Seattle Mansions: LW Waterfront Welfare Mansion

Saturday, March 10, 2012

LW Waterfront Welfare Mansion

A Lake Washington waterfront welfare recipient, who is living in a $3 million mansion, has been in recent local and national news. ($3 million is my estimated value of the mansion. The appraised value is $1.2 million.)

A 12/7/11 KING 5 News post by Chris Ingalls has the most information and a video of the home and story. According to KING 5, Lyudmila Shimonova, who has received $135,000 in government (Seattle Housing Authority and HUD) housing assistance, has lived in the mansion since 2003. The mansion is owned by Seattle doctor David Silverstein. The KING 5 article stated, “ . . . Shimonova identified [Silverstein] as her landlord when she filed for housing and cash assistance and food stamps. Government investigators believe Silverstein and Shimonova are actually married and that they live together in the lakeside house. . . . [government] Inspectors [annual inspections] . . . never reported any suspicion about fraud, according to the Seattle Housing Authority. . . Neither Shimonova or Silverstein has been charged.” The mansion has 53 feet of prime waterfront with a dock, boat and fantastic views of Mount Rainier.

View from Mansion

1 comment:

toffelnigarDecember 16, 2012 at 3:53 AM
Owning and living on one of the waterfront homes around America’s beautiful waterways is a dream most people aspire to. With a backyard dramatically changing with the mood of the weather or tides, with full moons reflecting a silver sheen across the ocean to the horizon, spectacular sunrises heralding the dawn of time or even the panoramic views from a waterfront home for sale can leave you breathless. A waterfront home for sale may just let you revel in the tranquil ambiance of still waters.
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