[Peace] Consider this a call to reconstitute a working group against evictions, foreclosures, and destruction of low income housing.

[Karen Medina]

[Consider this a call to reconstitute a working group against
evictions, foreclosures, and destruction of low income housing.
-kem/kel]

Champaign Destroying Low Income Housing (again and again)

A protest was held before the board meeting of the Housing Authority
of Champaign County (HACC) on Thursday, August 23, 2012 by those
questioning plans to demolish Bristol Place, a largely African
American neighborhood on the North End in Champaign. This comes on the
heels of the demolition of two public housing units, Dunbar Court and
Joann Dorsey Homes, also largely comprised of black residents. Local
authorities have ambitions of eliminating all signs of poverty, while
failing to address the basic needs of those less fortunate.

In a recent story in the News-Gazette, Champaign Mayor Don Gerard
defended the project and said he wanted to put to rest “talk on the
street.”

However, city staff and Housing Authority Executive Director Ed Bland
have moved forward with the plans.
[see the story here:
http://www.ucimc.org/content/emails-reveal-champaign-city-staff-working-behind-scenes-level-bristol-place
]