admittedly im a layman, but why does it take 2 years to get on the floor? that right there seems like a pretty big hurdle too. and my feeling is traditionally, city hall and the cops haven't always played nice together. I wish the city would get out of the housing gig all together and let the private and charitable sectors address those issues. cities should provide schooling, some utiltities, police and fire service but housing is not a traditional city function. making cuts in other departments to address housing shortfalls is part of the problem too.