Please watch this informative video about housing conditions in Pottstown. It is very educational and eye-opening.
The Montgomery County Housing authority will holds its monthly meeting in Pottstown on Thursday, June 13. It will be at 4:30 p.m. in Bright Hope, 467 West King St.
Call 610-275-5720, Ext. 315 on that day for info and possible cancellations. Public is invited.
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Robert N. Coyle Sr., a notorious Philadelphia slumlord, stood before the judge yesterday in tears, minutes before he was to be sentenced for defrauding banks of more than $10 million.
Coyle, 68, told U.S. District Court Judge Stewart Dalzell about his struggles growing up poor in Kensington, the same neighborhood where he later acquired wealth. As a child, he lived in rickety houses and his mother worked in sweatshops and he slogged away in a paper factory as a teen, he said.
He became a real-estate mogul and admitted to the court he made mistakes when the economy soured. In making his plea, Coyle, who wore a gray suit over his hefty frame, took several breaks to compose himself.
“I am not a slumlord,” he said, his voice quivering
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130517__Slumlord_Millionaire__gets_6_years_in_prison.html#i8j4odiP1s7VadYl.99
Editor’s note: Some very interesting reading from our friends over at the Golden Cockroach in Pottstown!
Sharing certain characteristics with vampires, this member of the cimicidae family of insects is always an uninvited guest that moves into your home unannounced – takes up residence in your bed (your sanctuary) – and multiplies like crazy…
BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
What is a Bed Bug Alex? CORRECT …
the right answer will give you no points, no dollars and whole lot of hassle. Let’s talk about sshhhhhhhhhh bed bugs. The conversation will be most effective if it includes Borough leaders, School leaders, County, State leaders each and every landlord / tenant / homeowner / business.
POTTSTOWN — The borough’s efforts to make property owners bear more of the burden of repeated police calls to properties with misbehaving occupants will take another step forward Monday when council is set to vote to advertising a toughening of the “charge-back” ordinance.
Already on the books, the ordinance levies a charge for police services when officers are called too often to the same location for disturbances.
The problem with the existing ordinance, Police Chief Mark Flanders has said, is that it exempts too many categories of criminal activity from the burden.
In April, Borough Solicitor Charles D. Garner Jr. was tasked by council’s safety committee with finding ways to close those loopholes.
Hopefully, looking at these figures will help illustrate why Pottstown needs to move away from low-income and Section 8 housing if we ever want to revitalize this community. Looking at the numbers, we are again at the bottom. And we wonder why development happens all around us? Not really! Welcome to the donut hole. You can find this information at city-data.com
Pottstown Borough 4.9 square miles – Estimated median household income in 2008: $45,941
Upper Pottsgrove Township 5.0 square miles – Estimated median household income in 2008: $89,145
West Pottsgrove Township 2.4 square miles – Estimated median household income in 2008: $54,067
Lower Pottsgrove Township 7.9 square miles – Estimated median household income in 2008: $65,879
Douglas Township (Montgomery County) 15.3 square miles – Estimated median household income in 2008: $70,404
North Coventry Township 13.4 square miles – Estimated median household income in 2008: $65,694
East Coventry Township 10.8 square miles – Estimated median household income in 2008: $73,497
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