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Former lawmaker takes on fight to block affordable housing in Baltimore County{p}"Parkton, Monkton, any of those communities are now eligible to be at the top of the priority list for Section 8 housing," said former state delegate Pat McDonough.{/p}BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD (WBFF) - The year was 1995 when Baltimore’s Lafayette Courts Housing Projects was blown up, to the cheers of a community who saw implosion as the end of a crime-and-drug-infested neighborhood.Decades later, the government model of building project homes is out, but the fight over affordable housing for low-income residents is still on.Read More"Parkton, Monkton, any of those communities are now eligible to be at the top of the priority list for Section 8 housing," said former state delegate Pat McDonough.&nbsp;McDonough is leading a fight against what he sees as a threat to some of Baltimore County's affluent neighborhoods: plans by County Executive Johnny Olszewski to make way for low-income housing, vouchers commonly known as "Section 8."RELATED |McDonough says he’s not opposed to Section 8 but "we think there should be some balance, and we don’t like the idea that we’re going to spread it all over the county."Meanwhile, County Councilman Julian Jones said: "The fears are that somehow these people are criminals, are crooks and they’re going to destroy their neighborhood."RELATED |Jones, who represents parts of the northwest and western Baltimore County, voted in favor of legislation in 2017 to prevent "source income discrimination," meaning, landlords who refuse to rent to people with vouchers.He says it's not about Section 8 infiltrating upscale neighborhoods, but about making affordable housing available, and not just to those on government programs."These are just hardworking people who just happen not to make an awful lot of money," Jones said.Under a settlement with the federal government, the County agreed to build or rehabilitate 1,000 affordable rental units over 10 years, in some prosperous neighborhoods.&nbsp;&nbsp;The County Executive announced the creation of a new affordable housing work group to bolster those efforts.RELATED |"I think it’s social engineering on steroids," said McDonough.RELATED |

Former lawmaker takes on fight to block affordable housing in Baltimore County{p}"Parkton, Monkton, any of those communities are now eligible to be at the top of the priority list for Section 8 housing," said former state delegate Pat McDonough.{/p}BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD (WBFF) - The year was 1995 when Baltimore’s Lafayette Courts Housing Projects was blown up, to the cheers of a community who saw implosion as the end of a crime-and-drug-infested neighborhood.Decades later, the government model of building project homes is out, but the fight over affordable housing for low-income residents is...

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