Caitlin Lee

How does housing voucher use align with concentrations of poverty in the St. Louis region? And how do federal budget cuts to HUD reinforce these geographies? Find our story in @CityLab: bit.ly/stl_waitinggame

Tomorrow at 10am, join CSD's @GenaMcClendon for a discussion about social inequities through a spatial lens. Speakers include John Cruz of @risestl, Caitlin Lee (@_gears__), Marguerite Madden the Center for Geospatial Research, & Geoff Ward of @AFASWashU: bit.ly/3fhqeKG

ESTL Power Builders achieve first round of policy wins after launching an amazing resident-led campaign in February. The collective action of community is powerful beyond measure. Just the beginning!

1. Source of income protections 2. Inclusionary zoning 3. Do better than “Better Together”

Keynote Dr. ⁦@MollyMetzger⁩ shares three solutions to housing inequity St. Louis is positioned to implement today. #FacingSegregation at ⁦@ehocstl⁩

Refresher course on Census and ACS data products with Ana-Maria Garcia at @Kennedy_School

Happy for the chance to attend Kim’s talk today!

16 North City Residents, Students, Alumni, Educators Launch Campaign for SLPS Budget Transparency ✨Better Budgets, Better Schools✨ Press Release: bit.ly/2MEVbIQ Context & Policy Demands: bit.ly/betterbudgetsb… #ShowMeTheBudget

🎈 After the polls close at 7pm, join us for a WATCH PARTY! Let's celebrate our city as the results roll in @ Champs on Jefferson! #DanaKellyFranks 🎈 Spread the word by inviting your friends to this event page! bit.ly/watchpartyDKF 🎈 Reply with your best "WATCH PARTY" gif.

@1stladydana Love this!!

314, it’s go time!! #DanaKellyFranks #vote

Ready. #DanaKellyFranks

What a fun couple of days pitching in for #DanaKellyFranks!! Great crew! We’ve been scooting to canvases, talking with voters & running food and flyers to amazing polling workers. 🗳🗳🗳 You have till 7pm to get your booty to the polls! ✅ @1stladydana ✅ @CoriBush

This team though!! We have the best staff and volunteer coalition!! We the people win when we work together!! #DanaKellyFranks #BrighterFutureSTL

Shout out to our editor, @sarahfenske, who stuck with us throughout this story—even though it was a heck of a long one! cc: @clarktrandall twitter.com/riverfronttime…

So I just heard that @_gears__ and @clarktrandall were awarded for their article on Nathan Cooper at @ArchCityDefense's Excellence in Poverty Journalism awards. Big congrats! Now read the article if you haven't already (and if you have, read it again): riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/nathan…

Thanks to @ArchCityDefense for recognizing our work @bellevillenewsd. I'm a single mom living in East St. Louis with a degree, a passion for journalism and love for my community. This award proves that Black moms can do it too! Documentaries, diaper changes, everything.

@DeanWFTate @WUSTL @clarktrandall Thanks for reading, Dean Tate!

Excellent investigation by @wustl alumni @_gears__ @clarktrandall twitter.com/riverfronttime…

+ if you're interested in last summer's article... it dives further into Cooper’s business model and a local history of tenant organizing: bit.ly/footprint_coop…

While not all landlords who rent to tenants on Section-8 are "voucher specialists," #STLouis landlord Nathan Cooper operates like one. A year later, this is our follow up on one of the city's most significant property owners. bit.ly/cooper_business

Cover story co-written with @clarktrandall: For Landlord Nathan Cooper, Section-8 Tenants Are Big Business bit.ly/cooper_business

@naffziger Thanks Chris! Appreciate your read.

Great job, Caitlin, on exposing this slumlord and how St. Louis is a fertile land for his ilk. twitter.com/_gears__/statu…

In searing article @_gears__ and @clarkrandall uncover key dynamics of landlord practices in the Housing Choice Voucher Program in St Louis. They document in vivid detail one landlord’s unscrupulous tactics that voucher trap families in poor neighborhoods bit.ly/2tJE1Cr