From Hurt Village to Uptown to where? Public housing residents forced, again, to move
Rita Franklin, 68, sits among boxes packed of her belongs on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022 in her dining room. Most remaining public housing in Memphis is being privatized by HUD's RAD program. It is forcing hundreds of people to move out of subsidized housing for months so housing can be rehabbed. Franklin will likely not be able to return to her Uptown home she’s lived in for over 15 years. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
David Waters
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
For the second time in a generation, residents are on the move as MHA “converts” public housing to privately managed properties.
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