COURIER L 18 IFE, JUNE 28–JULY 4, 2019 PS
Park Slope residents fl ocked to sign a petition
supporting two proposed Fourth Avenue
homeless shelters, which quickly outgrew
another petition opposing the refuges.
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a result of the shelters.
Paying market-rate prices for the
units is unavoidable, according to
Lander, who said the city does not own
nearly enough housing units to dent
the homeless problem. Still, critics
charged that the agreement is providing
an undue windfall to the properties’
developers, who stand to charge
the city almost $11 million annually.
Price started the petition before the
city unveiled the project’s steep price
tag, but called the cost-critique unwarranted,
speculating that spendinghawks
were using the criticism to hide
anti-shelter bias.
“If we’re really talking about technical,
fi nancial details, it makes me
wonder — would this ever apply to another
building that was both useful
and necessary to a community?” she
asked. “I don’t think so.”
The major point of tension for many
anti-shelter demonstrators, however,
is the potential negative impact on local
property values. Shruti Kapoor
— who authored the anti-shelter petition
in May — questioned Department
of Homeless Service reps’ claims
that shelters do not affect the value of
neighboring homes.
“Even though in the town hall they
said historically there’s no data that
shows property values aren’t affected
by shelters, the fact is there’s very little
date on this type of huge… we’re not
talking about one shelter, we’re talking
about two huge shelters near our
properties,” Kapoor said. “There’s no
doubt this will have a negative impact
on the property value.”
Price bushed off the property value
questions, pointing to a Kensington
homeless shelter that has ingratiated
itself with the neighborhood , as evidence
that shelters can be a net-positive
neighbor.
“All I can do is look at the facts,”
said Price. “I’ve decided that, based on
what we know about other family shelters
and the effects they have on other
communities, that this can be a good
thing for the community.”
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