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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because they did tear down some of them, right where the Charles Houston Center went.  The number of units was reduced, and moved to other parts of the city.  Some were rebuilt under the scenario you spell out.[/quote]

Actually, this is not true.  They increased the density of development so as to be able to include the recreation center and market rate housing, and still not lose public housing units.  The refusal to move public housing units to other parts of the city is a sore point with Parker-Gray residents.

Note the "multi-family" dwellings described here:

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=356875&paper=59&cat=104

Also note that, less than a year after the departure of the last Jefferson-Houston principal the new "CEO" is departing.

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Although this article says that 60 public housing units must be replaced "elsewhere in the city," the City Council recently authorized the Housing Authority to buy an apartment building of in Parker Gray that had been previously run by the Baptist Church that will be used as public housing.

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=348529&paper=59&cat=104[/quote]

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