Defend Glendale & Public Housing Coalition

We wrapped up the pilot of the Glendale Organizing Corps last week! 🎉 High School students from Glendale Townhomes completed a 12-week paid training program focused on community organizing, history, and social justice.

Final projects tackled issues they care deeply about & uplifted their communities. We’re proud of these young leaders & excited for what’s ahead. Thank you, @umn_libartshub, for your support. We also extend our deep gratitude to our instructors, Samira Ali & Kaaha Kaahiye.

We wrapped up the pilot of the Glendale Organizing Corps last week! 🎉 High School students from Glendale Townhomes completed a 12-week paid training program focused on community organizing, history, and social justice.

Frey and Fateh say they disagree on housing. So why do they both target DG&PHC? Their housing platforms are the same.

Check out the one & only artist, and truth teller about the destruction of Section9 @Tashflorentino

Check out the African American Historical & Cultural Study, which acknowledges the history of Glendale Townhomes, its contributions & DG&PHC. But, the mayor & majority of the CMs refused Glendale’s historic designation & have been blocking the votes since 2016. Go figure!

Dear Allies: Please see the letter of support from the 5th Annual Midwest Regional Rendezvous of Worker Cooperators for the preservation and expansion of Section 9 Public Housing in Minneapolis. madworc.coop/2025-regional-…

Tom Hoch: The man behind public housing privatization & demolitions lives in a multi-million-dollar mansion. mspmag.com/home-and-desig… mphaonline.org/news/new-board… dgphc.org/2022/07/14/who…

& has not been restored. We are in a recession, HUD has cut funding to both developers and nonprofit housing institutions, and Minnesota is facing a massive budget crisis starting in January 2026.

Even though Glendale families continue to reject MPHA’s plans, the agency is still pushing forward with forced displacement. There is no accountability. They claim families will be relocated with Section 8 vouchers, but Section 8 funding was effectively eliminated under the Trump

Glendale Townhomes just won the Nation’s Top Historic Award, yet MPHA continues to push demolition. Here is a copy of the information MPHA sends to Glendale families every month—a retraumatizing reminder that MPHA plans to displace residents and demolish Glendale Townhomes.

marginalization & silencing from the Minneapolis political landscape and the housing non-profit industrial complex. Glendale families and youth will continue to organize & fight to save Glendale Townhomes, the last remaining Section 9 family housing in Minneapolis.

This award is the nation’s most prestigious competition for recognition of achievement in state and local history as we continue to face

dgphc.org/2025/06/12/wer… We are proud to share that the American Association for State & Local History has honored us with an Award of Excellence for our exhibit, "We're Still Here: Glendale Townhomes 70th Anniversary."

MPHA is misleading Section 8 tenants because Trump plans to end the Section 8 program. Is the City of Minneapolis addressing these issues? Where is the accountability? fingerlakes1.com/2025/05/25/sec…