SCAP housing project

An 85-year-old Corona Avenue resident whose house has been shot up three times spoke against the apartments during public comment and again in the hearing.

45-year Corona Avenue resident and housing authority chairman recalled past engineering studies saying water can't be drained from the site, and opposed apartments behind the old school.

Speaking for his parents, laid out legal arguments that the project endangers public health, injures property values, and conflicts with the county land use plan.

Said a HUD delegation once told Laurinburg it didn't need more public housing on the north side, noting five existing complexes within 0.6 miles of Johnson.

Argued new low-income housing will bring more crime, and mocked the developer's admission this is their first housing project.

Property owner who lost cars and property to flooding; asked a series of pointed questions about traffic studies, drainage, parking, and infrastructure capacity, and asked for written protections.

Recent arrival from Boston described weekly gunfire nearby and said Corona Avenue's dead-end layout can't handle the added traffic.

30-year resident who opposed two-story apartments out of scale with one-level homes and predicted the full 114 units would eventually be built.

75-year-old who's watched the area flood since childhood; his own Geneva Street house was shot up three times. Suggested a playground or YMCA instead.

Retired Scotland County law enforcement officer worried new voucher tenants will draw outside partners and gangs, worsening crime near his parents' home.