Created: April 27, 2021 08:39 PM
Community activists and several St. Paul City Council members criticized Mayor Melvin Carter for his recent veto of the council’s denial of a proposed $57 million apartment complex development on Lexington Parkway just south of University Avenue.
City Council member Dai Thao said the city should not approve the project because it does not include enough affordable housing, even though the developer, Alatus Company, has proposed a minimum of 124 affordable apartment units out of the 288 units in the development project.
“When studio apartments start at $1,000 a month, it is not affordable for people who live in the Midway and Frogtown area,” Thao said. “Why are poor people always being picked on? Why are Black people always being picked on? This policy does not benefit us.”