Response to Marks Blog

Nimbyism in  my Backyard…..Mark Skeffington.

It is sad. It’s not the housing that is the problem it is the societal segragation and basic state of sterotype. Also the lack of responsibilty to each individual. Guaranteed lack of clear perpsective of any humanity. Children do not break the law due to ONLY the fact that they live in ‘affordable housing’. There is so much more complexity involved in that scapegoated reason.
As it is an uneducated gullable view.
I wonder if the people opposed to it realize that they ARE a part of the societal downgrading that makes those children feel as though they have no where to go and no other choice. Still, recognizing  parents are root.  As we all say, it takes a village to raise a child. Do we only mean “good” children? Is it fair to close the village to other children?

Working in this field I see it everyday, There is so many more problems added rather than solutions, and it seems Everyone forgets to own thier responsibility inside of the outcome. “Someone Else” will do it. Right?

If the police get called to one neighbourhood for one bad seed, several times it makes the crime rate for that area rise. Obviously. The Police deal with facts of law and crime, yet we must remember they are not social workers nor psychotherapists.

I can say it is a slap in the face to hard working responsible people. Being a hard working single mother myself, when I needed ‘affordable housing’, due to a work injury my life changed in an instant. Was I viewed as a drug dealer or perhaps a thief? I can assure I am not the only one like me.

Judgement is small box.

Thanks Mark for this article. Really well written.