Email this pageAccess to Affordable Housing Has Given Me Freedom: Gary, Sunnyside Apartments
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Gary, a tenant at Sunnyside Apartments sitting outside speaking to the camera.
Gary:
They’re just giving you the freedom – that’s all they’re really giving you. Is freedom. I still pay rent. I don’t pay as much as market value, but I still pay rent. And proportionately to what my pension is, it’s a big chunk of it. But I still feel like I’m contributing. I pay my taxes every year. I do what I have to do to be active in the community. So I don’t think that I’m a burden on anybody and I think once people get over that issue, they’re much better off. And I can only say that I have never once had any issues with any of the people that I’ve worked with at the region. They’ve been very helpful. They’ve never once looked down at me or made me feel inferior. They treat us as equals and that’s all we ever ask.