Ghetto Habitat
For those of you who keep a running list of Things Wrong with Habitat:
Habitat area turning hostile, family saysSeven years after Habitat officials launched the only sizable Indiana subdivision made up exclusively of Habitat homes, Barrington Gardens is an experiment some residents say is struggling.
Four of the original 47 families have moved out or are trying to sell their homes -- a rate nearly eight times the norm for a local affiliate of the non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry.
Residents like the Camaras say the subdivision's new, vinyl-clad houses and multicolored playground mask an undercurrent of more unsavory elements: crime that has made the neighborhood far from an ideal place to raise children, and declining property values that mean many residents owe more on their homes than they are worth.
* Ray, 12/28/2003 01:52:06 PM
