Phoenix was ready to invest Federal housing funds in a 75-year-old project near downtown, but the Trump Administration wants to cut the money.
By Alden Woods | The Republic
She moved into the projects 32 years ago, eyes wide at everything that had become hers.
“This is mine,” Yvonne Bridges remembers whispering back then, as a caseworker wheeled her through the door. “Mine,” she repeated, running a hand over the sweating concrete walls and the vents that blew sticky air.
Three decades later, the same concrete walls still surround 88-year-old Bridges. The Edison-Eastlake neighborhood has fallen into disrepair. Thick concrete walls trap in heat that aging swamp coolers can’t dispel, and maintenance teams improvise fixes on 75-year-old parts.
