Tuesday, August 15, 2006

In today’s UT letters to the Editor: Condo conversions do hurt renters…
Regarding “Legally condos/San Diego lowers hurdle to affordable homes” (Editorial, Aug. 7): Your editorial was an insult to renters and those who work for affordable housing for San Diegans. The Union-Tribune claims “there is absolutely no evidence that condo conversions have hurt local renters collectively.” I don’t know what neighborhood the editorial writer lives in, but here in Hillcrest there is great frustration and anger over renters being displaced to make way for ugly, overpriced, completely unaffordable condo projects. Anti-condo graffiti is cropping up everywhere, and Hillcrest diehards are leaving for neighborhoods where home demolitions by the block aren’t a daily occurrence. read more

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