I am responding to the article on “affordable housing” in Little Compton.  Firstly I will say that I agree 100 percent with town council member Gary Mataronas in his assessment of it being a bad idea to let Church Community Housing have control of the Odd Fellows and Fire Barn instead of the town.  Secondly, why would you want to put senior citizens on a second floor? Will you have elevators?  An elevator accommodating a person with groceries would be hard and walking upstairs carrying groceries for seniors is also hard. I am a senior, so I know!

The other observation  I want to make is there are no viable stores in town — no pharmacy if you need a script in a hurry, no fast food restaurant to buy a cheap meal, no grocery store to speak of.  Most of all no public transportation out of the town, except for your own car.  Lastly, if the Church Community Housing takes the rent, will they pay the taxes?  Just four or five units of taxes will not make this town any richer. So, I do hope a lot of people attend the Financial Town Meeting in May.

Madeline O’Dell

Little Compton