Alex,
I have been both a student here and a working, single parent adult searching
for housing. Lest you think that mine or my circle of
neighbors/friends/people are isolated experiences/cases, you need only
contact your local EEOC to get specifics about how rampant housing
descrimination truly is. This is for people of color and poor people and
people who are not fluent in English. Housing for students costs much to
much compared to their income and to other University towns when you factor
in many common variables. Who doesn't know that many landlords in Madison
(specifically) have inflated rent prices for decades? The Mayor, has even
decided to hold a couple of housing conferences on the disparieties between
class, color and housing. Sorry, I've got to get to work, but I am frankly
amazed at your request for clarification/explanation. For many of us, it is
more than statistics, it is daily reality. I won't even open the door to
the parents I work with who struggle with Section 8, the lack of HUD housing
and God forbid, if they are evicted once, how they go months without being
able to secure housing, all of which significantly increases the homeless in
Madison. Fabu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Alex L. Redd
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Relocating to Madison
>
>
> Fabu,
> It depends on what kind of housing Mike is referring to. If he's
> referring to a
> house (property) then it's a different case. If he's coming to
> Madison as a
> student to rent an apartment then he might be able to afford it
> by working as
> other students here do. Fabu, your claim about housing problem
> "if you are not
> white has no stated premises to your conclusion on white/middle class
> affordability of housing. Could you please convince me more on
> why housing is a
> problem "if you are not white or middle class". It would be
> informational to me.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> Fabu Mogaka wrote:
>
> > I wonder where in Madison you live and what is your income?
> Housing is a
> > problem if you are not white, middle class and can afford 40 -
> 50 % of your
> > income for rent. And let's not even talk about buying. A good
> resource is
> > the Tenant's Union, Community Action Coalition, www.wisc.edu
> will have on
> > campus housing information are a few resources. Fabu
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Alex L. Redd
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 7:53 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: Relocating to Madison
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Mike,
> > > Your political view about the city of Madison is far from
> > > reality. Housing is not a
> > > problem here, as long as you can afford it. If you need detailed
> > > info about the
> > > University of WI-Madison, please call the admission office at
> > > (608)263-2400 or
> > > (608)262-3961. If any question(s) let me know.
> > > Good Luck!
> > > Alex
> > > Aspiring Comm Arts&Political Science major
> > > UW-Madison
> > > catchme ifucan wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am using a friends computer for this, so I hope this works ok.
> > > >
> > > > I am thinking about moving to Madison and wanted to know if
> > > there are any good
> > > > sources on the internet for getting information about the
> > > University from the
> > > > standpoint of an older student.
> > > >
> > > > I've heard that housing is a big problem in Madison and that
> > > the City is not to
> > > > sensitive to the needs of the poor, or other disadvantaged
> > > groups, so I am
> > > > looking for information on this.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone tell me of any other mailing lists besides this one
> > > that I could
> > > > join or maybe a "freenet" or bbs? Since my political views
> are rather
> > > > anti-government and anti-establishment, I don't trust the
> > > "official" websites
> > > > on the internet.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
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> > > >
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