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Resident Voices "Twenty thousand
families are on the waiting list for public housing. I was on the
waiting list for 11 years. During that time I lived with my three
boys in one room. And during the winter time we couldn't afford to
have the heat on. It was a very bad time for me and my children..." "I think the HOPE
VI plan is bullshit. The rich want this area, they don’t care
where we go, it’s not their problem. They want this property
because it is in a good area. Why have public housing if they are
going to take it away?..." "We stayed at the
shelter from September to November. They moved me to Valley Green.
I stayed there until December 1990, but then they closed down Valley
Green. That’s when they decided for HOPE VI to renovate it.
I didn't’t know what HOPE VI was, they just told everybody to
move out. I was one of the last to leave because I was in the building
with the crack house. I kept asking them to move me but in order to
get a place, they said me and my daughter could live together but
they said I had to 'get rid of my husband'..." |
Resident Voices Front Page Our
stories... Neighborhoods are more than the bricks and buildings that the house people who live in them. That's because a neighborhood is first made up of the people who are in the houses and who give life to the community. We are Arthur Capper and Carrollsburg and these are our stories. Welcome to this part of our neighborhood - the virtual part where we keep and share our stories. We hope you become inspired and decide to stick around and work with us as we work together for our economic human rights. The
stories in this section are in the voices of the residents who live
in the Arthur Capper and Carrollsburg neighborhood. Words have not
been modified, but names have been excluded to make it possible for
more residents to participate without fear of reprisals. |
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