Sandra Lindberg
Moderator
Hope you take a look at my article just posted to the System Change Not Climate Change website: Urban Blight, Trustee Lots and a Land Bank: residents in Decatur IL stand at the crossroads:
Urban Blight, Trustee Lots and a Land Bank: residents in Decatur IL stand at the crossroads
This article is inspired by Istvan Meszaros call for us to analyze systems as they currently exist, to expose their inequalities and their inherent attempts to divide and weaken social groups. What is happening in Decatur and in other cities struggling with the loss of manufacturing jobs continues to be viciously played out within the area of housing. I hope my attempt to examine the financial instruments being used by municipalities and states to, supposedly, turn around depressed communities will be of interest to many of you. Please post your stories of housing struggles you are encountering and efforts underway to demand citizen representation in the so-called redevelopment process. Thank you in advance for checking out the article.
Sandra Lindberg
Decatur IL
Urban Blight, Trustee Lots and a Land Bank: residents in Decatur IL stand at the crossroads
This article is inspired by Istvan Meszaros call for us to analyze systems as they currently exist, to expose their inequalities and their inherent attempts to divide and weaken social groups. What is happening in Decatur and in other cities struggling with the loss of manufacturing jobs continues to be viciously played out within the area of housing. I hope my attempt to examine the financial instruments being used by municipalities and states to, supposedly, turn around depressed communities will be of interest to many of you. Please post your stories of housing struggles you are encountering and efforts underway to demand citizen representation in the so-called redevelopment process. Thank you in advance for checking out the article.
Sandra Lindberg
Decatur IL