Comments on: Habitat Plans To Build Homes In Molino; Families Are Needed To Move In

By: CHRISTINE JACKSON

CHRISTINE JACKSON — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:51:13 +0000

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I CHRISTINE JACKSON WANTING TO KNOW WHY CENTURY FLA. DONT HAVE MORE HOUSING AND JOBS. CENTURY IS A VERY POOR TOWN AND ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN OLD HOUSES THAT USE TO BE THERE GRANDPARENTS OR SOME RELATIVES THAT’S NO LONGER LIVING. DURING HURRICANE SEASON THEIR HOUSES ARE USUALLY DESTROYED. FLORIDA IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE ALOT OF FINACIAL HELP, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IN OTHER PARTS OF FLORIDA THEY ALWAYS RECEIVEING FUNDS OR JOB OPENINGS. BACK DURING HURRICANE IVAN CENTURY HAD A BREAKTHROUGH AND ONLY FEW RESIDENTS RECEIVE FREE FEMA TRAILERS AND I FOR ONE RECIVE ONE AND I THANK GOD FOR IT. THERE ARE FEW DISADVANTAGES WITH THE TRAILERS BUT ITS HOME. THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO DIDNT GET NO HELP. IN THE PAST THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL ARTICLES ABOUT JOBS COMING TO CENTURY BUT CENTURY RESIDENTS STILL HAVENT SEEN NO JOBS YET.

IN MY FINALL COMMENT WHEN WILL CENTURY RECEIVE IT’S CHANGE IN BETTER JOBS AND BETTER HOUSING? IF A HOUSING COMPLEX BE BUILT WHY NOT SEPERATE THE APARTMENTS LIKE A HOUSE LIKE ALABAMA RESIDENTS HAVE, AND EVERYONE CAN HAVE THEIR OWN PRIVACY WITHOUT WALL TO WALL NEIGHBORS AND THEY CAN BE RENT TO OWN. ALOT OF CENTURY RESIDENTS DONT WANNA LEAVE CENTURY BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR HOME, SO WHY CANT WE HAVE A BETTER COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN LIKE OTHER TOWNS? THIS MAY NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO NOBODY BUT I ONCE LIVE IN SHACK TO SHACK HOUSES TO GET WHERE I AM TODAY AND I OWE IT ALL TO GOD. AND ME AND MY CHILDREN SUFFERED IN THE SUMMER AND FROZE DURING THE WINTER BUT WE MADE IT, AND IT WAS A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS. THAT’S HOW CENTURY RESIDENTS ARE LIVING AS OF TODAY.

THANKS FOR LISTENING.
CHRISTINE

By: sherry

sherry — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:04:58 +0000

what about the values? If Habitat wants to help deserving families, whats wrong with that? search your souls and say would I, or could I, help someone in need? I too have a son who has 2 children and is suffering from a medical problem and has actually bleed out and died twice but fortunatly god didn’t see fit to take him at that time, would you call him deserving??? or would it make your property value go down? oh by the way he still works the best he can to take care of his family and doesn’t ask anyone for help, but is it in your communities best interest to help someone like this?????with neighbors like this I highly doubt your going to get the kind of people you really want as neighbors!

By: Nita Rudd

Nita Rudd — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:50:48 +0000

I'm all for the habitat home project. It's about time something is brought to the north end of the county.I have a son that needs this very much. He has MD,but works hard to support his family (a wife and two beautiful girls).
He lives payday to payday in a old "1976" (donated) mobile home that is falling apart.They would benefit from this,he has lived in Molino all his live and would like to stay in Molino.

By: melanie

melanie — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:19:21 +0000

listen…there’s no need to publicly make everyone aware of a simple “housing project”around that area because…like the article was noted…the land was “donated”….you sit there and think how many families out there litterlly bust there butts every day to make a living for their families and they don’t get no where? i can name quite a few…i think this is a great project and it gives many families out there to get another chance with their families..it doesn’t have nothing to do with anyone around these areas.if per say i was purchasing a half an acre around that area…do you want me to publicly announce it???if you we’re to say “yes”then i wouldn’t want to live next to you.if you said “no”then leave it alone and let the designated properties build on them and be neighbors…..instead of nosy procrastinators.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:05:23 +0000

I’ve been down Schaag road a few times (lived in Molino all my life) and I don’t see where having Habitat homes will be lowering anyone’s property value. As far as making the neighborhood aware does anyone moving into the area need to let everyone know? Or what their plans are if they do? As long as the land is zoned for housing then I see no problem or no reason to make it a neighborhood announcement. I sounds like you’re more concerned about what is moving in rather than how it is moving in. I live in a community that has houses closer together than on Schaag Road and it’s being built up all the time, we defiantly don’t break out the pitch forks and torches when someone wants to move in with a mobile home. Usually people buying an acre of property and put a mobile home on it is temporary while they build their homes, especially after all the hurricanes we had a few years back.

By: mel

mel — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:53:57 +0000

i do agree with you on that….but like you said,the article states that the land was donated..now if this land was not donated it should be an opinion on if there is any statements on who lives where,as long as the land was donated.i wouldn’t be objecting to those in need of a decent place for their families.if the land wasn’t donated i’d be debating the issue before the houses and plans we’re in motion.i live in molino on the other hand and will be participating in the future projects of the habitat homes for families in need of living for their families.and for the people that lives in the areas where the habitat homes are being built it should increase the value of the community around there.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:58:55 +0000

Sounds as if all the red tape has been completed regarding this joint county venture. I do support Habitat for Humanity. However, I also believe that the citizens living on Schaag Road should be involved in this project before the final approval process has been completed. Where any notices sent to the home owners regarding this new project. Isn’t that a fair request, if nothing else just considerate? If the current Schaag Road homeowners don’t think to look on NorthEscambia.com how are they informed?

Funny: The land was “donated” according to the article (no problem with a donation), the Habitat Plans sound to already be approved (I question that and wonder what the six property lots sizes are), they are now looking for familes to move in (everyone needs a place to live), yet the homeowners on Schaag were not approached (definately conerned about the process).

Don’t the homeowners have a say in this matter? Let’s rephrase this: SHOULDN’T the homeowners be notified and be allowed an opportunity to speak their mind? Afterall, this is their home area too! They have already had prior concerns about trailers being allowed on Schaag Road. How does this affect their land and home values? I guess no one cares about that. I would like to know just how Schagg Road familes feel about this…if they have even been made aware of Habitat’s plans for next Spring.

Certainly, the high values of the current homes on Schaag Road will (in no time)support an increased value of any Habitat for Humanity home project. But, what about the value of existing homes on Schaag Road?