Earlier this year, the CRHA paid $2.65 million for a property on the Downtown Mall to serve as a new headquarters. Now there is a construction contract to pay the firm Alexander Nichols $508,382.59 for phase 1 which will include demolition and abatement.
That's nearly $3.2 million dollars for office buildings for a program that is supposed to aid our low income families with housing repairs and safety. It's an obscene about of money to waste on employees instead of going to clients and CRHA neighborhoods. They already own the former community bike building on the edge of the Belmont bridge. A large office building could easily be built on that location for less than $1 million! When I make the above comment to others the reply was "It's federal money." Where do they think "Federal money" comes from? us! Does the city manager or city council have any say over how CRHA spends money? Can you imagine if just the difference of $2.2 million was spent on Westhaven?
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Earlier this year, the CRHA paid $2.65 million for a property on the Downtown Mall to serve as a new headquarters. Now there is a construction contract to pay the firm Alexander Nichols $508,382.59 for phase 1 which will include demolition and abatement.
That's nearly $3.2 million dollars for office buildings for a program that is supposed to aid our low income families with housing repairs and safety. It's an obscene about of money to waste on employees instead of going to clients and CRHA neighborhoods. They already own the former community bike building on the edge of the Belmont bridge. A large office building could easily be built on that location for less than $1 million! When I make the above comment to others the reply was "It's federal money." Where do they think "Federal money" comes from? us! Does the city manager or city council have any say over how CRHA spends money? Can you imagine if just the difference of $2.2 million was spent on Westhaven?