[StBernard] The real story about Provident and St Bernard

[Westley Annis]

Question for you Jerry:  What about the *owners* of those properties in
Village Square?  Don't they hold a degree of responsibility for what the
area became?

JY




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	Gene, I'd go a step further and say, "On the other hand, they are
messing
	with the RIGHT people.
	
	There's no skirting the question: When "Village Square" was built it
was an
	immaculate piece of real estate with gorgeous and vibrant color
apartments.
	And if history is correct, the Federal Government "moved into" the
area with
	HUD, and "affordable housing" to give so-called "low income housing"
a
	chance. It failed miserably. The end result before Katrina was what
	Provident and the Feds will do to the "NEW" - Village Sq. Part 2
apartments
	around St. Bernard Parish and EVERYONE KNOWS IT!
	
	With certainty, it will become the area's latest slums and those who
occupy
	it will become part of the filthy, diseased, overcrowded and
drug-infested,
	crime ridden areas in the community. One would be lying to deny that
history
	will again repeat itself while those in power and in charge of
financing it
	will be securely locked behind beautiful gated, secure housing
somewhere
	else besides the low-middle income groups in St. Bernard Parish.
Pitiful
	display of government's corruption in action, as well.
	
	--jer-- Ordinarily, a very positive person.