| Loveland Subsidized Housing and Crime |
As predicted, the Loveland Housing Authority residents make many more calls to 911 -thus taxing
emergency services - than does the average resident of Loveland. Tracked back in 2004,
LovelandPolitics discovered over 20 calls of domestic disputes, drug arrests and theft in one single
apartment house managed by the Loveland Housing Authority.
It is no wonder the previous calls regarding domestic violence by one resident were hardly noticed
before she became the victim of her boyfriends murder-suicide. Public housing "affordable housing"
has introduced higher crime now to West Loveland's neaighborhoods. To read a newspaper article
about the unfortunate murder-suicide back in 2005 at this "affordable" complex click here. It
appears as though the killer wasn't even a Loveland resident but instead a New Yorker who took
advantage of Loveland's affordable housing program. The City Council has refused to place a
residency requirement on anyone applying for housing paid for by taxpayers in the City of Loveland.
The result has been to attract government dependent people into our community that now constitute
a threat to the very people who sponsor their affordable housing.
As one police officer told me years ago, policing in communities with high numbers of government
dependent residents "welfare projects" is tough and the response time always slower.
It is not that several part 1 crimes are occuring at the same time thus preventing the police from
responding to a lower priority call. Instead, people who call the police over domestic disputes like a
returning live-in boyfriend may not always be candid with the dispatcher. They may say an intruder
is in their home without disclosing what is really going on in hopes of receiving a quicker emergency
response. These types of calls make it difficult for the police to determine where to go first.
In all fairness, we need to point out this is true of most high-density apartment areas especially when
located in less desirable areas of town where crime is higher. The point remains that these residents
who frequently call 911 are NOT AN ECONOMIC ASSET TO THE CITY. Former Loveland
Councilman Don Marostica, in response to a complaint that Longmont residents were buying into
Loveland taxpayer subsidized housing, responded that at least they will now shop in Loveland thus
increasing the local sales tax receipts to the City of Loveland.
This is a fool's argument. If these new residents are already struggling economically to survive and
can't even afford market rate housing, they are unlikely to spend a lot of extra money in the
community. Even a single call to the police for a disturbance or other problem will easily exceed in
cost to the city whatever they may spend on groceries at WalMart. One domestic disturbance,
bounced check or other petty illegal activity will cost more to police, investigate and/or possibly
prosecute than sales tax revenue generated by that low-income resident in a single year. It may be
considered impolite to discuss in public, but it is a well known fact among people experienced in
municipal management that many residents actually cost more money than they can ever be expected
to contribute into the local economy. The long-term financial viability of the City of Loveland is
directly impacted everytime the Loveland Housing Authority builds a new project and invites
government dependent people into town.
While the average Loveland resident wouldn't dream of calling the Loveland Police unless they have
a real emergency, some Loveland Housing Authority tenants have called never even bothering to
wait for the police to explain why they called - according to dispatch reports from the Loveland
Police Department. A number of hang-ups and other trivial calls have been made to 911 from the
adddresses shown below. Stay tuned and we will publish the actual statistics in just few days.
Below is a list of properties managed by the Loveland Housing Authority:
Rock Crest Apartments 4905 Lucerne Ave.
(Near Erwin Middle School)
Maple Terrace Apartments 374 East 23rd Street
The Meadows Apartments 1056 Lynx Ave.
Brookstone Apartments 2575 East 1st. Street
Silver Leaf I 2000 Maple Drive
Silver Leaf II 2000 Maple Drive
Willow Place 2600 N. Monroe
emergency services - than does the average resident of Loveland. Tracked back in 2004,
LovelandPolitics discovered over 20 calls of domestic disputes, drug arrests and theft in one single
apartment house managed by the Loveland Housing Authority.
It is no wonder the previous calls regarding domestic violence by one resident were hardly noticed
before she became the victim of her boyfriends murder-suicide. Public housing "affordable housing"
has introduced higher crime now to West Loveland's neaighborhoods. To read a newspaper article
about the unfortunate murder-suicide back in 2005 at this "affordable" complex click here. It
appears as though the killer wasn't even a Loveland resident but instead a New Yorker who took
advantage of Loveland's affordable housing program. The City Council has refused to place a
residency requirement on anyone applying for housing paid for by taxpayers in the City of Loveland.
The result has been to attract government dependent people into our community that now constitute
a threat to the very people who sponsor their affordable housing.
As one police officer told me years ago, policing in communities with high numbers of government
dependent residents "welfare projects" is tough and the response time always slower.
It is not that several part 1 crimes are occuring at the same time thus preventing the police from
responding to a lower priority call. Instead, people who call the police over domestic disputes like a
returning live-in boyfriend may not always be candid with the dispatcher. They may say an intruder
is in their home without disclosing what is really going on in hopes of receiving a quicker emergency
response. These types of calls make it difficult for the police to determine where to go first.
In all fairness, we need to point out this is true of most high-density apartment areas especially when
located in less desirable areas of town where crime is higher. The point remains that these residents
who frequently call 911 are NOT AN ECONOMIC ASSET TO THE CITY. Former Loveland
Councilman Don Marostica, in response to a complaint that Longmont residents were buying into
Loveland taxpayer subsidized housing, responded that at least they will now shop in Loveland thus
increasing the local sales tax receipts to the City of Loveland.
This is a fool's argument. If these new residents are already struggling economically to survive and
can't even afford market rate housing, they are unlikely to spend a lot of extra money in the
community. Even a single call to the police for a disturbance or other problem will easily exceed in
cost to the city whatever they may spend on groceries at WalMart. One domestic disturbance,
bounced check or other petty illegal activity will cost more to police, investigate and/or possibly
prosecute than sales tax revenue generated by that low-income resident in a single year. It may be
considered impolite to discuss in public, but it is a well known fact among people experienced in
municipal management that many residents actually cost more money than they can ever be expected
to contribute into the local economy. The long-term financial viability of the City of Loveland is
directly impacted everytime the Loveland Housing Authority builds a new project and invites
government dependent people into town.
While the average Loveland resident wouldn't dream of calling the Loveland Police unless they have
a real emergency, some Loveland Housing Authority tenants have called never even bothering to
wait for the police to explain why they called - according to dispatch reports from the Loveland
Police Department. A number of hang-ups and other trivial calls have been made to 911 from the
adddresses shown below. Stay tuned and we will publish the actual statistics in just few days.
Below is a list of properties managed by the Loveland Housing Authority:
Rock Crest Apartments 4905 Lucerne Ave.
(Near Erwin Middle School)
Maple Terrace Apartments 374 East 23rd Street
The Meadows Apartments 1056 Lynx Ave.
Brookstone Apartments 2575 East 1st. Street
Silver Leaf I 2000 Maple Drive
Silver Leaf II 2000 Maple Drive
Willow Place 2600 N. Monroe
