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LHAIA Response to Proposed Permanent Supportive Housing In Lake Highlands

 

The Lake Highlands Area Improvement Association (LHAIA) held its member HOA
President's Meeting on Monday, June 28th.  The specific purpose of this
meeting was to allow the Dallas Housing Authority (DHA) to present a
complete profile of their intent to place Permanent Supportive Housing in
Lake Highlands.  After learning the facts, the LHAIA Member HOA's, Crime
Watch Groups and Neighborhood Associations remain in opposition to the sites
DHA has selected for these initiatives.  The neighborhoods in the immediate
vicinity of the Forest and Audelia area, where two of the Supportive Housing
Placements are proposed, have been fighting one of the worst crime rates in
the city of Dallas.  In addition to the excessive crime, this area has to
contend with a high density of multi-family properties that are consistently
out of compliance with city code rules and regulations.  It is the position
of LHAIA and these affected neighborhoods that the placement of Permanent
Supportive Housing here is not in the best interest of the neighborhoods,
nor would it be in the best interest of the participants of this program to
be placed in such a high crime area.  

The LHAIA believes that Lake Highlands is willing to carry its fair share of
Supportive Housing but would request that the City of Dallas and the Dallas
Housing Authority be transparent in the current breakdown of Supportive
Housing by zip code, the process by which future sites are selected and the
duration of the contracts awarded. In addition, before these contracts are
awarded, the DHA should provide an explanation for the selection of such
high crime areas for the placement of the recently incarcerated and other
program participants in supportive housing.  We also believe the DHA should
inform the Lake Highlands community of the detailed plan of support
services, how accountability will be measured, and when and how the final
decision for awarding these contracts will be made.

 

Sincerely:

 

Lake Highlands Area Improvement Association

Board of Directors

Jack White - President

Steve Clary - Executive Vice President

Joe Hardin - Vice President of Membership

Scott Wynne - Vice President of Support

Robin Norcross - Vice President of Communications

Heather Ronk - Treasurer

Ashley Blomberg - Secretary

 

 

 

Robin Moss Norcross

LHAIA VP, Communications

robinn at ebby.com

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