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Meetings to Address Possible Housing Discrimination in Gainesville

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Meetings to Address Possible Housing Discrimination in Gainesville

"Some community leaders say the lack of affordable housing that plagues Gainesville is compounded by possible discrimination.

A series of meetings and training workshops are being held, with the goal of educating residents and galvanizing the city into action.

“It’s important for us, the Newtown Florist Club, to carve out a piece that we felt was significant enough for us to move on in many different ways,” Rose Johnson, the club’s executive director, said to open the first of three meetings on the subject Thursday, March 22.
The longtime civil rights organization focused on promoting youth development and organizing for social, economic and environmental justice has now established a housing committee to address the rental landscape in Gainesville..."

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