Post by Logan on Jun 3, 2016 19:01:05 GMT -6
Residents in a small southern Vermont community are criticizing a plan to open a group home for psychiatric patients in one of the wealthiest parts of town.
Property owners and community leaders in Danby say psychiatric patients at a proposed group home would bring down their property values. They’re targeting state regulators for not stopping the proposal, and they want to keep the group home, called PATH at Stone Summit, from opening.
Annette Smith, an environmental advocate who lives in Danby, said people are “concerned about the types of people who may be coming into town” when the home opens and that residents would likely “escape” the home and likely “go to somebody’s home and break in.”
Brian Keating, who owns a second home in Danby, has been leading the charge. He said: “These people come and go as they please. There doesn’t seem to be any kind of control. And they’re medicated. So I don’t see the benefit to what the proposed loss is.”
Read more: vtdigger.org/2016/06/01/group-home-for-psychiatric-patients-meets-local-opposition/
Property owners and community leaders in Danby say psychiatric patients at a proposed group home would bring down their property values. They’re targeting state regulators for not stopping the proposal, and they want to keep the group home, called PATH at Stone Summit, from opening.
Annette Smith, an environmental advocate who lives in Danby, said people are “concerned about the types of people who may be coming into town” when the home opens and that residents would likely “escape” the home and likely “go to somebody’s home and break in.”
Brian Keating, who owns a second home in Danby, has been leading the charge. He said: “These people come and go as they please. There doesn’t seem to be any kind of control. And they’re medicated. So I don’t see the benefit to what the proposed loss is.”
Read more: vtdigger.org/2016/06/01/group-home-for-psychiatric-patients-meets-local-opposition/