VOL. II O. 50
OVE BER 19 - 25, 1980 SERVI G TRI�OUNTY'SOUT ESTERN ICH GA
inneapo d City
Venture h been told by
th t city there will be no
more lucrative contracts for
dey lopment until the
ghborhood group are
tisfied their oppo ition to
City Venture has been re ol-
ed.
City Venture has repre­
nted it " cce s" in
inneapolis to the Benton
Harbor City commisaioners
rea n for this city to
a 375,000 start up
contr t with the urban
developers.
According to an article
in the ovember 13· e
of BluePrint, a inneapolis
ee ly newspaper, the
ayor of inneapolis told
City Venture "There has
to be a fresh start if this
. to go at all."
eighborhood groups
in that city have objected
to City Venture' excl ion
of them in plannin or
guarantee of jobs. (
the June 11 issu of The
Citizen, "City Venture H
e polis Citizen's
p Up In AriDs.',)
T
rent ajustments, and has
had a hit-and-miss
method of raising rent ."
The failures are a
violation of HUD guide­
lines according to Gath­
right.
Th group set a
de dline of Dec. 20 by
which they expect the
reevaluations to be com­
plete. The Tenants al 0
demanded that each ten­
ant be given an count­
ing in writing before
signing ne lea so
that "full credit. can be
given for overp yments
if an ."
Pr 20
Sammie Smith w
unavailable for comment
at pre time, but a radio
report indicated that he
w not going to comply
with the Tenant' de­
mand.
Tom Jone , Housing
anagement Officer for
HUD, Grand Rapids told
The Citizen that the
that the umal HUD pro­
vision allowing for no
more than 25 percent of
tenant' income go
for rent did not apply
to publi hoo· .
SAMPLE OF RENTS BEING PAID IN THE PROJECTS:
Monthly Amount Size Percent of
Income of Rent Apt. Income for rent
Berrien Homes
$166.50 1 Bd
$202.50 2 Bd
$228.50 3 Bet
$250.50 4 Bet
Benton anor
$175
204
5 $629 $264 3 42% . '
5 $1000 $142 3 14
4 $440 $244 3 55
7 $908 350 4 39%
7 710 373 4 53%
RENTS IN OTHER HUD RELATED COMPLEXES:
For a 3 bdrm. apt, an ADC recipent pays $97 .of
For a 3 bdrm. pt, an ADC recipient pays $107 of monthly $512;
For a 4 bdrm. pt. an ADC recipient pays $100 of her montfy $644.
*
Benton Harbor city poration AI at that
father will conduct a pub- morning meal were the
lie hearing, edne y, leaders of the Republican
ovemb 19, t 8 p.m. and Democratic caucu of
on the proposed contract the City Council. The three
with City Venture. The" politicians - Fraser, Walter
commission is expected to Dziedzic and Walter Rock­
discu the proposal further en stein - carried the mes­
at a 6 p.m. meetin Mon- sage that the city could
day when a City Venture . not possibly sign any fur-
representative will be ther contracts with City
pre nt. Venture in the face of
Reprinted here is staunch neighborhood
BluePrint article written by opposition. ,
Karen Branan and Ken orris was told that
eter. M. Branan h City Venture - a company
t 0 year grlllt from that e 1 to bring high
Council of Churche to technology and social pro­
.research the effectivene gram to urban neighbor­
of City Venture. The hood - had failed to
article: adequately include neigh-
The .dat w October borhood people in their
10, 1980. Gathered in the plan to develop the Ur-
inne polis mayor' office ban Ea t area of innea­
for a ha ily called meeting polis. "I told them it was
were enty neighborhood my judgement that there
activi from 0 er a half had to be a fresh tart if
dozen neighborhood group this is to go t all," said
and the Indian community. Fr r.
Mayor Don Fraser' Fr r told the group
voice was calm as he related of ctivists that they could
his breakfa meeting with explore veral options.
Bill orris, chief of Control Continued on Page 8
Data d City Venture cor-
A compl t reevalu­
ation of all rent paid by
"each and every tenant"
in the Housing Pojects
was demanded by the
Concerned Tenants at a
pr conference held
Tuesday, at the group's
headquarter 246 Pipe-
one.
According to the
group's spokesperson,
Rev. athaniel Gath-
right, Housing Director
Sammie Smith has failed
to "properly notify ten­
an of impending rent
(increae), to have new
dr n up to reflect
