Springfield Business Corridor

[FinnegansWake]

We (Laura St between 5th&6th) had a lot of success with engaging the property managers/owners of Flagship, getting JSO's legal department involved, meeting the residents of the HUD housing, and keeping up the pressure that a safe property is the right of everyone, not just home owners or middle-class and above.

Improvements were made to the Flagship Property on 6th St W and it has been a long time since we've seen serious problems. And the residents I've met from that property are really happy with the changes.

Proving that there is a happy medium.

[JaxByDefault]

A pretty nasty comment about HUD housing, indeed.

We have a section 8 building on our block. It is well kept and we have no complaints about the property and its residents are valued members our block community. I couldn't imagine living here without our "Block Mom," an older resident of the same apartment for 14 years, who watches out for everything. We all watch each other's properties, share pies and plants, watch each other's kids...in other words, we're neighbors.

Section 8 is the same as any other rental property, a good landlord is essential.