Dear Allies:

Here is a photo of a notice from last week to Elliot Twins residents from MPHA. A resident from Elliot Twins emailed us this photo of the notice.  The resident wanted us to know the safety and health crisis MPHA and the City of Minneapolis are creating due to the  RAD construction.  While vulnerable residents are dealing with COVID19 Pandemic, MPHA is ordering residents to close their windows for three weeks as they complete the outside construction for the RAD renovation and redevelopment.  As you can see in this photo, this is a short notice, and residents were not giving enough time to prepare. According to the contract between MPHA and the new owner Royal Bank of Canada, Elliot Twins is under construction to attract wealthier residents that earn between  60% to 80% of AMI; https://tinyurl.com/Sale-of-Elliot-Twins-to-RBC.MPHA is rushing the construction,  not safeguarding the health and well being of the seniors and disabled public housing residents that are on a fixed income and can’t afford air conditioners. The resident who sent this email to us is afraid of dying from heat exhaustion because they don’t have an air conditioner in their unit. We all saw the 5 people that died in Cedars public housing building due to MPHA’s intentional neglect.  Is Elliot Twins next?   The neo-liberal DFL  including Mayor Frey, the entire Minneapolis City Council, Congresswoman  Ilhan Omar, Gov. Walz, Senators Hayden, Champion, Dziedzic, Representatives  Hassan,  Nor,  Dean and Commissioner Conley do not care about Elliot Twins. Public housing residents have always been invisible to them.  #VoteThemOut.