Healthier housing, rooted in social justice
MỹDzung Chu and other members of Dorchester Not for Sale share public comments at a Boston Planning and Redevelopment Agency community hearing
MỹDzung Chu, PhD ’20, explores the health impacts of housing inequities
October 28, 2o2o – As a resident of Boston’s diverse, working-class Dorchester neighborhood, MỹDzung Chu has learned first-hand, through her work with a local advocacy group focused on housing issues, about the shortage of affordable quality housing, about her neighbors’ fears of being displaced by new developments, and about how some landlords ignore necessary repairs perhaps to drive tenants out in order to resell or re-lease the property for higher profit.
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it pretty much was a reality check. i knew that it was real. i learned at a young age, and when i was 13 my mother was diagnosed with leukemia. they told her she had, the average lifespan was five years so five years later, here i am graduating and i m just glad that she was here to witness it all, and may 17th, 2008, very tragic day, i was robbed at gunpoint on my way home less than a minute from walking in my door and you know, list goes on, some people may not know it, but coming off graduation celebrating, three days later my grandfather passed away. deonte. for me it helped me break records so i m trying to set an example and inspire others. he inspired me. this young man decided to take a $360,000 gates millennium scholarship program and despite my best efforts he did not want to go to the university of
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