Episode 96: Fighting Gentrification in Walker's Point and King Drive

Bridge the City

In a different format than usual, Ben Rangel talks with Sam Woods about MKE United’s anti-displacement fund, which helps longtime homeowners along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and in Walker’s Point pay their property taxes to avoid being priced out of their neighborhoods. Coretta Herring, who administers the application process, joins briefly to discuss how to apply if you’re eligible and how to support if you are not. We also touch on the decision before the Common Council about whether to take federal money to hire more police officers, and we ask listeners to give us questions to ask alderpeople in future episodes.

To Learn More, Visit:

MKE United Anti-Displacement Fund

Anti-Displacement Fund Application

Action Steps:

Coretta’s action steps include:

1. If you or your family have owned property in Walker’s Point, Halyard Park, Brewer’s Hill, Bronzeville, or souther Harambee, apply to the fund by Wednesday, November 25.

2. If you know someone in those neighborhoods, tell them about the fund.

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