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Posted: 6:33 PM Feb 22, 2010
Putting a New Face on Public Housing
The Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority is making improvements to offer residents modern amenities and help change the perception of public housing.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- For 70 years, Washington Manor has been a fixture in Charleston's downtown landscape.
The public housing apartment complex has endured thousands of tenants and decades of wear.
The Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority has been moving forward with a plan to bring the complex into the future. Several new town house units have been built and 80 more are now under construction.
Nearly 180 units remain, but not for long. The Housing Authority plans to demolish them and build more townhouses and apartments.
"It's kind of redoing the face of public housing," said Michele Hatfield, who is with the Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority. "We're updating and making these home that are desirable and people want to live in."
The goal is to give the complex a "neighborhood" feel.
Right now, residents have to go up a stairwell to get to the apartments. With the new town houses, each residence will have its own private front entrance.
The units under construction now are expected to be completed this summer. Demolition of the remaining units is planned for September.
Residents living at Washington Manor are getting assistance in finding a new place to live.
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Posted by: wow
on Feb 23, 2010 at 05:06 PM
Thats what I'm saying anon my kids don't get free lunches at school my kids get pell grants etc...Like I said if you work for a living you lose out on all these freebies ... You get to go to school for free don't have to pay any loans back I see people every day using their food stamp card buying things for their family that I can't even afford for my family, really makes me mad at the store when your buggy is heaping full and you just throw that(EBT) card up there, so there you go when you eat tonight remember to thank the working people!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous
on Feb 23, 2010 at 11:20 AM
oh please lets make the crack dealers houses look better
Posted by: Taxpayer
on Feb 23, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Yea, more change you can believe in. Take more of our tax dollars to place in drug infested areas instead of taking the money and help the police remove the drugies and cracheads!!! I have an idea lets lay off some cops and put wifi in these geto like housing projects, oh I forgot need to lay off some jailers to get them laptops.
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