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This was announced in the Dayton's Bluff District Forum Newspaper.
We are looking for homeowners who are elderly or disabled, or families with children who are unable to do work on home repair for themselves. "Rebuilding Together" is taking applications now for work to be done this years.
If accepted into the program Rebuilding Together provides services at no cost to the homeowner. Volunteers work for about 8 hours on one day to get the work done. If you or someone you know needs some work done, call 651-772-2075 or email Karin@DaytonsBluff.org for an application.
This is a really good thing, "IF".
My concern is > Maybe someone with some political clout in this process, might come of the "opinion" the citizen who came to them for help may need a lot more help than they can offer in an 8 hour day.
Maybe someone affiliated with this program may come of the "opinion", the recipient of this effort would be better off in PHA or assisted living. This program will come across citizens who will never be able to keep the maintenance of their homes up. Mostly elderly who have retired and lost significant income. What then, do they call in code enforcement to report violations?
I volunteer 4 to 6 hour of my time every week helping needy folks with their home repairs. Some are elderly and I am confident I will be assisting them until I am dead or they are. If you want to help send an elderly person to the grave, force them out of the home they have lived in most of their lives and into an environment they would rather do without.
At it's worst, this could be a bait program to dig further into the Utopian idea of making Saint Paul The Most Livable City. Sort of black helicopter stuff, but, if you take days of your time to read through this blog you will find horror stories of elderly folks, women and children losing their home and kicked out onto the street with no place to go. Or, relatives losing inherited homes over a recent death in the family.
In this volunteer program do they report any other code violation they see beyond the work they do within the 8 hour time period?
What if they come across a citizen they have the opinion of that this person will never be able to maintain this house and they are better off in a assisted living situation?
I have told stories here of many citizens who lost their home under some very unpleasant circumstances.
I will email Karin and ask her to come here to fill us in on the objectives of this program.
If you have any questions please feel free to post them here.
Note; There is a very large number of folks here who have lost their homes to the city through predatory housing code enforcement. The emotions here are very high among the regular posters and readers.
I am asking all of you to be respectful of Karin if she will come here and discuss this with us. I thought everyone with the exception of a few (and we all know what happened to their comments, "deleted") did a fine job giving Council President Kathy Lantry respect when she addressed this group in the Round Table Discussion on Housing.
Bob, here is the link...
www.rebuildingtogether.org
From the site:
Rebuilding Together is the nation’s leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities. Our network of more than 200 affiliates provides free rehabilitation and critical repairs to the homes
of low-income Americans.
What we do:
Rebuilding Together believes in a safe and healthy home for every person. This means that we believe disabled and aging homeowners should be able to remain in their homes for as long as possible. We believe that homeowners displaced by natural disaster will get back into safe housing with help from the community. We believe that our nation’s veterans with disabilities deserve safe and accessible homes. Rebuilding Together believes we can preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities by providing free home modifications and repairs, making homes safer, more accessible, and more energy efficient.
Who we help:
As the economic pressure on low-income families grows, more and more families are placed in the position of choosing between vital necessities and essential home repairs and modifications.
Chuck Repke
PHA has alot of mold in their units.
You think these people would be willing to help ?
"Rebuilding Together is the nation’s leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities."
Non profits want to line thier pockets first. If it looks like they are helping someone so much the better, but the "fees" come first.
Why isn't Rebuilding Together getting the word out on this deal? Why is a District Council with a history of going after home owners spreading the word of this free home repair.
I am going to email Rebuilding Together and let them know a few things about what is really going on in Saint Paul concerning affordable housing.
LETTER to REBUILDING TOGETHER
Your organization is doing work in the Saint Paul area and I think you should be made aware of some of the things the city has done to take homes away from elderly and low income citizens who could not afford to repair their homes. I am concerned because a district council here announced your intiative and this district council has been a big part of the problem.
Please read the following links
http://ademocracy.blogspot.com/2009/03/home-repair-help.html
http://ademocracy.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-paul-city-council-splits-biiterly.html
http://ademocracy.blogspot.com/2006/11/city-code-enforcement-destroys-elderly_30.html
The A Democracy blog is pack full of stories of the city of Saint Paul taking homes from home owners. Some of us feel the city will use your program to further their agenda of taking homes away from citizens who can not afford up keep. Your program will give them a list of suspects to go after. Your 8 hour day of repairs to the needy will leave home owners open for future scrutiny by a predatory code enforcement here. Your good will could lead to these folks you helped losing their home down the road.
Bob,
They have been in the area for years doing "paintathons" and other oppertunities for volunteers to help people stay in their homes.
They're nice people.
JMONTOMEPPOF
Chuck Repke
Karin Dupaul is a community activist for years also Nice persons but no way should anyone let them in their properities and No way are they coming on mine........Nonprofits have to have clients to exist re: Title 26 501c3
the Judge Gregg Johnson's wife Susan Haigh is now CEO of Habitat for Humanity Dakota Judge Leslie Metzen resiging to join a nonprofit
http://www.blogger.com/home
What the Government Giveth also Taketh Away. re: Boss Tweed Bostrum and Lantry
PS not promoting my 94 Blogs, Twitter,Facebook and 10 web sites, the evidence is there
I have no doubt this is a good organization Chuck.
Hi All,
Karin contacted me and thanked me for posting the notice from the District Forum.
Thanks Chuck.
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