Mount Hermon Baptist Congregation to be Razed for Affordable Housing. Isn't that special?
The fundamental question, however, is what purpose is served by the city government subsidizing people living in this beach city who can't afford market-rate housing. Such government-funded housing does nothing to relieve the crisis of substance-addicted and mentally ill individuals who inhabit and roam the public (and private) areas of the city. Such individuals would not qualify to live in affordable housing, and if they did, they would drive everyone else away by making the property unsafe.
So who profits?
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https://www.smobserved.com/story/2019/03/01/news/city-of-santa-monica-to-demolish-a-house-of-god-to-build-unaffordable-housing/3839.html