Comment 62730

By lawrence (registered) - website | Posted April 26, 2011 at 15:40:55 in reply to Comment 62720

let's create a cleaner ghetto for the less fortunate

But I don't think that is what this kind of thinking would create. If you look back at this piece, the article and comments are great examples of why people love these types of neighborhoods. They are all-inclusive. If an entire neighborhood is made up of low rent, absentee landlord housing than I agree and that should come to a stop immediately, but if our streets are a mix of housing types, I think it all comes together to make a very welcoming living experience.

You have certainly seen more in your 30 years than I have in the 10 years I have lived in Ward 3 and the time I spent there as a child, but this article and the comments within seem to pose some great solutions to the problems you face. Absentee landlords need to go. If you have an accountable owner who pays careful attention to how the tennants are treating their property and the neighbors, I would think a lot of your troubles if not all if this was heavily enforced, will go away.

Ward 3 Trustee for HWDSB.

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