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This is a photo of one of the last families preparing to leave the public housing community on the north side of Minneapolis before it was demolished. Over 1000 units of low-cost housing were torn down to make way for a new, mixed-income community (now called Heritage Park). Most of the families forced to move were recent Southeast Asian immigrants; all were very-low income. Families were relocated to other neighborhoods throughout the region although 85% remained in Minneapolis and over half moved to other housing in the city’s north side neighborhoods.

 

Photo and commentary by Edward Goetz

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