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Show salt lake free not for sale volume one march 30, 1972 number thirty-tw- o Housing in Salt Lake Termed Disasterous-Critic- a substandard housing. He pointed out the problems that are self generating when tenants are evicted from their apartments, the buildings torn down, and the resident only being able to afford the same housing quality they were forced to leave. Some times, said Dr. iL?rsen,the tenants lose their jobs and end up worse off than before. If the tenant doesn't have a car, he said, they could lose their job if they can't locate close enough to walk to work. in Dorothy Pulley, Block Leader of the People's Freeway Satellite, said the problem of eviction and the subsequent struggle for adequate housing is the problem facing the tenants of Mondell Apartments at 600 South West Temple. The tenants at Mondell joined the "housing crisis march" that protested last week. Alfred Thackery, who resides at Mondell, said he was faced with a dilema when he received his eviction notice. They only gave us 15 days , he said, to find another apartment. "I don't have a car and vacant apartments are hard to find." He said he has found another place but its not When the landlord sees his by Kirk Terry It's a "disasterous" housing situation when landlords have no incentive to maintain the of tenant housing, because the buildings are located in commercial or industrial zoned areas, in which low income tenants dwell paying up to one third of their income for rent and not receiving the quality of housing they feel they need, said Dr. Herbert Larsen, former professor of sociology and participant with the People's Freeway Satellite. up-kee- p apartment. Thackery was one of the peaceful demonstrations grounds outside the building haven't been kept up, he continued. At times when its cold outside, said Thackery, a heated apartment is sorely needed. enterprise, Dr. Larsen said the results are unmotivated landlords hesitant in three room apartment and recieved the same 15 day eviction notice. Mr. Baca is a student with the Manpower Development Training Act. The Bacas haven't been able to find al maintaining any quality of housing for the tenants. On the other side of the issue, he said, some tenants are paying rents representing nearly one third of their monthly income and simultaneously living Mrs. Pat Baca, a tenant at Mondell, said they pay $75.00 a month for their another apartment - - ! less than they had hoped. However, said Mrs. Pulley, other building surrounded by industry and commercial structures, and not knowing from one day to the next whether his building will be razed and replaced by an industrial-commerci- Mrs. Pulley said that the Satellite coordinated the march for housing and the turn out was any better than his old people who participated in last week's housing protest march. He cited some of the Mondell housing situations he feels should have been corrected: "At night the landlord turns off the heat," he said. The plumbing is faulty and the "Where are we supposed to go?" a mother worries about finding a home for her family. Marchers protest eviction when there is no where to go. are planned in order to expose the housing conditions facing tenants in places like Mondell throughout the urban residential area. Dr. Larsen said that the housing crisis was born in 1927 when the city owned most of the area from South Temple to 1300 South and the freeway to State Street. He said that the city planners were looking about 40 years into the future in terms of commercial and industrial growth. The he said, when it's noted that the area is made up of about 6500 residents paradox materializes, and about 3500 single dwellings. Industry has not moved into this area as the city planners thought it would. Dr. Larson said that commerce has dispersed and can't throughout the county, but that afford another place much more than the one they live in at Mondell, she said. the area is still zoned commercial. The landlords are caught up in a decision making situation Dorothy Pulley, People's Freeway Satellite deals daily with families facing eviction. concerning taxes and often this adds to the lack of incentive to refurbish the apartments or build new housing. Dr.1 Larsen pointed out a tax breakdown of the city that ! (continued on page 2) |
