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[quote=Anonymous]If you are one of the people who live close to public housing or shelter, please, please PLEASE remember that when you advocate for good, safe, clean living conditions, you need to advocate for THOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE HOMES TOO.

If a housing project or shelter is not run well, speak up for yourself, but also for the people who live there who deserve so much better. The management cannot be let off the hook. The police cannot be let off the hook.  Social services cannot be let off the hook.

If all you advocate for is that the site be put somewhere else, that is NOT ADVOCAY. That is irresponsible at best, and definitely cowardly and downright inhumane.

I'll tell you, it is harder to get assholes to do the right thing that to get them to move.  But it is the RIGHT THING TO DO.

I've live in neighborhoods like this. I can promise you, it was neighbors fighting to get the apartments cleaned up, well run, supervised, and responsive not just to the residents (often disenfranchised an without clout) but to the people around them WHO CARED ABOUT THE RESIDENTS that made the biggest difference.

Love,
Daughter of mum who benefitted so much from a beautiful, safe public housing project--though not in this country. (Mum eventually became a doctor in DC... maybe she treated you? :))[/quote]

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