AFS Cinema
Hate To See Austin go the Way of Other Cities
RECEIVED Sat., March 31, 2012
Dear Editor,
Thanks for the much-needed article in last week's Chronicle "Then There's This: Through the Roof" [News, March 23]. I doubt that most Austinites are aware of the plan to remove the apartments in the East Riverside area and replace them with high-dollar condominiums and shops. This means that the workers and their families, who currently live there and provide services to all of us, and senior citizens on fixed incomes will no longer have an affordable place to live in Austin. We need to value our senior citizens and those who provide services from which all of us benefit. Austin needs a lot more affordable housing. What about building more affordable housing in the Mueller development area and in the East Riverside area? I hate to see Austin go the way of Boulder, Colo.; Portland, Ore.; and Palo Alto, Calif. where I hear that even city employees can't afford to live.
Thanks for the much-needed article in last week's Chronicle "Then There's This: Through the Roof" [News, March 23]. I doubt that most Austinites are aware of the plan to remove the apartments in the East Riverside area and replace them with high-dollar condominiums and shops. This means that the workers and their families, who currently live there and provide services to all of us, and senior citizens on fixed incomes will no longer have an affordable place to live in Austin. We need to value our senior citizens and those who provide services from which all of us benefit. Austin needs a lot more affordable housing. What about building more affordable housing in the Mueller development area and in the East Riverside area? I hate to see Austin go the way of Boulder, Colo.; Portland, Ore.; and Palo Alto, Calif. where I hear that even city employees can't afford to live.
Kathy Goodwin