Plans to redevelop several public and affordable apartment complexes in Gainesville underscore the city’s improving commercial and residential market, but the trend also causes a sense of unease for low-income individuals who call these places home. “So many people here have nobody,” said Wanda Turpin, an elderly resident who has lived at the Church Street Manor community for the past three years. “They don’t know where to turn.”
Unease arises over housing redevelopments despite opportunity for change
Residents concerned about future of community, affordable rent