Tonight’s coommunity meeting at Grand Prospect Hall is going to put the South Slope’s liberal leanings to the test. Up for discussion will be a proposed supported housing facility that the Fifth Avenue Committee wants to build on a municipal parking lot at 575 Fifth Avenue. Here’s the rub: When FAC initially proposed the project a year and a half ago, the group left community members with the impression that it would be open to restricting the occupants to seniors and/or youths who were transitioning out of foster care. Now that the project is getting ready to move forward, the word is that 60% of the 49 studios in the development will be reserved for homeless and mentally disabled tenants. Some nearby residents (especially those with children) are concerned about the high numbers of drug addicts and sex offernders that are in this group. (Tempers are already flaring on the Brooklynian boards.) It’s easy to be in favor of providing facilities for this segment of society until one is planned for your own backyard. The meeting is tonight at 7 pm at Grand Prospect Hall, 263 Prospect Avenue. GMAP
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