Sharon Annis

Windham/Windsor Housing Trust: Will you renovate your property with more respect for your neighbors?

For an organization whose mission includes revitalizing neighborhoods, Windham/Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) is showing remarkably little regard for neighbors to their properties.

These neighbors include many hard--working, taxpaying citizens who largely make WHHT's mission possible by subsidizing their substantial property-tax exemptions for trust property.

WWHT has been upgrading its multi-unit apartment house at 66 Washington St. since January. This project has been marked by fits and spurts of activity, and it has progressed very slowly until recently.

I do not know why this work could not have been spaced out in a disciplined way over the nine full months this project has been ongoing. Suddenly, a mad dash to the finish line has resulted in an escalating and complete disregard for all the neighbors.

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