#BHeard

Public housing should be maintained and managed like any other government-run venue, but should anyone profit from it? Can you imagine the White House being neglected for years, then someone proposing a plan to pay for repairs by renting units in a new privately owned residential tower erected on the South Lawn? Sure, the tower would include some so-called "affordable housing," but isn't the whole point of public housing that it's actually affordable? New York City has such a private development program, called The Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT), but how do the people living in the nation's largest public housing system feel about this privatization happening in their open spaces?
To find out more about the twists and turns of Michael Baker's case, read WNYC/Gothamist reporter David Brand's story. bit.ly/45ceouY
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[@Princeguitarz]

I lived in public housing for the first 18 years of my life and again from 23-26. To be honest, I NEVER wanted to leave that place. It wasn't because I did not want to work or any other assumption about people who live there... it was because for the most part I was safe, there was a sense of community, a village. I didn't have to worry about racism, discrimination. The people who served the community also lived there. I have 50+ year old friendships. I learned survival skills and on and on.... I can't tell you how many parents got on me when they saw me doing something I shouldn't. I can't speak for all housing projects but from where I'm from... the violence was always business...never personal. If you know-you know!💯❤

[@Libertaro-i2u]

Indeed, it can be very emotionally difficult to move out of the place you've spent almost your whole life residing in

[@theresabell2492]

Thank u for sharing Lafayette Gardens is in need of repair badly shame on all the leadership who never invested in our communities.😢😢😢

[@cynbeblessed5408]

Damn, this about to get very uncomfortable!

[@alanajones4553]

Back in the day my Father was the foreman for Stanley Isaacs. Do they still have the programs for the elderly?.

[@saundreacoleman5746]

Greetings, Yes they do. The Isaacs Center was privatized several years ago. Then In 2021 they entered a partnership with Goddard Riverside which is now over the Isaacs Center. These things happened without the community being aware unfortunately…

[@alanajones4553]

@@saundreacoleman5746 I knew and they have job offerings.

[@HouseOfTraore]

Wow thanks Alexis Foote for sending me this it's not easy it's a fight

[@barnabasschuler9025]

I don't approve of this.

[@radiantgoldensun6438]

No sound at 1:00 what is she saying?

[@doggyfresh123456]

I wish I had a choice between having my apartment to besection 8 or section 9. They didn’t give us a choice. I got a better job too n now the private management jacked my rent crazy high, more than the fair market rent. Making it harder for me to buy a house n move out. Now i may have to rent a room

[@theresabell2492]

The tenants have to help themselves and move into better apts and shame on NYCHA leadership for allowing tenants to live like this Saundra keep the videos coming.

[@Libertaro-i2u]

It's a complex issue. For some, getting a career that pays enough for an apartment in the unsubsidized private market might not be on the cards due to disability, past criminal history (even if it happened several decades ago), they have an elderly or severely disabled relative they need to take care of that means they can only work part-time, etc. Also, moving out of a city that all one's family is in and they have grown up and spent the majority of their lives in is emotionally extremely difficult for some, and it may also be ultra hard, if not impossible, to fit into the new area.