People Still Live Here — We Are All Cairo

The Department of Housing and Urban Development took over control of the Alexander County Housing Authority in 2016. In the year after it's takeover, little changed for residents — rats and roaches still shared space with children and food, mold still crept from behind bathroom surrounds.

Then, in April 2017, HUD announced it would be relocating the 185 families left in ACHA housing in Cairo. Residents, who had hoped they would be able to still call Cairo home, but be given a reasonable place to live were shocked.

This version of People Still Live Here debuted during the We Are All Cairo form hosted by The Southern in September.

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