Housing mobility programs help low-income renters move on up
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<p>In 1985, Gloria Washington was living in a subsidized apartment in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. She says it was infested with rats and roaches, and there were always people drinking and doing drugs outside the building.</p><p>“I didn’t want that life for my two little kids,” recalls Washington, now 70.</p><p>She heard from her cousin about the Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program, a court-ordered program meant to address racial segregation in Chicago that helped low-income residents move to lower-crime, higher-income neighborhoods and suburbs.</p><p>When she was offered an apartment in…
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Housing mobility programs help low-income renters move on up
<p>In 1985, Gloria Washington was living in a subsidized apartment in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. She says it was infested with rats and roaches, and there were always people drinking and doing drugs outside the building.</p><p>“I didn’t want that life for my two little...
