"How do you tell a successful small business owner, who because of your politics you've displaced, how do you tell them to go apply for welfare?" Maisha Morales

Maisha Morales was on the verge of being able to afford her first home when she was evicted along with other business owners from the Albee Square Mall in Downtown Brooklyn.  Maisha talks with 10-year-old son Anthony about the process of having her successful business dispaced to make way for luxury condominiums and the surprising response that she got from the New York City mayor when she tried to get her security deposit back.

“I’m hurt by my community right at the moment. I’m hurt for what’s left of my community. I’m hurt because I have people that are lost because of change.” Jabir Suluki

Jabir Suluki talks about the block in his tight-knit neighborhood where he has spent the last 50 years and how gentrification is pushing his neighbors out and eroding his home.

In the full piece, both stories are included with an intro and an outro. The intro is a song by Freeborn, a homeless activist, recorded at a Picture the Homeless Rally in New York. The outro is a description of the Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project with information about how to participate by Creator and Co-Producer Michael Premo.

"How do you tell a successful small business owner, who because of your politics you've displaced, how do you tell them to go apply for welfare?" Maisha Morales

Maisha Morales was on the verge of being able to afford her first home when she was evicted along with other business owners from the Albee Square Mall in Downtown Brooklyn.  Maisha talks with 10-year-old son Anthony about the process of having her successful business dispaced to make way for luxury condominiums and the surprising response that she got from the New York City mayor when she tried to get her security deposit back.

“I’m hurt by my community right at the moment. I’m hurt for what’s left of my community. I’m hurt because I have people that are lost because of change.” Jabir Suluki

Jabir Suluki talks about the block in his tight-knit neighborhood where he has spent the last 50 years and how gentrification is pushing his neighbors out and eroding his home.

In the full piece, both stories are included with an intro and an outro. The intro is a song by Freeborn, a homeless activist, recorded at a Picture the Homeless Rally in New York. The outro is a description of the Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project with information about how to participate by Creator and Co-Producer Michael Premo.

"How do you tell a successful small business owner, who because of your politics you've displaced, how do you tell them to go apply for welfare?" Maisha Morales

Maisha Morales was on the verge of being able to afford her first home when she was evicted along with other business owners from the Albee Square Mall in Downtown Brooklyn.  Maisha talks with 10-year-old son Anthony about the process of having her successful business dispaced to make way for luxury condominiums and the surprising response that she got from the New York City mayor when she tried to get her security deposit back.

“I’m hurt by my community right at the moment. I’m hurt for what’s left of my community. I’m hurt because I have people that are lost because of change.” Jabir Suluki

Jabir Suluki talks about the block in his tight-knit neighborhood where he has spent the last 50 years and how gentrification is pushing his neighbors out and eroding his home.

In the full piece, both stories are included with an intro and an outro. The intro is a song by Freeborn, a homeless activist, recorded at a Picture the Homeless Rally in New York. The outro is a description of the Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project with information about how to participate by Creator and Co-Producer Michael Premo.