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Housing redevelopment leaves disabled vet in the lurch
Willie Glenn seeking affordable place to live
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Gainesville resident and disabled Vietnam veteran Willie Glenn is losing his apartment because the complex is being renovated for higher-income residents. Unless he can secure residence somewhere, he will have nowhere to go at the end of the month.
Willie Glenn rolls up to the curb in his electric wheelchair, glad to escape the “war zone” of construction that has enveloped his home in recent weeks. “Getting in and out ... it’s not easy,” he said. The renovations to this apartment complex at the corner of Forrest Avenue and Bradford Street in Gainesville are designed to attract higher-income tenants.