Beloit considers public housing options
Some of Beloit's public housing is standing vacant because the units don't meet the needs of potential tenants.
Assistant City Manager Steve Gregg says the way the federal Housing and Urban Development rules work, you can only rent a four-bedroom unit to a family of that size. He says if there aren't any four-bedroom applicants on the waiting list, and Beloit has few of the applicants, when the units become available the city isn't able to rent them. Gregg says if demolishing the buildings is the most effective way to upgrade them, then the city will consider it. If they lend themselves to rehab, that's what the city will consider.
Gregg says he isn't sure how the city will upgrade the housing and it might be a little bit of both. Consultants will provide a final plan to the Community Development Authority in the fall.
Aug 29, 2008 at 10:43 a.m.
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The city of beloit will destroy these houses if it deems the land is more valuable to them. The Flats were an eyesore to the people on the river, and they wanted them torn down. It wasn't until the comunity leaders that had the most history to lose from the demolition stood up, that the city stopped spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in court costs, to redevelop them. Could this be a reason that the location of the new CVS pharmacy location is now enveloping a location that had 2 houses and a business (that the city gave money to in order to open) will be completely raised?
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