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Monday, May 17, 2010
DCMud: Artist Housing Draws a Crowd
DCMud reports that people lined up in Penn Quarter this morning for the chance to snag one of the 30 units reserved for artists at the Loree Grand. The Grand is part of Union Place, which will have 212 total units, and is located at 250 K Street.
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Umm, from the DCMud article: can somebody who owns a Mini Clubman be considered "struggling"? Do they factor in trust funds in calculating need? Not being snarky. I'd love to see these units go towards artists who don't have dedicated forms of alternate funding that may not show up on a year-end tax statement. Tough to regulate.
if you read the article, anonymous person, and if you've spent any time in dc, ken's quote "... in DC "struggling" is a relative term," would have made some sense to you.
enough said. your post has been marked "return to sender".
@the poo, yes, I did read the article, have lived in DC for well over a decade and still have the same questions. Who enforces the threshold for this subsidized housing and how do they validate need? It's really a simple question, don't read too much into it (oops, too late!).
"Struggling" is relative to what? Let's face it, there are certain members of the creative class who have funding outside of whatever their artistic endeavours can bring in. I would rather see full time artists without alternate sources of money get first crack. "Struggling artist" and "driver of $20K+ automobile" does not pass the sniff test.
5 comments:
Umm, from the DCMud article: can somebody who owns a Mini Clubman be considered "struggling"? Do they factor in trust funds in calculating need? Not being snarky. I'd love to see these units go towards artists who don't have dedicated forms of alternate funding that may not show up on a year-end tax statement. Tough to regulate.
if you read the article, anonymous person, and if you've spent any time in dc, ken's quote "... in DC "struggling" is a relative term," would have made some sense to you.
enough said. your post has been marked "return to sender".
Had a hairdresser friend sublet from an "artist" @ the Piano Factory in Boston...pretty sweet deal!
@the poo, yes, I did read the article, have lived in DC for well over a decade and still have the same questions. Who enforces the threshold for this subsidized housing and how do they validate need? It's really a simple question, don't read too much into it (oops, too late!).
"Struggling" is relative to what? Let's face it, there are certain members of the creative class who have funding outside of whatever their artistic endeavours can bring in. I would rather see full time artists without alternate sources of money get first crack. "Struggling artist" and "driver of $20K+ automobile" does not pass the sniff test.
What about real homeless people. Can they get a place to stay in this apartment building too?
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