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    BMHA to sell LBJ, will build 200 new apartments: cost $36.5 million

    There has long been a glut of subsidized "elderly" apartments in Bflo, a city having about 26,000 vacant housing units.

    Yet BMHA is proposing 200 new heavily-subsidized apartments, to cost about $180,000 each. Most will be occupied by a single elderly person.

    This will be the first major act by new BMHA Executive Dawn Sanders, hired in April with a salary of $94,000 (plus a SUV & benefits of 50% of salary?).

    The leading developer is Hormoz Mansouri, one of Bflo's heaviest political contributors.

    But I have not seen a word of protest about another incredible project by BMHA, long known for waste & corruption.

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    Housing Authority board OKs sale of LBJ Apartments to Medaille

    By Deidre Williams NEWS STAFF REPORTER, Updated: 12/21/07 6:46 AM


    The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority board of commissioners approved the purchase offer for LBJ Apartments from Medaille College during Thursday’s regular business meeting.

    Medaille’s offer is $3.5 million for the senior residential building, which is located on Humboldt Parkway near where the Scajaquada Expressway intersects with the Kensington Expressway.

    Nearby Medaille has plans to use the property for additional dormitory space or administrative offices. In the past 10 years, the school’s enrollment has increased more than 200 percent, and the college has built two new dormitories in the last five years, officials have said.

    For the approximately 200 current residents of LBJ, a new structure will be built with a unit-for-unit replacement, said Michael Seaman, chairman of the Housing Authority.

    For now, the authority will not be doing $2 million in repairs to the roof and replacement of doors and windows. That money will be earmarked for other projects, officials said. However, it will continue to do repairs and emergency services.

    An informational meeting for tenants, who will probably remain in the building for at least a year, is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday with the developer and authority officials.

    The sale is conditional on the approval by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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    Local HUD official named head of Housing Authority

    By Deidre Williams NEWS STAFF REPORTER, Updated: 03/16/07


    The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority has a new executive director, following a two-year search by two separate boards of commissioners.

    During Thursday’s board meeting, commissioners announced that Dawn E. Sanders has accepted the position for a salary of $94,000 a year. She will start April 23, said Commissioner Betty Calvo-Torres, who led the search committee.

    Sanders has been a community planning and development representative with the local office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the past nine years. She will succeed Gillian D. Brown, the authority’s general counsel, who has been running the agency on an interim basis since February 2005, when Sharon West left for a similar job in Florida. West’s base salary had been $89,000. Brown, who has been at the Housing Agency for 11 years, will continue as legal counsel.

    Also during Thursday’s board meeting, developers for the LBJ Towers project presented an overview of plans for the apartment building for seniors.

    Last month, commissioners authorized the sale of LBJ, on Humboldt Parkway, to Medaille College. For months before that, developers had been working with the college to find new dormitories for about 400 students. School enrollment is growing, and because the campus is landlocked, constructing a new building is not possible.

    In order for the project to proceed, a replacement building must be provided for the LBJ senior citizens who will be displaced.

    Developers have purchased a site at Main and Amherst streets and propose constructing a mid-rise apartment building with 200 units. A market search was conducted, and developers looked at more than 20 sites before deciding on this one, said Hormoz Mansouri, president of HLM Holdings. The projected cost of the project is $36.5 million.

    “It is a higher quality building,” said John Giardino, chief executive officer of Centerstone Development, the other member of the development team. “We chose this one because it offers the same amenities available to LBJ tenants now. There’s a transit station at the corner, and residents will have access to health care facilities on Main Street.”

    Also, Giardino added, a new building will have a longer life.

    “The idea of a new building is to improve living areas. The apartments will be larger than LBJ’s. Corridors will be wider for handicapped accessibility. The building will have an interior courtyard and an emphasis on common areas for residents and their families to gather and socialize,” he said.

    Developers also outlined a financing plan to fund the $36.5 million project.

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    Why dont they put that building on the water front and send those old folks to florida?

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    Medaille buying The LBJ apartments makes sense..there is a need for more dorms & office space....BUT.. BUILDING MORE PROJECTS???? This has to be the #1 BIGGEST WASTE of taxpayers dollars story of the year! The BMHA owns HUNDREDS of units that are sitting empty..HERES THE CHANCE TO FILL THEM..move the tenants of LBJ to the vacant units.. This isnt rocket science!
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    You all respond as if these tenants aren't going to pay rent. Senior housing charges market range rents. I wouldn't call them projects.

    I think it's a great idea. Buffalo will have the benefit of fresh young students at the LBJ, and that corner at Main and Amherst needs rebuilding.

    Do you understand that your generation will be benefiting the most? There will be the biggest need ever for those new units. Do you think low income seniors, as they reach age 66, should be shipped to the east side?

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    BMHA is about developer profits & patronage jobs

    There is no profit for developers in filling BMHA vacancies.

    Incredibly, highly-paid Dawn Sanders has never voiced her "vision" for addressing Bflo's massive blight & slum conditions in 100's of poor neighborhoods.

    And, as AFTF (Mayors Flipping Task-Force) has dozens of members from virtually every housing entity, BMHA is absent. Bflo's flipping is overwhelming about poverty & poor neighborhods, but BMHA chooses not to put its massive resources into solving that crisis. Instead BMHA will build $180,000 apartments housing one person each.

    BMHA squanders endless millions on their "select poor", keeping them in permanent dependency, while using them as "tickets" to fund endless "modernization" by connected developers. It is an outrage . . . somewhat like the Sewer Authority serving only "select" customers, as the "unselect" use out-houses!

    And, of course, BMHA provides endless patronage as well. For example, Golombek-aide Ken Kerr became an assistant executive at BMHA with no known housing expertise.

    Golombek was a vocal BMHA critic. Now he is silent.

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    BMHA charges 30% of "adjusted income"

    BMHA does not charge market rate.

    It charges 30% of "adjusted income", which is often actually less than $100 per month.

    Sadly, 1000's of elderly now live on the East Side in depressing & dangerous conditions with little or no housing aid.

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    Correct me if I'm wrong, but rents at LBJ were more like $400-$600 range for most of the units.

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    There are many BMHA units all over Buffalo.. Not only the East Side.. The tenants pay 30% of their income towards their rent including utilities..
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    LBJ rents average under $200

    Average rents at LBJ are well under $200.

    I would be shocked if one apartment collected $400 monthly.

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    Many senior units in nice areas

    Camden Apartments
    This senior community, located at 229
    Camden and Avery, offers:
    • two bedroom senior apartments
    • close to the Delaware (#25) bus line
    • basements for washer and dryer hookup

    Holling Homes
    Located at 1 Holling Drive, off Delaware in
    North Buffalo, Holling Homes features:
    • one bedroom apartments
    • close to the Delaware (#25), Fillmore-
    Hertel (#23) and Colvin (#11) bus lines
    • spacious community building
    • laundry facilities

    Commodore Perry Extension
    This community, located along Perry Street
    near Chicago St. , features:
    • one & two bedroom senior apartments
    and apartments for the disabled
    • assistance from numerous on-site agencies
    • some wheelchair accessible units
    • close to Sheehan and Buffalo

    Kelly Gardens
    This garden-style community, located at 110
    Cornwall Street., near E. Ferry features:
    • one and two bedroom apartments
    • some wheelchair accessible units
    • close to the Delavan (#26) and
    Utica (#12) bus lines
    • laundry facilities

    Elmhurst Apartments
    This North Buffalo community,
    at 828 Amherst Street, provides:
    • first and second floor, one bedroom
    apartments
    • shared basement privileges
    • cable ready access

    L.B.J. Apartments
    This centrally located community at 167
    W. Humboldt Pkwy. & Main features:
    • one bedroom apartments
    • spacious community room
    • just steps from the Rapid Transit station
    • individually controlled heat
    • some wheelchair accessible units
    • laundry facilities

    Msgr. Geary Apartments
    Located at 1250 Bailey near Lovejoy,
    Msgr. Geary offers the convenience of:
    • one and two bedroom apartments
    • refrigerators and stoves
    • some wheelchair accessible units
    • close to the Bailey (#19) and
    William (#1) bus lines
    • laundry facilities and community rooms
    • "Shared Aid" service for eligible tenants

    Mullen Manor
    This low-rise apartment community,
    located at 200 Mineral Springs Road near
    S. Ogden offers:
    • one and two bedroom apartments
    • elevator access to the second floor
    • close to the Seneca (#15) bus line
    • refrigerators and stoves
    • emergency call buttons in bedroom
    and bath areas
    • laundry facilities in the community building

    Schwab Terrace
    Nestled in a park-like setting at 1096 Fillmore
    Avenue and Best, Schwab provides:
    • one and two bedroom apartments
    • close to the Genesee (#24), Fillmore
    (#23) and Porter-Best (#22) bus lines
    • grab bars in the shower and bath areas
    • laundry facilities in the community building

    Sedita Apartments
    This high-rise apartment community, located
    at 225 Summer Street and Richmond offers:
    • one and two bedroom apartments
    • some wheelchair accessible units
    • social and recreational programs
    • close to the Elmwood (#20) and
    Porter-Best (#22) bus lines
    • close to downtown and medical facilities
    • emergency call buttons
    • laundry facilities located on the first floor

    Slater Courts
    Located in the south section of Buffalo, at
    1687 Seneca St., Slater Courts features:
    • one bedroom apartments
    • close to the Seneca (#15) and Bailey
    (#19) bus lines
    • individually controlled heat
    • laundry facilities
    • close to medical facilities

    Stuyvesant Apartments
    Located in the heart of Buffalo, at 245
    Elmwood Avenue, Stuyvesant features:
    • studio and one bedroom apartments
    • close to the Elmwood (#20), Porter-Best
    (#22) and Delaware (#25) bus lines
    • individually controlled heat
    • central air conditioning available at
    additional minimal cost
    • laundry facilities
    • close to downtown and medical facilities
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    I didnt even realize most of the senior units are in the best areas...
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    Do you have the number of units in these apartments?

    I admit I have no stats on these places.

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    BMHA and desegregation

    About a decade ago BarbraKavanaugh & Jim Morissey, brought a major class-action desegregation lawsuit against BMHA, Belmont Shelter & Rental Assistance Center.

    The lawsuit cost taxpayers about $10 million.

    But today LBJ has over 90% black tenants.

    By virtually every measure BMHA is a massively failed welfare program, but few pay attention.

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    from COB BMHA site

    Do I get help with my rent
    Yes. Public housing is government assisted rental apartments for low-income families. The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority manages those apartments in the City of Buffalo. If you meet our low-income guidelines, you may be able to move into a BMHA apartment. What do you pay? Normally you will be expected to pay 30% of your income for rent. And most utilities are included

    What else should I know?

    The fastest moving wait lists are the 2 and 3 bedroom family and the elderly lists. There are simply more apartments, of these types, available. There are usually very few apartments available for non-elderly singles. There are a limited number of four bedroom apartments available, and a very long wait list.

    What developments are available? Can I wait for the development I want?

    The BMHA has a wide range of apartments located throughout the City of Buffalo. You may select any development you wish, provided there are apartments in the development that fit your family size & type.
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    Quote Originally Posted by speaker
    ....Do you think low income seniors, as they reach age 66, should be shipped to the east side?
    Why Not?

    Where do YOU think taxpayers SHOULD be subsidizing people to live?

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