Lela Schwartz
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Social Media Activism Highlights Brooklyn Gentrification
By Lela Schwartz Residents of Brooklyn, NY, have been caught in a struggle against predatory developers for years. Neighborhoods have rallied to fight back against landlords pricing out low income tenants to make way for wealthier occupants. Equality for Flatbush is a neighborhood-level coalition devoted to preserving the character of Flatbush and to addressing the Continue reading
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An Intern’s Interest in Affordable Housing
By: Lela Schwartz I grew up in the San Joaquin Valley of California, one of the poorest regions in the nation. For many years, I did not realize that the crumbling infrastructure and inadequate school systems were not at par with the national standard, and even definitely not the case compared to the rest of Continue reading
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