La Joya Villages are affordable rentals built on the railroad tracks at 1105 6th Ave S, Lake Worth.
About the property:
Geoff Pugh got $643,500 for the land from the CRA; the CRA sold it to La Joya Villages for $1; the CRA paid for the demolition even before it owned the property; the CRA paid for the option for quite some time at $14,000 a month in order to control the outcome; if there was a Realtor involved, he got his money; the CRA got to spend government money; the developer lined his pockets; poor people can rent and live on the railroad tracks. There was going to be a traffic nightmare so the City of Lake Worth, being the compatible guys they are, decided to pour hundreds of thousands to re-pave 7th Avenue South, make it a one-way street running all the way from South F Street to South A. And the CRA gets any increase in tax money from the project, not the city.
They told us that well, gee, we need affordable rentals as people shouldn't have to live in dumps. These were supposed to "bring up" the hood and change the neighborhood. I guess a graffiti artist got inspiration from the mural painted on the backside across from the railroad tracks but who can see it but freight conductors?
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"Affordable" PC speak for we screwed you again taxpayers.
La Joya Villages Apartments is a lovely complex with 55 very grateful families, not to mention eight American veterans, that now have decent housing. Thank you America!
PS. The graffiti has since been removed.
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