In this one-bedroom apartment, Cambodians sleep
13 deep.
No window screens, no air conditioning.
Next door, electrical cords snake their way to
the only working wall sockets.
In other Asian housing, plumbing and appliances
don't meet city codes.
if we really enforce the code then those 13 or
14 people are just put out on the street
but City Council member Craig Holcomb says
there is a private sector proposal that could help
one that would purchase co-op housing for
Asians the hitch it is money attorney Bob
Dennis says
that an initial quarter of a million dollar
investment could purchase one specific apartment
complex for Asians Dennis explains the complex
could be sold for two-thirds of its market value
under an agreement that would allow the seller
to write off his loss seller gets a tax deduction
because he's making a charitable contribution
to a charity if Dennis should find the money he says
the first co-op complex would house some 300 in
a refugee community that numbers more than 4 000.
with those statistics to contend with council
member Holcomb says it's important that the first
effort succeeds. This would be a model that we
could repeat in other areas.
That's our goal. Shelley Koffler, Channel 5
News Tonight, Dallas.