North Minneapolis Heritage Park public housing falls into disrepair, displacing half of tenants
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Susan Du
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Heritage Park, a historic public housing development in north Minneapolis once hailed as the future of public housing, has fallen into severe disrepair. Broken furnaces, burst pipes, mold infestations, and pest problems have driven half the tenants out. The article focuses on residents like 76-year-old Eddie Robinson who remain trapped in squalid conditions, highlighting systemic failures in housing maintenance and management that have left vulnerable tenants suffering in deteriorating units.
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· 2 pulledFirst the heat went out in 76-year-old Eddie Robinson's apartment in the mi...
At Heritage Park, broken furnaces and pipes, pests and mold have driven half the tenants out.
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