Here’s the more detailed Dispatch account of the controversial Davidson County rezoning for income housing for adults 55 and over:
Some of the same residents who opposed that low-income multi-family housing unit proposed for Washboard Road in the northeast part of the city, like Chrissy Smith and Meredith Stevens, came out against Monday’s rezoning request. Many still had bad tastes in their mouths concerning Weaver-Kirkland’s attempt to build a 64-unit apartment complex aimed at folks making between $14,000 and $36,000, which many residents feared would be a magnet for crime.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but providing low-income housing is a mantra of liberals everywhere. But here we basically have the same question we have about retail development: Where do you build it that won’t draw protests from neighbors who, in this case, have concerns about crime? Or could it be are neighbors’ fears in this case are unjustified, that they’re unfairly stereotyping people who live in low-income housing?
