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Residents and advocates press council for tenant control, transparency on Gilpin Court redevelopment
Summary
Multiple residents, Legal Aid Justice Center attorneys and community organizers urged the committee to support Gilpin Informed residents’ demands for a redevelopment process that centers tenants’ leadership and transparent relocation plans.
A string of public‑comment speakers at the Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee meeting urged city officials to support Gilpin Informed residents and to insist that any redevelopment and relocation plans for Gilpin Court be led by residents and centered on tenant protections.
Omar El Gaddafi, senior organizer at the Legal Aid Justice Center, said Richmond Housing Authority (RHA) staff executed a…
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