborhood. Some parts of the Pavilion are section 8 as well as the apts across from McDonald's on Harlem and Gunnision and look at the problems there. Keep all that low income housing in other neighborhoods.
ReplyDeleteWhy not just turn it into a casino
ReplyDeleteA cultural center and a park. Maybe we could work something out with the state where they buy it and give it to someone free - like the Cell Deal with Reinsdorf.
ReplyDeleteNo More Senior Housing
The crime rate has gone way up at East River Rd between Higgins and Lawrence, Harlem Ave near Gunnison. Any coincidence it's since section 8 housing came in that area? Keep it out of the 41st
ReplyDeleteNorwood Park, Edison Park and O'Hare communities have had low income housing via scattered site and multi-income housing for years. In order to be placed on the list for these programs, you have to live in the community for a few years before or have been a member of the 'Housing Choice Voucher program' There are long waiting lists for all the programs. The Housing Choice Voucher program has had a closed wait list since 2008.
ReplyDeleteIn order to participate in any of the subsidized housing programs you have to submit to and pass a CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.
Lastly, I can't find anything about this senior housing development project officially stating the development will be a CHA senior housing property.
I have no opposition to senior housing, but from what I've been seeing - seniors are moving out. Not staying, like they used to.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet that seniors are leaving our neighborhood because a lot of them can't afford the endowment fees and rents at Norwood Crossing and Resurrection after they move out of their houses.
ReplyDeletePeople wait years to get on the CHA senior housing lists. Rents are affordable. My mother lived in a CHA senior housing building and she liked it. Was very well managed and very secure. She waited about 8 years on a list before she got an appartment. I do hope this turns out to be city senior housing, but I haven't seen anything in writing. Will be interesting to see the proposal.
ReplyDeleteNOone out there is getting any younger we are all going to need senior housing at some point, so the argument for NO MORE SENIOR HOUSING is short sighted. I say bring it on!
ReplyDeleteAgreed in full with what you said cabmama. :)
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It should be turned into a bar where we can all go and commiserate about the sad state of Chicago
ReplyDeleteRight next to the Church????????
DeleteThere is a beautiful school, which was awarded the BLUE RIBBON for Excellence that children can attend. just down on Talcott.
Nothing wrong with senior subsidized housing as long as the seniors who have lived in the community have first dibs.
ReplyDeleteto 1:07PM. That would be the ideal situation. However there is a waiting list and those that have been waiting the longest will get first priority. I worked at a senior subsidized housing complex and it wasn't the senior that were troublemakers it was their families that came to visit and sometimes moved in with them.
ReplyDeleteI live in the area. What is this going to do to the value of our homes? I'm sure not much. Very disappointed.... this will bring more crime to the neighborhood, not from the seniors, but their families, do we want this? The El is just too convenient for families to visit or just drive around and check out the neighborhood.
ReplyDeletePut one in the Mayors backyard instead.
Yes, I do not want this!
All of the complexes recently built are LOW INCOME/Section 8 housing! I live in the area where there are some very nice homes. The Norwood Park/Edison Park area is not in need of "affordable" housing. I haven't been able to find income stats for our area but I am confident that my family and our neighbors have MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMES that far surpass $33,240/year! This project has no consideration for those who work hard for a nice place to raise their children!
ReplyDeleteI am not happy about this proposal. If low income housing is brought to our neighborhood property values will go down and crime rates will go up. I agree that the El is just too convenient to bring the trouble into our neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteThe El has always been in our neighborhood. The problem is not the CTA but the idea of low income housing.
ReplyDeleteWhy not turn the monastery into a private school - a school that we will want to sent our children to!
Everybody gets some. Take your loss and move.
ReplyDeleteDon't believe what the city says. Seniors from all over the city will be allowed in and this will deminish the number of spots for neighborhood seniors. Also don't let the name Senior housing fool you...they will let younger "needy" live there.
ReplyDeleteThe El has always been in our neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteIn February 1983, the Harlem & Higgins, Cumberland and Rosemont (initially labeled River Road) Blue Line O'Hare Branch stops made their debut.
Due to track problems, O'Hare Airport's Blue Line's stop's debut was delayed a few months.
Working on a bid for this project now. It's gonna happen.
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