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On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:37:55 -0400, HK wrote:

In case some of you enlightened folk haven't noticed, there's very
little maintenance being done these days on state and municipally owned
properties, and not much on federal properties, either. Bridges,
highways, tunnels, airports, major roadways, power plants, sewage
treatment plants, all have been "shorted" on maintenance the last seven+
years.

If the home owner is getting free or heavily subsidized housing why
can't they do the maintenance themselves? The government does not help
me maintain my house.
When you look at the "deterioration" in these homes you see neglect
and vandalism, not wear and tear. When you give something away for
free in this country the recipient treats it like it was free, having
no value at all. They just assume when they destroy it, someone will
give them another one.



"If the *homeowner" is getting free or heavily subsidized housing..."

How many homeowners do you assume are getting "free" housing? And of
those in subsidized interest home ownership programs, how many are
"heavily" subsidized?

I didn't read more than a couple of paragraphs of the screed that
started this thread, but I assumed the housing units being discussed
were "rental" units. If they were, then the maintenance is supposed to
be performed by the owners of the properties. The owners usually are not
the tenants.

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